David M. Axelrod is an American political consultant,analyst,and former White House official. He is best known for being the chief strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaigns. After Obama's election,Axelrod was appointed as Senior Advisor to the President. He left the position in early 2011 and became the Senior Strategist for Obama's successful re-election campaign in 2012. Axelrod wrote for the Chicago Tribune,and joined CNN as Senior Political Commentator in 2015. Until recently,Axelrod served as the director of the non-partisan University of Chicago Institute of Politics. His memoir is titled Believer:My Forty Years in Politics.
Counselor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States and senior members of the White House Office.
Stephanie Cutter is an American political consultant. She served as an advisor to President Barack Obama during his first presidential term,and was deputy campaign manager for his 2012 re-election campaign. She previously worked in campaign and communications roles for other prominent Democrats including Ted Kennedy,John Kerry,and Michelle Obama. The New York Times described her as "a popular but polarizing face of (Obama's) campaign",and a "soldier who says the things the candidate can’t say."
whitehouse.gov is the official website of the White House and is managed by the Office of Digital Strategy. It was launched in 1994 by the Clinton administration. The content of the website is in the public domain or licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license.
Robert Lane Gibbs is an American communication professional who served as executive vice president and global chief communications officer of McDonald's from 2015 to 2019 and as the 27th White House Press Secretary from 2009 to 2011.
Anita Dunn is an American political strategist serving as a senior advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden,having originally held the post from January 20,2021,to August 12,2021,and returning May 5,2022. Dunn stepped down on July 31,2024 to serve as a senior adviser to Future Forward and Future Forward USA Action.
Philip M. Schiliro is an American political consultant and strategist. He has spent much of his career on the staff of prominent elected officials,including President Barack Obama.
Citizen's Briefing Book is a compilation book of recommendations made to President Barack Obama by visitors to the Change.gov website,given to the President after his January 20,2009 inauguration. Internet users were able to post recommendations of changes they would like to see made in the United States,and they were also able to vote on other users' recommendations,as well as participate in a comment process.
The first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency began on January 20,2009,the day Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States. The first 100 days of a presidential term took on symbolic significance during Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term in office,and the period is considered a benchmark to measure the early success of a president. The 100th day of his presidency ended on April 30,2009. Obama stated that he should not be judged just by his first hundred days:"The first hundred days is going to be important,but it’s probably going to be the first thousand days that makes the difference." Obama began to formally create his presidential footprint during his first 100 days. Obama quickly began attempting to foster support for his economic stimulus package,American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The bill passed in the House on January 28,2009,by a 244–188 vote,and it passed in the Senate on February 10 by a 61–37 margin.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama from his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States on January 20,2009,to December 31,2009. For his time as president-elect,see the presidential transition of Barack Obama;for a detailed account of his first months in office,see first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency;for a complete itinerary of his travels,see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.
Peter Joseph Souza is an American photojournalist,the former chief official White House photographer for Presidents of the United States Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama and the former director of the White House Photography Office. He was a photographer with The Chicago Tribune,stationed at the Washington,D.C.,bureau from 1998 to 2007;during this period,he also followed the rise of then-Senator Obama to the presidency.
Jesse Lee was named the White House Director of Progressive Media &Online Response on May 23,2011. This was a newly created position to help maintain Barack Obama’s online presence for his 2012 Presidential reelection bid. The duties of this position,dealing with negative or factually incorrect stories about the President,was formerly handled by the Democratic National Committee's rapid response team. Lee’s first tweet about his new position included a picture of The Terminator.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama,from January 1,2010 to December 31,2010. For his time as president-elect,see the presidential transition of Barack Obama;for a detailed account of his first months in office,see first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency;for a complete itinerary of his travels,see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama,from January 1,2011 to December 31,2011. For his time as president-elect,see the presidential transition of Barack Obama;for a detailed account of his first months in office,see first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency;for a complete itinerary of his travels,see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.
We the People,launched by the Obama administration on September 22,2011,is a defunct section of the whitehouse.gov website used for petitioning the administration's policy experts. Petitions that reached a certain threshold of signatures were reviewed by Administration officials who in most instances would subsequently provide an official response. Legal proceedings in the United States were not subject to petitions,rather,the site served as a public relations mechanism for the presidential administration to provide a venue for citizens to express themselves. On August 23,2012,the White House Director of Digital Strategy Macon Phillips released the source code for the platform. The source code is available on GitHub,and lists both public domain status as a work of the United States federal government and licensing under the GPL v2.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama,from January 1,2012,to December 31,2012. For his time as president-elect,see the presidential transition of Barack Obama;for a detailed account of his first months in office,see first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency;for a complete itinerary of his travels,see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.
Barack Obama won the 2008 United States presidential election on November 4,2008. During his campaign,he became the first presidential candidate of a major party to utilize social networking sites to expand and engage his audience of supporters and donors.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama,from January 1,2013 to December 31,2013. For his time as president-elect,see the presidential transition of Barack Obama;for a detailed account of his first months in office,see first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency;for a complete itinerary of his travels,see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.
Danielle Gray is the former Assistant to the President,Cabinet Secretary,and a Senior Advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama. Previously,Gray served as Deputy Director of the National Economic Council and Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. Gray is currently executive vice president and global chief legal officer of Walgreen Boots Alliance.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama,from January 1,2014 to December 31,2014. For his time as president-elect,see the presidential transition of Barack Obama;for a detailed account of his first months in office,see first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency;for a complete itinerary of his travels,see list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.
