Barack Obama

Obama's Wrong: Eliminate Food Aid Til the Economy's Back On Track

As distressed as our economy is, the United States continues to spend about $1.4 billion per year on sending food aid to other countries.President Obama is proposing a major change to the foreign food aid program that could greatly impact Florida, which ranks seventh in the nation in food exports.As ... More >>

102-Year-Old Miami Woman Who Waited Hours to Vote Will Sit With Michelle Obama During SOTU

Marco Rubio may be delivering the Republican response to Barack Obama's State of the Union speech tonight, but he won't be the only local face you'll see on TV. Desiline Victor, age 102, has been chosen to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama during the proceedings. 

Barack Obama Was Not Welcome at This Miami Gun Show

On Sunday, Banana Republican stopped by the Victor Bean's Southern Classic Gun & Knife Show at the Miami-Dade County youth fairgrounds to gauge the mood of Second Amendment acolytes in the wake of Barack Obama's announcement last week that he wants to clamp down on guns.For all his blustering ab ... More >>

New Florida Rep. Trey Radel Hints at Obama Impeachment Over Gun Control Executive Orders

Rep. Trey Radel, the former improv actor and conservative radio host who won Connie Mack IV's seat in Southwest Florida, is not impressed with the executive order President Obama unveiled today concerning gun control. In fact, he's already hinting at impeachment.

Lawsuit Filed in Florida to Challenge Barack Obama's Constitutional Eligibility, Because Apparently People Are Still Doing That

Oh, you thought we were done with all that Birther nonsense? Nope, not by a long shot.Michael Voeltz, a Broward county man who claims to be a registered Democrat, has filed a lawsuit in Florida claiming that Barack Obama was not eligible to be on the state's ballot because he's not a natural born ci ... More >>

Killing Them Softly: Crime Is Just Business in Obama's America

One-Word Election Reviews: Obama's Win Was "Ballsy"; Mitt's Crowds Were "Chalky"

Congratulations! Florida Had the Least Racist Tweets After Obama's Reelection of Any Southern State

As evidences by this BuzzFeed listicle the racist folks of American Twitter were none too pleased that President Barack Obama won reelection on Tuesday, and a new analysis by Floating Sheep found that most of the racist Tweets were coming out of -- surprise! -- the South. Don't worry though, Florid ... More >>

Obama Might Have Been the First Democrat to Win Florida's Cuban Vote

For decades Cuban-Americans have been one of the Republican party's most reliable bases in Florida. Well, maybe not anymore. Some exit poll analysis suggests that Barack Obama actually outperformed Mitt Romney among Cubans in Florida. While others don't show him quite pulling off that historic demog ... More >>

Barack Obama's "Ballsy" Victory: A Single-Word Review of What Happened On Election Night

Unless you're stuck in some Jack McKeon-like time warp in which Twitter relies on actual messenger pigeons, you've probably heard by now that Barack Obama punched yesterday's election in the crotch. And unless your name is Mitt Romney and you've permanently foregone alcohol and caffeine, your brain ... More >>

Puerto Rican Referendum: 65 Percent of Voters Choose U.S. Statehood UPDATED

While Floridians were busy re-electing Barack Obama, voters in Puerto Rico yesterday participated in a referendum posing a fundamental question to their political status with the United States: statehood or no statehood?The first question on the two-part referendum asked voters if they wanted to cha ... More >>

Ten Nugent Predicts "President to Destroy America!" Top Ten Tweets on Obama's Win

We did it America! Whether you're superstoked or running to your local Walmart to stock up on guns, the people have made their voice heard, and we will have four more years of President Barack Obama. It took a lot of hard work and dedication from many to get here. And for those of us feeling a si ... More >>

Chefs Tweet About Obama Win

The election was called shortly before midnight. Barack Obama had surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed to retain his position as Commander in Chief. But the real winner of the night was Twitter.According to Yahoo, President Obama's personal tweet, "We're all in this together. That's how we campa ... More >>

Miami Election Day Dining Deals and Freebies, From Villa Mayfair to Shake Shack UPDATED

We've heard all your excuses to not vote. The long lines, the confusing amendments, and how could your vote possibly count?We could tell you that voting is your civic duty, or that if you don't vote you don't have the right to complain for the next four years. But the real reason to vote?Free swag!W ... More >>

Floridian Steals Neighbor's Obama Sign Because It Tells Burglars Unarmed "Half-Wits" Live There

When a man in Sarasota repeatedly took Obama signs off his neighbor's lawn, he wanted to let her know it wasn't just vandalism. See, he was looking out for everyone's safety by not letting burglars know that weak-kneed, Second Amendment-hating liberals lived there. He even sent her a postcard helpfu ... More >>

Obama vs. Romney: Top Ten Musical Endorsements, From Vanilla Ice to Pitbull

Pop music celebrities are sex-drenched, weapon-obsessed, drug-addicted, angry, deranged, and sometimes criminal. In short, they're unconventional, always-entertaining personalities who may or may not have politically valid opinions. But let's face it, celebrity endorsements are cultural collatera ... More >>

Four More Beers: Here's What We'll Drink When Obama Gets Reelected

Today is the big day. No, it's not the day you'll finally move out of your parents' house. It's the day when Americans choose who gets to hang in the White House for four years.Read Also:- Obama Beer? The President's White House Honey Ale- Here's What We Eat Should Mitt Win- Election Day Dining Deal ... More >>

Police Called to Little Havana Polling Site As Hundreds Still Waiting Around Miami To Vote

An Election Day that started with voting lines up to six or seven hours long at some sites around Miami is ending, appropriately enough, with hundreds of voters still waiting to cast their ballots more than an hour after polls have closed.Tensions have boiled over at a Little Havana fire station, wh ... More >>

LeBron James Throws Support Behind Obama on Twitter

Dwyane Wade hasn't been shy about sharing his political beliefs. He endorsed Kendrick Meek in Florida's 2010 Senate race, and earlier today he published an impassioned essay throwing his support behind President Obama. His teammate LeBron James' political leanings haven't always been quite so public ... More >>

Barack Obama Toilet Paper Being Used at Florida Fire Station

Here in America we're, of course, nothing but high-minded about our politics. We're able to have reasoned and enlightened discussions about our political differences, and respect others' right to disagree with our viewpoints.No, hahaha, just kidding. In America we wipe our butts with pictures of our ... More >>

Cypress Hill's B Real: "Guys Who Smoke Weed Can Relate to Obama, I Support Him"

If Mitt Romney smoked a joint, nothing would happen. Because robots can't get high. But Crossfade's backing Obama. Like most Americans, we've smoked marijuana. And we're not afraid to admit it. We also recently spoke to B-Real of Cypress Hill about why weed's a good thing, why voting is important, ... More >>

Ex-Mayor Manny Diaz Cuts Ad for Obama, Says Romney is "Exploiting the Suffering" of Cubans

In an election that should be centering around the economy and health care, in Miami-Dade the biggest topic, at least as presented in both campaigns' latest ads, predictably appears to be Cuba. After Mitt Romney took to the airwaves with a Spanish-language ad connecting Barack Obama to the Castros a ... More >>

Pitbull Joining Barack Obama in South Florida on Sunday

Dale! Pitbull may be Mr. 305 (where the vast majority of his fellow Cuban-Americans are voting for Mitt Romney), but he'll be stepping into the 954 on Sunday to join President Obama at a major pre-election rally.

I-4 Corridor Predicts Florida for Romney

Chavez Endorsement, Che Picture Flap Used Against Obama In New Spanish Ads

In the desperate fight to snag Hispanic voters in Miami-Dade -- a battle that could easily swing Florida, and thus the presidency -- Romney's campaign has decided to pull out the oldest trick in the GOP handbook: Tying Obama to Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.It's ridiculous, of course, bu ... More >>

Obama Up 1 to 2 Percent in Three Latest Florida Polls

The race for Florida is still basically tied, but three new polls released this morning show President Obama with the slightest of leads. Though, all those leads are within the margin of error. Either way, it seems that both Obama and Mitt Romney still have a good shot at winning the Sunshine State.

Obama and Romney Tied in All Latest Florida Polls

So who is going to win Florida? Don't ask the polls right now. Three major polls of Florida's electorate were completed over the weekend (just in time for early voting), and all three show President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in a statistical tie in the Sunshine State.

Mitt Romney Leads Miami-Dade Cubans 76-19

Here's everything you need to know about partisan politics in Miami-Dade in a nutshell: According to a Miami Herald poll, President Barack leads or is tied in just about every demographic group in the county except Cubans. Mitt Romney has opened a massive 76 percent to 19 percent lead among Cuban vo ... More >>

Russell Simmons on President Obama, Politics, and Hip-Hop

Miami Blacks Are Key to Obama's Re-Election

Obama "Bayonets" Romney In Boca Raton, But America Is Real Victim After Miserable Debate

Last night's debate was what political experts call a "turd sandwich." Barack Obama and Mitt Romney provided 90 minutes of crap, and moderator Bob Schieffer happily mashed it all together between the blandest, stalest, white-bread questions he could find.Obama supporters will say their man won the d ... More >>

Russell Simmons on Obama, Hip-Hop, and Why "This Guy Romney Is Against the People"

Whether serving as the multimillionaire cofounder of Def Jam Records, shouting down injustice at Occupy Wall Street, or stumping for the President of the Unites States of America, Russell Simmons -- the rap legend, media mogul, and dedicated vegan -- never stops reppin' the people. That's why we he ... More >>

Florida's Two Biggest Newspapers Offer Presidential Endorsements: One for Obama, One for Romney

In 2008, the editorial boards of Florida's four biggest newspapers all through their support behind President Obama. Well, in the past two days, the state's two biggest papers offered their endorsements. The Saint Pete Times is sticking with President Obama in an endorsement that highlights his econ ... More >>

Obama Can Win Debates if He Keeps It Cool While Romney Keeps Lying

Barack Obama Makes Mitt Romney His B*tch In Second Presidential Debate

For more than a year, Mitt Romney has jetted across the country, calling Barack Obama an utter failure. The president has done his fair share of name-calling too, but it wasn't until two weeks ago that he had a chance to stand up to his challenger in person. Instead of taking it to 'em, however, Oba ... More >>

Barack Obama Can Win Tonight's Debate If He Stays Cool While Romney Lies

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke advises the president for the last two debates. For the past three weeks, political pundits haven't stopped talking about Ba ... More >>

Obama Has a Nine-Point Lead Among Florida's Children

We all know Obama hates the 1 percent, and Romney could care less about the 47 percent, but the cold hard truth is that neither campaign has done anything to gain support from the 24.6 percent. Yes, we're talking about the 24.6 percent under the legal age to vote. America's children! How arrogant of ... More >>

Polls: Romney Gains Five Points In Florida, Closes Gap On Hispanic Voters

If Barack Obama wants to win Florida and nab its vital 29 electoral votes, he's got some big-time work to do at tomorrow's debate. Two new polls out today find not only that Mitt Romney has gained five points in Florida since dominating in the first debate, but more worryingly for the prez that ... More >>

Romney Campaign: Obama Doesn't Have Enough 'Macho Bravado' For Latinos

A new poll released this morning insinuated that President Obama was losing ground to Mitt Romney among Florida's Latino voters, and apparently Romney staffers have a theory why: Obama doesn't have enough "macho bravado" for Latinos. 

The Daily Show Turns Out For University of Miami Obama Rally

Yesterday afternoon, President Barack Obama led a rousing preacher-like rally in front of 9,200 supporters at the University of Miami BankUnited Center. Meanwhile, half-a-dozen Mitt Romney lovers on Ponce de Leon Boulevard held up signs screaming, "FIRE OBAMA."Inside, we tried to crash a taping for ... More >>

Barack Obama Loves Rick Scott's Tweet

Politics make strange Tweetfellows. While Mitt Romney has tried to claim Florida's economy under Barack Obama has been lagging, Florida Governor Rick Scott has maintained, for his own political future, that the economy in the state is improving.So, while it might be strange that the Barack Obama cam ... More >>

Food Network Star Casting in Miami

If you've sat in front of the TV set countless times watching Sandra Lee open a can of peaches on Food Network and thinking, I, too, want to seek fame and fortune as a celebrity chef, get thee to the Epic Hotel October 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the Food Network Star season nine open casting ... More >>

Poll: Obama Leads Among Florida Hispanics 61-31

Obama may not have done his reelection campaign any favors by pulling a Dan Carpenter-vs-the-Jets level chokejob in Wednesday's debate. But it's increasingly clear that, at least in Florida, the president has gotten a huge boost from his executive order in July halting deportations for some children ... More >>

Five Reasons Why Obama Supporters Should Be Sort of Happy About Last Night's Debate

Even Barack Obama's biggest detractors admit that the man is a gifted orator. So the nation was left slack jawed last night by his weak performance. It was like watching LeBron James get schooled by Kyle Korver or something.In the day-to-day horse race, it certainly doesn't look good for the Obama c ... More >>

Florida Romney Volunteer Calling Up Seniors to Inform Them Obama is a Socialist Muslim

A Florida Republican volunteer has been caught on tape calling up senior citizen voters on behalf of Mitt Romney and telling them that President Barack Obama is a secret muslim who wants to take away their Medicare. The woman was making the call on behalf of the Clay County GOP, but the local party ... More >>

Madonna Endorses Obama the "Black Muslim," Calls Abraham Lincoln a "Prophet"

Just one week after picking up $4 million worth of campaign contributions at a Jay-Z-and-Beyonce-hosted fundraiser, President Obama received a ringing endorsement from Madonna during her concert in Washington, D.C. "Y'all better vote for fucking Obama, OK?" Madge told the audience. "For better or ... More >>

Polls: Obama, Romney Now Tied In Florida, But Voters Trust President More On Medicare

Anyone expecting Florida to swing for Obama after video leaked showing Mitt Romney heaping scorn on the "47 percent" -- filmed at the home of a Boca millionaire, no less -- obviously doesn't know the Sunshine State. We live to make national elections exciting!A statewide poll released last night by ... More >>

Chefs For Obama: Miami's Best Chefs Cook For Fundraiser

Last evening's Chefs for Obama was a veritable who's who of the Miami culinary scene in Miami. Hosted by chef Michael Schwartz (Michael's Genuine Food & Drink) and congresswoman and Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, the event, held at the Moore Building, was one of a ... More >>

Obama on Being Homies With Jay-Z: "We've Got a Little Bond There"

He lost "M.J. at Summer Jam" to propofol, but Jay-Z still has "Obama on the text" to keep him company. In fact, they hung out last night. President Barack Obama spent part of the evening with celebrity superfriends Jay-Z and Beyoncé, and about 100 guests of their guests at a $40,000-per-person fun ... More >>

NBC Poll: Obama Up 49 to 44 In Florida, Most Voters Have Made Up Their Minds

Obama has opened up leads outside the margin of error in Florida and two other swing states, Ohio and Virginia, at least according to a new poll from NBC News, the Wall Street Journal and Marist College. The survey of registered voters in the Sunshine State found Obama with 49 percent of the vote co ... More >>