Barack Obama

Background

•Born in Hawaii•Raised by his mother and grandparents in

Kansas•Senator of Illinois•Proud husband and father of two young

girls

Campaign

•This 47 year old senator from Illinois set forth a very powerful campaign.

•His slogan “Yes We Can”

Democrat vs. Republican

•Obama is a full on Democrat who ran against republican John McCain.

Political views

•Obama had his ups and downs on such topics of abortion and the economy.

•He wants to set up financial plan, to basically give money to America so they can give it back to make the economy stronger.

•Most of all he wanted to end the war and get home every solider.

Everyone loves Obama

•Anyone who wanted change was behind him

•oh and her

Vice president

•The man who has been through it all with Obama is Senator Joe Biden.

•Now known as Vice President Biden

Inauguration

•Took place on January 20th 2009•More then two million people were there.

Guests

•So many came to this historical event.•Including George W. and Laura Bush.•George was their to relieve his duties as

president and welcome our new president.

Sharing the day

•So many famous performers and people were there on that Tuesday welcome our new president.

•Including… Oprah, Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, Jay Z, Don King, John Cusack, Diddy, and so many more.

•They were all there to show their support and some even to sing.

A Speech to blow all away

•Obama delivered his speech with so much pride and honor.

Promises

•Obama Promises that the war will be ended in 13 months, and that solider will be home.

•he also promises to bring the economy back up within three years.

44th President Of the United States•President Barack Obama tells all that “the

change, has come”

Things You Don’t Know• His first name comes from the word that means "blessed

by God" in Arabic.• The movie he saw on his first date with Michelle Obama

was The Do Right Thing.• Won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word for the CD version of

his autobiography "Dreams From My Father“.• As a child growing up in Hawaii, his classmates knew him

as Barry.• Shares his surname with a small city in western Japan,

which means "small shore" in Japanese.