Person: Dan Pfeiffer

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

ourview

Irish Examiner view: Trump offers a pertinent warning

Language has a flexibility that can, even if with glaring implausibility, present events in a way that serves causes other than probity or the common good.

comment-analysis

Ail to the chief: How to survive the presidential campaign trail

Fast food and close confines mean keeping healthy and in peak condition is next to impossible for US presidential candidates, write Steve Holland and Emily Stephenson.

world

Suspicions grow that pilots are to blame for missing Malaysian flight MH370

Even before someone at the controls calmly said the last words heard from the missing Malaysian jetliner, one of the Boeing 777’s communications systems had already been disabled, authorities said yesterday, adding to suspicions that one or both of the pilots were involved in the disappearance of the flight.

business

Obama reaches out to middleclass with jobs program

world

US fiscal cliff offer rejected

comment-analysis

Creative politics or loaded gun?

Obama seeks public support for debt deal

President Barack Obama has appealed for public support to push Congress to avert an unprecedented default on America’s national debt as politicians worked on dual tracks to reach an elusive deal.

Sun, 17 Jul, 2011

Why Obama had no choice in birth certificate skirmish

Jim Kuhnhenn reports on the reasons behind making the president’s birth certificate public

Fri, 29 Apr, 2011

Obama’s birth cert released to quell critics

THE White House released the long form of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate in an extraordinary step in reaction to renewed questions from critics about whether he was born in the United States.

Thu, 28 Apr, 2011

Obama shows birth certificate

President Barack Obama ordered a full version of his birth certificate to be made public today in response to needling questions about whether he was really born in the US.

Wed, 27 Apr, 2011

Obama planning to create 2.5 million jobs

US President-elect Barack Obama sought to bring some relief to Americans anxious about their economic futures, outlining a plan to create 2.5 million jobs with public works programmes that will rebuild roads and bridges, modernise schools and create alternative energy sources.

Sun, 23 Nov, 2008

Boost for Obama as three more superdelegates pledge support

BARACK Obama’s sprint to the Democratic nomination received another boost yesterday as three more superdelegates pledged their support, including one who dropped his backing for Hillary Clinton’s faltering White House bid.

Sat, 10 May, 2008

Obama wins backing of two more superdelegates

Two more Democratic superdelegates were set to endorse presidential candidate Barack Obama today as he moved closer to clinching the party’s presidential nomination.

Fri, 09 May, 2008