Obama in Wisconsin After Lackluster Debate

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President Barack Obama spoke in front of a friendly crowd of 30,000 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Thursday, October 4. By Elizabeth DiNovella
Obama’s Disastrous Debate

A sluggish and dull Obama was reduced to uttering clichés like “The genius of America is the free enterprise system.” What about the Bill of Rights? Or the separation of powers? We don’t need a Democrat to curtsy to capitalism. By Matthew Rothschild
America still not a post-racial society

Our future together, as Americans, is linked like the leaves of a tree. We will either flourish or wilt together. By Fred McKissack Jr.

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Obama visits Madison

President Barack Obama visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison Thursday to give a campaign speech on Bascom Hill. Obama speaks to an estimated crowd of 30,000 at a campaign rally.