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TORONTO - Barack Obama appears to come by his nickname honestly. Despite stepping into the U.S. presidency at perhaps the most difficult juncture in decades, No Drama Obama seems as unruffled - and as youthful - now as he did nearly two years ago when he announced he was seeking the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Except, that is, for the small matter of his hair. Since last summer, Obama's once jet-black hair has gone grey at a startling clip.

CNN’s Saturday filled with following Barack Obama’s train trip to the Inauguration was also filled with Obama praise. At one juncture, CNN couldn’t help but metaphorically merge Barack Obama with the exhilarating news of the US Airways pilot who landed his plane in the Hudson River without losing a single passenger. A few minutes after 2 pm Eastern time, anchorman Wolf Blitzer recalled "Soledad [O’Brien] and I were talking about this earlier and she was saying metaphorically in some ways, the pilot of that airplane is very much like Barack Obama -- that he got the plane down safely, but...

Hard to believe it was almost 19 years ago that the Star first ran this photo and feature on Barack Obama. Today, his ambitious goals and youthful views – not to mention the reactions to them – seem eerily prophetic. ..... CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Barack Obama stares silently at a wall of fading black-and-white photographs in the muggy second-floor offices of the Harvard Law Review. He lingers over one row of solemn faces, his predecessors of 40 years ago. All are men. All are dressed in dark-coloured suits and ties. All are white. It is a sobering moment for Obama, 28, who...

Julie Banderas is doing her best as of the 7 PM EST Fox Report...leading off breathlessly that Arizona is now a toss up state.

John McCain, The Republican candidate for President frustrates his supporters because he continuously does not complete his statements when discussing his opponent. Now his opponent, "That One" whom he once called a socialist and is one. This socialist has been deluging the media with outright lies about McCain positions on stem cell reasearch, health insurance, blaming the cause of meltdown on President Bush when this socialist played a major role in promoting the government program where his campaign associates made millions off of it. "That One" received the most campaign contributions $126,340. in the shortest time from the organizations his...

WASHINGTON — It was a moment that stood out in a presidential debate void of many pithy sound bites: "That one," Republican John McCain said contemptuously of Barack Obama, pointing in the general direction of his Democratic rival while discussing energy policies. Those two small words didn't just leave many pundits cringing, but more significantly, they caused some in the African-American community to accuse McCain of racism in his dismissive treatment of the man aiming to be the first black president in U.S. history. "It speaks to the fundamental belief of racism: despite all evidence to the contrary, you are...

Tuesday´s debate between Senators McCain and Obama was relative uneventful in my eyes except for McCain´s "That one" statement when referring to his opponent. Now, this may seem insignificant to McCain backers and maybe even to some Obama, but is it insignificant? McCain´s camp has said it was just Senator McCain´s attempt at humor. I was not smiling. Making the statement "that one" can conjure up some bad memories for some folks. "Which slave do you want masta? That one," the White slave-owner says. "What toy do you want son? That one," the child whines. "Which one of these men...

LOL. "That one." That was accurate. Who are these people on CBS? LOL. The bearded guy speaking right now sounds drunk.