President Obama: 'Nobody's Boy'?

President Barack Obama greets people waiting  for him on the tarmac as he arrives on Air Force One at O'Hare International Airport, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, in Chicago.
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President Barack Obama greets people waiting for him on the tarmac as he arrives on Air Force One at O'Hare International Airport, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, in Chicago.

President Barack Obama greets people waiting  for him on the tarmac as he arrives on Air Force One at O'Hare International Airport, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, in Chicago.
Carolyn Kaster/AP

President Barack Obama greets people waiting for him on the tarmac as he arrives on Air Force One at O'Hare International Airport, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, in Chicago.

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August 5, 2011

The President was recently referred to as "your boy" by MSNBC's Pat Buchanan, and his debt ceiling policy was called a "tar baby" by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.). Also in the week's news: July gained 117,000 jobs and MTV hit 30 years on the air. Weighing in are the Barbershop guys: author Jimi Izrael, attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, Republican strategist Ron Christie, and professor Mark Lamont Hill.

 

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