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Friday, August 17, 2012  Barack Obama's re-election campaign kept up pressure against Republican rival Mitt Romney on two fronts Friday, launching a new ad defending the president's record on Medicare while challenging Romney to release at least five years of tax returns.

Thursday, May 12, 2011  The campaign confirmed it has hired Lee Goodall to direct its efforts in the Palmetto State.  Goodall served as a campaign field director in Georgia in 2008 and has served as that state's director for Organizing for America, a field operation that works with the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

Monday, August 09, 2010  President Barack Obama's late-summer dash for campaign cash picks up Monday with two high-dollar fundraisers in Texas for the Democratic Party.