1. HOW BARACK OBAMA SURVIVED HIS PRESIDENCY 1

2. PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL ASSISTANT/ PERSONAL AID Reggie Love o Barack Obama Calles Him iReggie. He has his books, papers, and music, all in one place! o Reggie’s Job was to anticipate anything Obama might need. 2

3. DEALS WITH STRESS One of the ways that Obama deals with stress is playing basketball. He plays before every election. The only time he didn’t play was when he lost the New Hampshire primary to Hillary Rodham Clinton. He vowed never to skip a game again. He tries to have a family dinner every night at 6:30. Obama designs his schedule to focus on things that are important to him and just on what’s coming at him. 3

4. OBAMA’S CAMPAIGN Electoral vote Obama vs. Romney 332 Obama – 206 Romney Popular Vote Obama vs. Romney 65,915,796 Obama – 60,933,500 Romney 4

5. OBAMA’S FAMILY From left to right: Michelle Obama, Malia Obama, Barack Obama, Sasha Obama Bo and Sunny are the Obama Family dogs. Bo has caused some mischief in the White House, including chewing the President’s gym shoes, and Sunny, the newest edition to the Obama Family, was born in Michigan. 5

6. FUN FACTS He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili His favorite meal is his wife Michelle’s shrimp linguini He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father He has read every Harry Potter book He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream He is left-handed 6

7. FUN FACTS CONTINUED His favorite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia He can speak Spanish While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead His favorite drink is black forest berry iced tea He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name His favorite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville 7 Fun facts on slides 6 and 7 are from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk