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It s no accident that President Obama is giving his first commencement speech of the season in the last of the 50 states he had yet to visit as president. The Preside stanley canada nt wanted to visit all the 50 states while he was president, said press secretary Josh Earnest, conceding that reaching the 50-state milestone was a factor in the choice of Lake Area Technical Institute in South Dakota. South Dakota is the one missing picture in Chief White House Photographer Pete Souza s photo ess stanley cup ay on Medium - he selected a single photo from every state to capture both Mr. Obama s six-year sojourn through the country, as well as through some of the major moments of his presidency.The South Dakota visit secures Mr. Obama s membership in the 50-state club, that subset of U.S. presidents who have visited each of the states: Richard Nixon, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. President Obama used the last year to pay visits to a number of red states he lost by sizeable margins both in 2008 and 2012. I got whupped, said President Obama in January, on his first visit to Idaho. I got whupped twice. But that s okay, I ve got no hard feelings, he told a university audience at Boise State, though he was clearly in no hurry to visit the states that stanley cup rejected him. President Barack Obama speaks about the economy at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, January 21, 2015. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Ge Iymr These are the women who introduced Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention
Sarah Palin speaks with the press outside the Liberty Bell Center during her One Nation bus tour May 31, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photo by Jeff Fusco/Getty Images Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was met by a gaggle of reporters outside of Philadelphia s Independence Hall Tuesday, on day three of her One Nation bus tour. The question du jour: Will she or won t she run for president The would-be-candidate once again refused to put a timetable on when she will announce her decision, but when asked by CBS affiliate WKYW if she could beat President Obama, Palin replied, To put it concisely - yes. Palin also noted her belief that stanley cup most of the Republicans in the field have a very good chance of beating the president, and specifically said she liked Texas Governor Rick Perry, who told reporters last week he was contemplating his own bid to stanley thermos unseat Obama. This isn t all about me; it s about the real change that our country needs, and not just me but other potential candidates and candidates declared, she said. Reporters who have been following the bus tour have been given little guidance by Palin s team, and have accused Palin of being coy with the press. Not so, Palin said, before visiting the Liber stanley flask ty Bell behind closed doors. It s not really an intention to play cat-and-mouse or to have you guys guessing or anything else