Re election is, of course, the driving factor behind the new BFF status of Obama and the middle class, so let the word games begin.

"Obama’s Republican rivals blasted the president Thursday, after a preview of the interview showed Obama saying that he should have done more to tell American people a story that "gives them a sense of unity and purpose and optimism.

The president called Okrent’s family to offer his condolences, and presumed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney also offered his condolences over Twitter, the Chicago Sun Times reported.

Obama, joined during the interview by first lady Michelle Obama, said that most of his summer will be spent on the campaign trail as both of his daughters, Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11, will be heading to sleep away camp for a month.

The White House recently told Massachusetts state police that the president and his family would be skipping their annual summer vacation to Martha’s Vineyard this year.

"we think this place magnifies the good parts and the bad parts of you," the first lady told Rose.

"And we have just been so proud to watch him maneuver through some pretty interesting waters, and to retain himself.

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