President Barack Obama is celebrating his 49th birthday today, August 4th! How will the Commander in Chief spend his birthday? Want to wish the President a happy birthday yourself? However, First lady Michelle Obama has taken their youngest daughter, Sasha, to Spain. Their other daughter, Malia, is away at summer camp.Nevertheless, his supporters are busy making Aug. 4 a big day for the country by trying to turn the occasion into a kind of national celebration.
In an effort to drum up enthusiasm — and increase membership — the political operatives who run Organizing for America (OFA), an activist group devoted to the president, are set to stage hundreds of birthday parties around the country, giving Obama’s day of birth the feel of a holiday.
OFA members — there are said to be 13 million of them, but the organizers won’t release the count — can be activated by e-mail at a moment’s notice for political work on behalf of the president or his allies.
Obama is heading home to Chicago for a birthday celebration dinner Wednesday evening with friends. Meanwhile, the president's birthday – though a year shy of the Big 50 milestone – is being used in this election year as a prime fundraising opportunity for Democratic candidates and party organizations, through mailings, e-mails, parties and other birthday-themed outreach.
On Thursday, Obama will tour an auto plant in Chicago and attend Democratic fundraisers before returning to Washington.
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He spent several years of his childhood in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world.
