President Obama, accompanied by Education Secretary Arne Duncan (left), delivers his back-to school speech on Sept. 28, 2011, at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in D.C. (Associated Press)
President Obama shakes hands at Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver on Tuesday. "He's a good president, but there's no jobs," a student said. (Associated Press)
President Obama holds ups his proposed American Jobs Act legislation while speaking at Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver on Sept. 27, 2011. (Associated Press)
Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson (left) introduces President Obama at a Democratic fundraiser at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Obama, accompanied by LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, gestures Sept. 26, 2011, during a LinkedIn town hall at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. (Associated Press)
President Obama stops to greet people on the tarmac during his arrival at Moffett Airfield, near San Jose, Calif., on Sept., 25, 2011. (Associated Press)
President Obama delivers remarks at the Brent Spence Bridge, regarding his American Jobs Act Now legislation on Sept., 22, 2011, in Cincinnati. (Associated Press)
President Obama addresses the 66th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. Mr. Obama voiced his opposition to a declaration of a Palestinian state, saying that "peace will not come through statements at the U.N. — if it were that easy, it would have been accomplished by now." (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful Andy Martin continues to investigate President Obama's eligibility to hold office. (Courtesy Andy Martin for President)
President Obama meets with the National Transitional Council Chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil at the United Nations building on Sept., 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Ralph Nader says the Democrats must mount an intraparty challenge to President Obama in the presidential primary season in order to promote the liberal causes of the party. Otherwise the liberal agenda "will be muted and ignored," says the longtime activist. (Associated Press)
VETO VOW: President Obama said Monday that he would "not support any plan that puts all the burden for closing our deficit on ordinary Americans," and called for higher taxes on the wealthiest. (Associated Press)
Former President Bill Clinton said of President Obama's current low poll ratings, "When you are out there running against yourself and people feel miserable, it's hard to see your numbers go up." (Associated Press)
Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat, said President Obama is more attuned to average voters than the Republican presidential candidates because the GOP field is courting the tea party. (Associated Press)