President Barack Obama gets heckled by someone in the crowd. BEST VIDEO OF RECENT TIMES - www.youtube.com President Barack Obama switched into campaign mode Thursday night. The president hit four high-dollar fundraisers in Manhattan, after discussing the economy in New Hampshire in the afternoon. At a $5000 per person reception that kicked off his fundraising tour of the Big Apple, the approximately 100 guests largely ignored the appetizers of miniburgers and finger sandwiches and listened to Obama speak about the economy and foreign policy for over ten minutes. He noted that the country had been through "three of the toughest years" but he was confident "America would bounce back." "Now, we're not all the way back. There is still a lot of hardship out there. There are a lot of folks who still are looking for a job," he said. "But the good news is that here in the United States, the trend lines are good. Last month, we saw 250000 jobs created. We've created 3.7 million jobs ! over the last two years. We've seen the highest growth in manufacturing jobs since the 1990s. Unemployment is still high, but it's been moving in the right direction." But it was foreign policy -- particularly his mention of the end of the war in Iraq and the weakening of Al-Qaida and the death of its leader, Osama bin Laden -- that drew the most applause. The president's motorcade then traveled downtown, as people lined the streets taking pictures. He headed to a $35800 dollar per plate dinner at ABC ...
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