Tavis Smiley - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Tavis Smiley Index / People Transcripts David Axelrod ...some comments that a media personality, Tavis Smiley , said in October of 2012. He had said... ...and the 2012 campaign. First of all, Tavis Smiley had been hostile to the president fro... Michael Strautmanis ...were invited and declined to go on Tavis Smiley 's event that he held at the same tim... Marc Morial ...criticized us for doing that. My friend Tavis [Smiley] and Brother Cornel [West]—they kind o... ...Black, in 2010, I was on the panel; Tavis Smiley was on the panel; Marcia Fudge was o... ...the panel debating President Obama. And Tavis Smiley and I got into a little bit of a test... Related Topics go to the Gun Control Gun Control go to the Education Education go to the Republican Opposition Republican Opposition go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism go to the Public Health Public Health