July 30th: President Obama made a middle-of-the-map tour stop in Kansas City in the middle of an ugly, but entertaining, blame game with Republicans. It was at the Uptown Theater where Obama made his infamous plea for Republicans to "stop just hating all the time."

Regarding KC BBQ, though, the President was very bipartisan. Obama commented that Arthur Bryant's was "tasty" but refused to declare any winners for best BBQ in KC.