Articles filed under Barack Obama
-
'Pastor problem' serves as new political lessonMay 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, both seeking to use religion to their advantage in the presidential campaign, have learned painful lessons ...
-
Obama urges direct diplomacy with Latin AmericaMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- Democrat Barack Obama says he wants to pursue direct diplomacy with Cuba and Latin America and criticizes Republican rival John McCain for offering the Cuban-Am...
-
Obama, Clinton chart an endgameMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Two weeks before the final primary in their marathon battle, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton were campaigning hard Wednesday. Both were in Florida, b...
-
Officials: Obama begins veep searchMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Likely Democratic nominee Barack Obama has begun a top-secret search for a running mate, fresh signs that the general election campaign is well under way a...
-
Analysis: Party insider Clinton now on the outsMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- After more than a decade as the ultimate Democratic Party insider, Hillary Rodham Clinton finds herself in a strange place: on the outside looking in, bese...
-
Obama to stand in for Kennedy at WesleyanMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Sen. Edward Kennedy is pulling out of the commencement address at Wesleyan University after being diagnosed with brain cancer, and Barack Obama will stand in f...
-
McCain, Obama spar on GI billMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - UNION CITY, Calif. -- Republican John McCain said Thursday that Democrat Barack Obama had no right to criticize McCain's position on military scholarships because the Il...
-
It's still not over, or is it?May 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Is it over? It is if you listen to Sen. Barack Obama's camp, which two weeks ago predicted Tuesday's Oregon and Kentucky primaries would give him a majority of pledged c...
-
Obama opposes rail dealMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Add Illinois senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama to those opposing Canadian National's plan to buy the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. In a letter to Barri...
-
McCain hammers Obama on national securityMay 19, 2008 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- Republican John McCain, speaking to a raucous crowd on Cuba's independence day, hammered Democrat Barack Obama for saying he would meet with President Raul Cast...