Articles filed under Barack Obama
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Obama talked of race issues in 1999 debateMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Tuesday's speech about race in America was not the first time Chicago Democrat Barack Obama has talked publicly and pointedly about the topic. In 1999, wh...
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Did Obama's speech on race connect with voters?Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Did he succeed? Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race has been called everything from "brilliant" to "phony." But will it, in basic political terms, lift his campaign over ...
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Twisted Sister guitarist rocks for BarackMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Jay Jay French wants to rock. He also wants Barack. So the Twisted Sister guitarist has rerecorded the heavy metal band's anthem, "I Wanna Rock," ...
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Pastor forged message during civil rights eraMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - As shocking as they may be, the provocative sermons of Barack Obama's pastor come out of a tradition of using the black church to challenge its members and confront what...
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Obama confronts nation's legacy of racial divisionMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- Barack Obama unsparingly criticized his longtime pastor's words while strongly defending the man himself Tuesday in a politically risky speech that appea...
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Do-over primary in Florida unlikelyMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Facing strong opposition, Florida Democrats on Monday abandoned plans to hold a do-over presidential primary with a mail-in vote and threw the deleg...
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Obama sees racial divide tainting campaignsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - PLAINFIELD, Ind. -- Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday decried "the forces of division" over race that he said are intruding into the Democratic presidential nomination conte...
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Iowa supplies a few more Obama delegatesMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Barack Obama expanded his fragile lead in delegates over rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday, picking up at least seven delegates as Iowa activ...
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Obama distances himself from pastorMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday denounced inflammatory remarks from his pastor, who has railed against the United States and accus...
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Obama declares more Rezko cashMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday that he got more political money from indicted fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko than he has previously acknowled...