Articles filed under Political Figures
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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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Obama, McCain in crossfire over policy in IraqMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama criticized Republican John McCain on Wednesday for misidentifying Iraqi extremists, saying he fails ...
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Schedule shows Hillary was home on days when Clinton, Lewinsky had sexMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON _ Hillary Rodham Clinton was home in the White House on a half dozen days when her husband had sexual encounters there with intern Monica Lewinsky, according...
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Durbin references Obama early and often during visitMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Although not everyone in the audience was of voting age, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's Tuesday visit to Libertyville High School could've been mistaken for a presidential camp...
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Clinton's life as the first lady revealedMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton kept her schedule packed when allegations exploded that her husband had an affair with an intern, according to papers released Wedne...
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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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Ex-state official in Rezko trial links Blagojevich to bribes, corruptionMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Star prosecution witness Stuart Levine, testifying in Antoin "Tony" Rezko's trial, continued to describe this morning a web of corruption that, he suggested, extended to...
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Bush's lame-duck status could impede foreign policyMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - President Bush seems ready to move back to Texas. There he was singing a jolly farewell at the Gridiron Club dinner recently, a fancy gathering for journalists and thei...