Articles filed under Political Figures
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Obama from obscurity to verge of historyMay 10, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The amazement was on their faces. Hundreds waited for Barack Obama on that evening in South Carolina, 15 weeks ago, to claim victory -- a surprising victor...
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Michelle Obama 'particularly proud of my husband'May 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Michelle Obama, speaking as her husband may have the Democratic presidential nomination within his grasp, told a Chicago luncheon crowd Friday that she's more convinced ...
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Obama overtakes Clinton in Democratic superdelegatesMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats w...
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Obama picks up 9 superdelegates, union endorsementMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as e...
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They want Clinton to foldMay 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois' Democratic superdelegates do not exactly represent the entire nation. They all hail, after all, from Sen. Barack Obama's home state. Most have never been on th...
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Evidence scant that Wright hurt Obama much in Ind., N.C.May 07, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The reaction -- or lack of it -- by Indiana and North Carolina voters to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's incendiary comments emphasizes how deeply entrenched th...
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Indiana, North Carolina primaries much too muchMay 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The endless Democratic presidential campaign has lurched from irrelevance to trivia, triggering a near-universal call to bring it to a halt. The two states that voted o...
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Obama: I'm not taking nomination for grantedMay 07, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Who was that tall, slim guy glad-handing all around the House floor Thursday? And was it really appropriate for him to be campaigning there? Well, members ...
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The people in Obama's army of small donorsMay 07, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Kriss Riggs isn't one to spend her money on politicians. "Even the place you can donate a dollar on your taxes, I refuse to do it," says the 60-year-old ph...
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Clinton presses on, urges supporters to ignore calls to quitMay 07, 2008 11:00 pm - CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Her voice raspy, her tone determined, Hillary Rodham Clinton urged her supporters on Thursday to ignore the political pundits who have declared her ...