Text of Obama's first press conference as President-Elect
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The following is a statement issued by the Obama transition team before his first press conference as president-elect. What do you think of President-Elect Obama's first press conference? What about the start of this whole transition period? Discuss.
Obama hometown giddy about victory prospect
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Thousands of Barack Obama supporters in the senator's hometown gathered in Grant Park for a huge election-night rally they hoped would be a historic victory celebration.
Obama hometown giddy about victory prospect
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Thousands of Barack Obama supporters in the senator's hometown gathered in Grant Park for a huge election-night rally they hoped would be a historic victory celebration.
What Obama's Senate votes reveal
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"If we could just come together across the boundaries" of political party and other categories, Barack Obama says, "there's no problem we could not solve." But the boundaries are defined by votes on specific issues: immigration, Iraq, taxes, judicial nominees, spending on Medicar …
Barack Obama's grandmother dies
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Barack Obama's ailing grandmother died Monday in Hawaii, a day before Obama was to stand election for the presidency, his campaign announced.
Barack Obama's grandmother dies
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Barack Obama's ailing grandmother died Monday in Hawaii, a day before Obama was to stand election for the presidency, his campaign announced.
Race fear vs. money anxiety at play in election
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What's more scary: a bleak economy or a black president? The two ideas converge in a small but influential group of voters who fear that if elected, Barack Obama would give blacks preferential treatment.
Obama says he didn't know aunt's illegal status
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday he didn't know that one of his relatives was living in the United States illegally and believes the appropriate laws should be followed.
AP: Obama's aunt living in U.S. illegally
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Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenyan woman living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after a judge rejected her asylum request four years ago, The Associated Press has learned.
Obama testy with media on Halloween
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Democrat Barack Obama got annoyed with the media Friday as he tried to walk down a Chicago street with his 7-year-old daughter, Sasha, who was dressed up in a shiny costume for Halloween.
Obama infomercial tops network ratings
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Barack Obama's campaign "infomercial" drew 26.4 million viewers to three major networks, proving modestly more popular than typical prime-time programming, preliminary figures showed Thursday.
Obama infomercial tops network ratings
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Barack Obama's campaign "infomercial" drew 26.4 million viewers to three major networks, proving modestly more popular than typical prime-time programming, preliminary figures showed Thursday.
Group releases anti-Obama DVD in newspapers
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Readers of newspapers in swing states Ohio, Florida and Nevada are finding an anti-Barack Obama DVD in editions this week, days before the presidential election.
Sarah, from Wassila writes; "Dear Simba, I'm a hard-working Sarah six-pack type hockey mom with a hankerin' to hang a moose head in the oval office, but my old codger of a running mate is already showing signs of throwing me under the bus and blaming me for our upcoming election …
If This Gets Out, McCain Is Done. Period.
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In the wake of John McCain's denouncement of Barack Obama's "spreading the wealth" tax concept as socialist, Daniel Miessler posts a video in which McCain himself stated that he believes people who make more should pay higher taxes.
Christian right intensifies attacks on Obama
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Attacks targeting Barack Obama illustrate just how worried conservative Christian activists are about what should happen to their influence if Dems seize control of the White House and Congress.
Christian right intensifies attacks on Obama
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Attacks targeting Barack Obama illustrate just how worried conservative Christian activists are about what should happen to their influence if Dems seize control of the White House and Congress.