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Tears of joy, dancing in streets over Obama win

Cheering supporters of Barack Obama gathered in streets across the country Tuesday night to celebrate a moment in history many thought might never come.

Remarks of Obama — as prepared for delivery

- If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

Why Obama won, what win gets him

COLUMBIA, S.C. - There were two true stunners Saturday night: the size of Sen. Barack Obama’s margin of victory over Sen. Hillary Clinton — 28 percentage points — but just as significant this number: Total turnout for Democrats in their primary was greater than the turnout for the Republican primary in this state, which is one of the most loyally Republican in the nation.

Obama placed under Secret Service protection
Source: MSNBC

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been placed under the protection of the U.S. Secret Service, the agency said Thursday.

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.

Tears of joy, dancing in streets over Obama win
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Cheering supporters of Barack Obama gathered in streets across the country Tuesday night to celebrate a moment in history many thought might never come.

Obama tells hometown: 'Change has come'
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President-elect Barack Obama stood before tens of thousands in Chicago's Grant Park Tuesday night and told them: "Change has come to America."

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 aides eye Emanuel for White House job
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Barack Obama's campaign has approached Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel about possibly serving as White House chief of staff, officials said 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.

Bill Clinton hails Obama as America's future
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Portraying harmony like never before, Bill Clinton hailed Barack Obama on Wednesday, a power pairing designed to inspire Democrats already smelling victory.

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.

How Palin *Should* Have Been Handled

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.

Obama sets record straight on his religion
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Barack Obama is stepping up his effort to correct the misconception that he's a Muslim now that the presidential campaign has hit the Bible Belt.

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.

Obama: Grandmother may not see Election Day
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he's not sure his gravely ill grandmother will live to see Election Day.

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