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As holiday shoppers hunted for safe toys Sunday, Democrat Barack Obama touted his plan for tighter regulation of Chinese-made playthings, millions of which have been recalled because of unsafe levels of lead. Complete Story...
Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that even if rival Barack Obama's claim that he has more support from her husband's administration was true, the statement was "silly" because voters look at qualifications, not a candidate's brain trust.
Democrat Barack Obama criticized John Edwards on Saturday as an unconvincing populist who passed up chances in the Senate to curb the power of lobbyists and is tolerating presidential campaign tactics that he claims to oppose.
A comparison of some of Barack Obama's views over the years, based on candidate questionnaires in 1996 and 2004, interviews, presidential debates and other comments:
Barack Obama suggested Friday that he has more foreign policy experts from the Clinton administration backing his candidacy over Hillary Rodham Clinton's, but lists provided by both campaigns show hers is nearly twice as long.
Democrat Barack Obama argued on Thursday that presidential rivals who resort to negative criticism based on personal claims rather than issues will turn off voters.
Former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey has apologized to Barack Obama for any unintentional insult he committed by raising the Democratic presidential candidate's Muslim heritage while endorsing rival candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Barack Obama listened intently Wednesday as 65-year-old Sandra Burt poured out her troubles, a recent retiree and her husband without the money to cover a $2,900 monthly drug bill or even a full load of kerosene for heat.
Barack Obama picked up an endorsement Tuesday from filmmaker Ken Burns, who said he was disappointed in what he called the negative tone of Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign.
Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday the nation's foreign policy challenges call for a new leader who will worry more about doing the right thing than how it will look.
Barack Obama's appeal among Democrats is undeniable. He's near the top of every poll and he packs rooms wherever he goes. But a vital piece of the Democratic power establishment isn't showing him any love: labor unions.
While Oprah Winfrey is all smiles as she stumps for presidential hopeful Barack Obama, the National Enquirer reports she isn’t smiling at home. And Obama is part of the problem. The magazine claims the media mogul and her partner of over 21 years, Stedman Graham, have sought counseling to cope with Stedman’s jealousy and Oprah’s less than loving feelings.
Powerful interests in Washington have swayed a new farm bill toward big business, Democrat Barack Obama said Monday, campaigning in the most rural region of this crucial early voting state and promising to do better as president.
WATERLOO, Iowa - Vote for John Edwards or Barack Obama? Obama or Edwards?
ELKADER, Iowa - As Democratic presidential contender John Edwards fielded questions from a crowd of about 100 people in Elkader, Iowa (population 1,374) Friday night, he got one of those out-of-left-field queries for which a candidate needs his sharpest wits.
Democrat Barack Obama on Sunday confronted one of the persistent falsehoods circulating about him on the Internet.
WATERLOO, Iowa - Former president Bill Clinton leveled a new attack on Sen. Barack Obama on Friday, arguing that he lacked the experience needed to be president, a criticism that drew a tart response from Obama on Saturday as he campaigned in Waterloo, Iowa.
Democrat Barack Obama Saturday scoffed at suggestions by President Clinton that the Illinois senator is not ready to be president, and that Obama is running strong in Iowa in part because his home state and Iowa share a border.
Barack Obama is getting rid of an old $5,000 campaign donation that was given to him by an Illinois businessman who was indicted this week.
It was a Wednesday night ritual for Barack Obama: After a day of debating taxes, the death penalty or some other divisive issue, he'd head to a meeting of "The Committee."
Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday denounced the comments of an official in her campaign who resigned after raising questions about drug use by Barack Obama. Clinton was asked about the official's comments about Obama as she campaigned in Iowa, where the controversy has become an issue less than three weeks before the state's leadoff caucuses.
DES MOINES, Iowa - “It was worse than a crime, it was a blunder.”
Democrat Barack Obama said Thursday night he is running for president to help those who are working harder for less but don't think anyone is listening to them. Fresh from a presidential debate in suburban Des Moines, Obama joked of his performance: "I thought I was perfect."
A stunning new Iowa poll seems to show the New York senator with an apparent double-digit lead over her nearest rival among likely Democratic caucus goers, with voting just over a week away.
Attention Bill Clinton: If that's what this election is about, it's already over. No matter how much Hillary Clinton, Mr. McCain or Rudy Giuliani brag about being tested and vetted, it's not experience that will be decisive in determining the next president.
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama would defeat all five of the top Republicans in prospective general election contests, performing better than either of his two top rivals, a new Zogby telephone poll shows.
With polls showing Edwards in a dead heat with Obama and Clinton in Iowa, and Edwards listed as the preferred second choice of supporters of other candidates (an important factor in the Iowa Caucuses) an argument could be made that Edwards is actually leading in Iowa at this poin …
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards traded unexpectedly bitter attacks Saturday over plans by a group linked to Edwards to air television advertising on his behalf.
Racial Undercurrent Is Seen in Clinton Campaign Washington Post By Chris Cillizza And Shailagh Murray PLAYERS and PLAYERS Sunday, December 23, 2007; Page A02
Once it was about Hillary, but now, of course, it's about Bill.
WASHINGTON — Teachers cheered Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton when she stepped before them last month at an elementary school in Waterloo, Iowa, and said she would "end" the No Child Left Behind Act because it was "just not working."
Once it was about Hillary, but now, of course, it's about Bill.
For many, Mr. McCain's long record of experience may be a liability even greater than his party-bucking moderation on immigration and his bear hug of President Bush on Iraq. What his résumé mainly does is remind a youth-obsessed culture of his age.
If you don't vote in February for what you believe in, you won't get to vote for it in November
After careful consideration and months of researching positions and studying debates, I have decided to endorse Senator Barack Obama for the 2008 Democratic Presidential Nomination.
Hillary Clinton will be president. Barack Obama will be leading the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Baltimore Sun by John McCormick and Jill Zuckman, updated
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama would defeat all five of the top Republicans in prospective general election contests, performing better than either of his two top rivals, a new Zogby telephone poll shows.
People have often asked me over the years what I would predict for America. I can only say what I have been able to discern and the few things God has intimated to my heart from time to time.
The boogeyman is coming, and he is going to get someone next year, no doubt about it. Yes sir, the boogeyman is going to decide this upcoming presidential election and nothing can stop him. The only question left to answer is which boogeyman it is going to be.
The Star Dec 21, 2007 04:30 AM Tim Harper WASHINGTON BUREAU excerpt:WASHINGTON–Consider the many faces of Hillary. There is the policy warrior Hillary Clinton, the invincible wonk spewing statistics and stories of legislative amendments throughout the room.
Most neutral observers would agree that Hillary Clinton's response to Barack Obama's rise has been bungled. Over the past few weeks, we have seen her campaign attempt again and again to attack him, only to make itself look foolish.
So there he was last Friday night on The Charlie Rose Show, now fully untethered, wildly captaining the Hillaryland torpedo boat on what was hoped to be a final search-and-destroy mission.
Now I am sure everyone has seen all the Christmas campaign ads by now but just in case, here they are. Huckabee Obama Giuliani Clinton Edwards These are the ones I am aware of but I am sure there are more to come, feel free to post them when you see them.
Ostensibly inspired by Huckabee's blantant self-depiction as the Messiah endorsed candidate, and, of course, given that no election is complete without a reverential trip to the pews, the candidates from both sides of the aisles are each marshalling out their Christiness so that …
The feud du-jour among the Democratic set is that boiling between Paul Krugman and Barack Obama. Which isn't really boiling because I mean relatively, of course, which is to say it's piping close to lukewarm; and I don't really mean feud per se, causes it's basically just u …
"I would stop the import of all toys from China. Now, I have to say that that's about 80 per cent of toys that are being imported right now," the Illinois senator told voters in New Hampshire, which helps kick off the 2008 White House race.
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