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- Obama Background (CNN News)
"Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas, born in Hawaii, raised in Chicago, was an little-known Illinois state Senator as recently as late last year."
"Now, he's the state's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, the subject of major features in The New Yorker and The New Republic magazines, the odds-on favorite to win the seat being vacated by Republican Peter Fitzgerald -- and he's getting the Democratic convention's glamour slot, giving the keynote address in the heart of prime time." 7-04
- Democrat - Barack Obama Profile (Wikipedia.org)
Provides a biography. Visitors sometimes misspell as Barak. 03-07
- Obama and McCain Debate the Troop Surge (CBS News)
"Sen. John McCain supports President George Bush's planned troop surge in Iraq, while his fellow Senator, and likely opponent in the 2008 race for the White House, Barack Obama would rather see a 'surge in diplomacy.' " 01-07
- -02-23-07 Obama and Clinton Conflict (New York Times)
"After weeks of watching in frustration as Senator Barack Obama presented himself as a fresh face gliding above partisan politics, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has drawn Mr. Obama onto a muddy political field, engaging him in a back-and-forth that recalls the kind of Washington bickering Mr. Obama has decried." 02-07
- Democrat - Barack Obama (BarackObama.com)
Provides his official Web site. 03-07
- Democrat - Barack Obama News (MSNBC News
Provides news stories on Senator Barack Obama. 05-07
- 05-25-07 Clinton and Obama Vote Against Iraq Bill (MSNBC News)
"Courting the anti-war constituency, Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama both voted against legislation that pays for the Iraq war but lacks a timeline for troop withdrawal." 05-07
- -07-01-07 Obama Reports Record Amount in Donations (CBS News)
"Sen. Barack Obama reported Sunday raising at least $32.5 million for his presidential campaign from April through June, a record for a Democratic candidate." 07-07
- Barack Obama: Energy Policy (BarackObama.com)
"Senator Obama has been a Senate leader in pushing for a comprehensive national energy policy and has introduced a number of bills to get us closer to the goal of energy independence. By putting aside partisan battles, he has found common ground on fuel economy standards, renewable fuels, and clean coal." 07-07
- Democrat - Barack Obama Gains Oprah's Endorsement (ABC News)
Helen Kennedy: "But the Queen of All Media's first-ever foray into political campaigning is going to be one for the history and political science books, testing the limits of celebrity endorsements and setting primary-season crowd records."
" 'She's going to electrify the campaign trail -- there's no question about it,' ABC's George Stephanopoulos said on 'Good Morning America' Thursday." 12-07
- Democrat - Barack Obama Gains Oprah's Endorsement (Time.com)
Winfrey's endorsement — and her announcement that she will appear with Obama at campaign events in Iowa, South Carolina, and New Hampshire on December 8 and 9 — helps bring the following four things to Obama: campaign cash, celebrity, excitement and big crowds."
"The four things that Obama has on his own in great abundance — without Winfrey's help — are campaign cash, celebrity, excitement and big crowds. "
"But a more important event for his chances of winning might actually be taking place on Tuesday of this week, when he appears in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with some of his top foreign policy advisers for a forum with local residents." 12-07
- -01-04-08 Obama's Historic Victory (Time.com)
"Barack Obama's first words after winning the Iowa caucus were intended for history and they were gorgeous: 'They said this day would never come.' Perhaps he was thinking small." 01-08
- -Editorial: Obama's Stunning Win in South Carolina (MSNBC News)
"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." 01-08
- -01-27-08 Obama's Win Reshapes the Race (Time.com)
"There was only way to describe Barack Obama's victory over Hillary Clinton and John Edwards in South Carolina: It was a rout." 01-08
- -02-09-08 Obama Wins on "Super Saturday" (Time.com)
"Sen. Barack Obama swept the Louisiana primary and caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state Saturday night, slicing into Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's slender delegate lead in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination." 02-08
- -02-18-08 The Barack Momentum (Time.com)
"Obama's most convincing victory came in Virginia, a state itching to switch from red to blue in 2008. He swept most demographic groups there, including such alleged Clinton strongholds as white men and Latinos. The size of the Virginia victory can be attributed, in part, to the momentum Obama had gathered over the preceding weekend in caucus states like Nebraska and Maine. And his blowout victories in those places can be attributed to the fact that he is running a smarter, more rigorous campaign than Clinton is." 02-08
- -02-20-08 Obama Wins 9th Straight (Time.com)
"Notching his ninth straight win in roughly two weeks' time, Barack Obama forged another broad coalition of whites, blacks and political independents to cruise to a resounding victory over Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin on Tuesday. Obama's win, though widely predicted, was by a wider (double-digit) margin than many had expected and lends him an unusual and enviable momentum as the race turns now to Ohio and Texas on March 4." 02-08
- Obama's Grandmother (Time.com)
"Several thousand miles and a world away, Barack Obama is campaigning to change American politics. But in the tiny farmstead where his father used to herd goats, his Kenyan relatives are praying for anything but more political upheaval."
"The Obamas live about an hour's drive — first on potholed asphalt roads then on a rutted dirt track into the village of Kogelo — from the city of Kisumu, the center of opposition support, standing on the shores of Lake Victoria. The population here is Luo, arch-rivals of President Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe. Angry mobs torched shops, bars and garages belonging to Kikuyu businessmen and forced their families to board buses for their tribal homelands in Central Kenya. In spite of the apparent political breakthrough in the capital Nairobi, the anger remains even if the mobs have been called off for now." 03-08
- Barack Obama Biographical Articles (New York Times)
Provides articles on Barack Obama. 03-08
- -03-13-08 Obama Wins Clear Victory in Mississippi (PBS.org)
"Sen. Barack Obama scored a victory in the Mississippi primary Tuesday, nudging his delegate advantage over rival Sen. Hillary Clinton. With nearly a dozen primary contests remaining, political analysts weigh how the battle for delegates may be waged in Pennsylvania and beyond." 03-08
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