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Here's the latest news from the campaign trail for Wednesday, April 2: McCain compiling list of potential running mates; Dean committed to seating Florida delegates; Hamilton endorses Obama; Clinton proposes $7 billion jobs plan. Other Media You Might Like
| Ap Election Update: Clinton Takes
Kentucky Acting AP Washington Bureau Chief
Ron Fournier talks with John
Seigenthaler about Clinton's win in
Kentucky, while all eyes remain on
Oregon. (May 20) Tags: News Election 2008
By: APnews | 
| Bush Warns Against Pullout From
Iraq President Bush on Thursday defended
the slow pace of progress in Iraq,
and cautioned that retreat from
Iraq would 'carry enormous
strategic costs for the United
States.' (March 27) Tags: News bush iraq
By: APnews | 
| Obama: Step Up Effort Against
Taliban, Al-qaida Senator Barack Obama said Sunday
the United States, NATO and
Afghanistan must do more to combat
the Taliban and al-Qaida, and he
urged stronger steps to prod
Pakistan into eliminating
cross-border terrorist training
camps. (July 20) Tags: News logan obama
By: APnews | 
| Mccain Regrets Position On Mlk
Holiday Presidential candidate John McCain
stood outside the motel where Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was slain 40
years ago, and told a crowd he was
wrong to initially oppose making
Dr. King's birthday a state holiday
in Arizona. (April 4) Tags: News mccain mlk
By: APnews | 
| Former Bush Spokesman Tony Snow
Dies At 53 Fox News is reporting that
conservative commentator and former
White House press secretary Tony
Snow has died of cancer. He was
53. (July 12) Tags: News Obit Snow
By: APnews | 
| In Fundraising Campaign: Obama,
Mccain Close Democrat Barack Obama raised $22
million in May for his presidential
campaign, his weakest fundraising
month this year, and ended the
month with $43 million cash on
hand. Rival John McCain came close
to matching Obama, $21 million in
May. (June 21) Tags: News candidates money
By: APnews | 
| Amid Further Uproar, Obama Resigns
From Church Barack Obama has resigned his
20-year membership in Chicago's
Trinity United Church of Christ. A
move that follows inflammatory
remarks by the Reverend Jeremiah
Wright and more recent fiery
remarks from a visiting priest.
(June 1) Tags: News BC Obama
By: APnews | 
| Ap Campaign Minute Here's the latest from the campaign
trial for April 11th: Obama wants
to reverse 'Dont Ask, Don't Tell;
Clinton on crime; McCain cleared to
run; Romney wants VP spot? Tags: News campaign minute
By: APnews | 
| Obama's Plane Diverted By
Mechanical Problems Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama's plane made a
precautionary landing in St. Louis
after experiencing mechanical
problems in the air. The problem
arose while Obama was traveling
from Chicago to Charlotte, N.C.
(July 7) Tags: News Obama's Plane
By: APnews | 
| Bush To Sign New Eavesdropping Bill President Bush said Wednesday that
he will soon sign a bill that
overhauls the rules on secret
government eavesdropping and grants
immunity to telecommunications
companies that helped. (July 9) Tags: News fisa bush
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NBC's Tim Russert Dies at 58
Friday, June 13, 2008 at 04:45 PM | Read MoreAP is reporting that influential Tim Russert, died suddenly Friday in the midst of a presidential campaign he'd covered with trademark intensity. Praise poured in from the biggest names in politics, some recalling their own meltdown moments on his hot seat.
Russert, 58, was a political operative before he was a journalist. He joined NBC a quarter century ago and ended up as the longest-tenured host of the Sunday talk show "Meet the Press."
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Obama claims nomination; is Clinton seeking VP spot?
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 at 09:34 PM | Read MoreCheered by a roaring crowd, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, taking a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president. Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket without conceding her own defeat. Clinton praised Obama warmly in an appearance before supporters in New York, although she neither acknowledged his victory in their grueling marathon nor offered a concession of any sort.
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Clinton wins Kentucky Democratic Party
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 04:23 PM | Read MoreHillary Rodham Clinton won the Kentucky primary Tuesday, a victory of scant political value in a Democratic presidential race moving inexorably in Barack Obama's direction. The two rivals also collided in Oregon's unique vote-by-mail contest, and Obama predicted he would finish the night with a majority of all delegates at stake in the 56 primaries and caucuses on the campaign calendar.
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Clinton Wins Large in West Virginia
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 05:20 PM | Read MoreHillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large, but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of his worst defeats of the campaign but scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination. The Associated Press made its call based on surveys of voters as they left the polls.
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Clinton Fights On... Superdelegate Time
Wednesday, May 07, 2008 at 06:31 PM | Read MoreDespite an overwhelming defeat in North Carolina and a narrow victory in Indiana, Sen. Hillary Clinton vowed to stay in the race until her party has a nominee.The focus of the Democratic race now turns to the superdelegates, because they outnumber the remaining pledged delegates.
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