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| Obama Calls For Economic Reform Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama is demanding that
company shareholders have a say in
how much executives get paid as he
pushes his populist message. (April
11) Tags: News Obama Campaign Money
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| 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
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| Obama: Mccain's Energy Plan Is A
Gimmick Barack Obama says John McCain's
energy plan is a gimmick. McCain
wants to lift the ban on off-shore
oiling drilling, and suspend the
federal tax on gasoline for the
summer. (June 24) Tags: News Obama
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| Dem Superdelegate Switches From
Clinton To Obama Joe Andrew, a Democratic
superdelegate from Indiana, has
switched his support from Hillary
Clinton to Barack Obama. Andrew was
appointed DNC chairman in 1999 by
Bill Clinton. (May 1) Tags: News Superdelegates
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| Clinton Hangs On For Slim Victory
In Indiana Hillary Clinton has eked out a
narrow victory over Barack Obama in
Indiana's Democratic primary.
Clinton won with 51 percent to
Obama's 49 percent, a difference of
a little more than 22,000 votes.
(May 7) Tags: News AP Indiana Primary
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| Clinton, Obama Make Nice On Senate
Floor Democratic presidential rivals
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
shared a handshake and a smile on
the Senate floor. Both took a break
from campaigning to return to
Washington for a vote. (May 12) Tags: News Democrats
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| Washington Mayor Disappointed With
Gun Ruling City officials in Washington, D.C.
express their disappointment with a
ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court
overturning the city's ban on
residents having handguns for self
defense. (June 26) Tags: News dc gun response
By: APnews | 
| Bush Arrives To Survey Calif.
Wildfires President Bush met with Calif.
Governor Arnold Schwazennegger and
offered federal help to combat the
single largest fire event ever
recorded in California. Since late
June, wildfires have ravaged nearly
900,000 acres. (July 17) Tags: News Bush Wildfires
By: APnews | 
| What Does Clinton Want From Obama? Hillary Clinton is refusing to bow
out of the Democratic presidential
race and is hoping to maintain
leverage as Barack Obama clinches
the nomination. But nobody seems
sure what the former first lady
wants in the end. (June 4) Tags: News BC Clinton
By: APnews | 
| Obama Blasts Mccain On Flooding,
Levees With widespread flooding in the
Midwest, Barack Obama is attacking
John McCain for opposing a
23-billion-dollar bill that funded
hundreds of projects such as dams,
sewage plants and beach
restoration. (June 22) Tags: News POL US Electioins
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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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