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Former vice president Al Gore is backing Senator Barack Obama for president. Gore made the announcement this evening in a rally in Detroit. Obama says he'll count on Gore to help him lead the fight for a better environment. (June 16) Other Media You Might Like

| Ap Campaign Minute Here are the top AP campaign
stories for June 18th: Barack Obama
gets foreign policy backing; Obama
leads McCain in key battlegrounds;
Michelle Obama on "The View;"
McCain talks energy policy. Tags: News campaign minute By: APnews | 
| Clinton Pushes On To West Virginia Sen. Hillary Clinton continued her
campaign in West Virginia
Wednesday, a day after scoring a
slight victory in Indiana and
losing the North Carolina primary
to Sen. Barack Obama. (May 7) Tags: News clinton wv By: APnews | 
| Clinton To Obama: There's No
Nominee Yet Hillary Clinton is campaigning in
Kentucky, where she told voters
she'll continue making the case for
her candidacy until there's a
nominee. Barack Obama leads Clinton
in the delegate count by a
virtually insurmountable total.
(May 19) Tags: News Clinton By: APnews | 
| Priest Suspended For Clinton
Comments The head of the Chicago Archdiocese
has asked a priest to take two
weeks off after the priest mocked
Hillary Clinton in a guest sermon
at another church. (June 4) Tags: News obama pfleger By: APnews | 
| Sandler Congratulates Obama At
'zohan' Event Adam Sandler, John Turturro and Rob
Schneider comment on Barrack Obama
becoming the Democratic nomination
for the presidency. (June 5) Tags: Entertainment People By: APnews | 
| Money Minute: Ross Perot, Satellite
Radio, More Billionaire former presidential
candidate Ross Perot has launched a
new Web site to highlight what he
calls the "economic crisis" facing
the country.(June 16) Tags: Business Ross Perot By: APnews | 
| Ap Campaign Minute Here's the latest from the campaign
trail for Wednesday June 11th:
McCain discusses gas prices on
"Today Show;" Obama discusses
predatory lending in Chicago; Jim
Johnson leaving Obama's VP
committee. (June 11) Tags: News campaign minute By: APnews | 
| Romney Suspends Presidential
Campaign Mitt Romney is suspending his
faltering presidential campaign.
Romney's decision makes it likely
that Sen. John McCain will become
the Republican party's nominee. Tags: News Romney By: APnews | 
| Ap Campaign Minute Here are the latest news from the
campaign trail for Tuesday, July 1,
2008: Obama to expand Bush's faith
based programs; Clark: Obama had no
part in McCain comments; McCain to
talk free trade in Latin America;
Obama, Clinton to work together.
(July 1) Tags: News campaign minute By: APnews | 
| Mccain Defends Call For Gas Tax
Holiday In Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
Republican presidential candidate
John McCain defended his call for a
holiday on the 18-cents a gallon
federal gas tax. He says it would
help low-income Americans. (July
23) Tags: News mccain By: APnews |
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NBC's Tim Russert Dies at 58
Friday, June 13, 2008 at 04:45 PM | Read More
AP 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 More
Cheered 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 More
Hillary 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 More
Hillary 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 More
Despite 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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