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Here's the latest from the campaign trail for Friday, June 20th: McCain in Canada; Obama on oil drilling; Obama, Clinton to appear together; Burns out of convention. Other Media You Might Like
| Raw Video: Obamas See Daughter's
Soccer Game Barack and Michelle Obama were back
in Chicago, watching their daughter
Malia's youth soccer game at the
University of Illinois-Chicago
campus. Sasha Obama was also there
to watch her sister play. (July 2) Tags: News Obama Soccer
By: APnews | 
| New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer Resigns New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who is
mired in allegations he was a
client of a high-priced
prostitution ring, has resigned
from office. (March 12) Tags: News eliot spitzer
By: APnews | 
| Ap Campaign Minute Here's the latest from the campaign
trial for Tuesday, June 24th: Bill
Clinton speaks on Obama; McCain
discusses energy in Calif.; AFL-CIO
voting on Obama endorsement;
Clinton returns to the hill. 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 | 
| Obama Pins Gas Woes On Mccain,
Dictators Sen. Barack Obama takes foreign
dictators to task for high energy
prices, along with his likely
Republican opponent, Sen. John
McCain. He says energy problems
were 30 years in the making, with
McCain in power for 26 of those
years. (July 11) Tags: News barack obama
By: APnews | 
| 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 | 
| Will Clinton's Base Jump To Mccain? Some in the Democratic party are
concerned about whether Barack
Obama will be able to unify his
party after the long battle with
Hillary Rodham Clinton. Some
super-delegates are even planning
to skip the party's convention.
(June 11) Tags: News clinton obama
By: APnews | 
| Obama Tries To Answer Questions Of
Patriotism Barack Obama is on a weeklong
patriotism tour, trying to reassure
voters about his commitment to the
country. Obama says his own
patriotism has been questioned for
the first time during this
campaign. (June 30) Tags: News Obama
By: APnews | 
| N.y. Governor: Gay Marriages
Recognized The governor of New York is
directing state agencies to
recognize gay marriages legally
performed in other states and
countries when it comes to granting
state employment and other
benefits. (May 29) Tags: News ny gay marriage
By: APnews | 
| Mccain: 'we Are Winning In Iraq' Republican presidential candidate
John McCain is highlighting his
early support of the troop surge in
Iraq. McCain says the U.S. would
not be seeing success in Iraq if
rival Barack Obama, who opposed the
surge, would have had his way.
(June 16) Tags: News McCain
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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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