"Barack Obama"

McCain Courts Gun Owners At NRA

Fri, 16 May 2008 19:00:04 GMT

Courting his sometime critics within the gun lobby, John McCain told the National Rifle Association on Friday that Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton would both undermine the rights ...

Obama And Honda To Introduce STEM ...

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:15:46 GMT

In an effort to raise the profile of education for the presidential campaign, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) are jointly introducing companion education bills in the ...

Obama Demands VA Investigation Into ...

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:15:44 GMT

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is demanding an investigation into reports that a supervisor at a Texas Veterans' Affairs facility told staff members to refrain from diagnosing returning war veterans ...

Obama Picks Up Fresh Support

Fri, 16 May 2008 09:30:01 GMT

Barack Obama collected support from seven of John Edwards' Democratic National Convention delegates, then gained the backing of four superdelegates and a large labor union as he marches steadily ...

Bush Sparks Campaign Stir From Israel

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:30:02 GMT

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama accused President Bush of launching a "false political attack" with a comment about appeasing dictators.

Recalling Obama's Younger Days

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:30:04 GMT

Together, the recollections of friends and acquaintances from Obama's college years paint a portrait of the candidate as a young man - a confident, passionate man.

McCain: Most Troops Can Be Home By 2013

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:30:03 GMT

John McCain, looking through a crystal ball to 2013 and the end of a prospective first term, sees "spasmodic" but reduced violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden dead or captured and ...

Clinton Slams McCain On Farm Bill

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:30:03 GMT

Hillary Clinton scolded John McCain for his opposition to the farm bill, attempting to maintain the sense that she is competing against the certain GOP presidential nominee even as her chances for ...

Munich! Munich! Munich!

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:01:31 GMT

MUNICH! MUNICH! MUNICH!....Over in Israel today, George Bush got right down to business and compared Democrats to the Hitler appeasers who sold out Czechoslovakia just before World War II. Barack ...

Obama Says Sorry For Saying "Sweetie"

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:00:03 GMT

Barack Obama has apologized to WXYZ-TV's Peggy Agar, a Michigan TV reporter, for calling her sweetie and dodging her question about autoworkers.

Pelosi: Bush Comments 'beneath The ...

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:16:21 GMT

Democratic House leaders are calling out President Bush for a speech in Israel in which he seemed to suggest that Sen. Barack Obama wants the United States to "negotiate with terrorists."

"Curious George" Obama Shirt Causes ...

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:30:02 GMT

The publisher of the popular children book's series "Curious George" is considering legal action against a Georgia bar owner for selling T-shirts that link Barack Obama to the inquisitive monkey.

Abortion Rights Group Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 03:30:03 GMT

Democrat Barack Obama has won the endorsement of NARAL Pro-Choice America, a leading abortion rights advocacy organization that has supported rival Hillary Rodham Clinton throughout her political ...

John Edwards Endorses Obama

Thu, 15 May 2008 02:30:03 GMT

John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama, a move designed to help solidify support for the party's likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot ...

Tar Baby?

Wed, 14 May 2008 23:16:19 GMT

In a 20-page memo on GOP electoral woes, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) repeatedly misspells Barack Obama's name - it's one R, congressman, not two -- and then manages to use the racially charged term "tar...

House GOP Fears Further Defeats

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:30:02 GMT

Stunned House Republicans vowed campaign changes Wednesday and debated the wisdom of attacking Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama in congressional races after their third straight ...

Column: Oregon Has Its First Awkward ...

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:19:49 GMT

What do you do when that guy who nobody invited shows up to the party? This past Monday that guy was Sen. John McCain and that party was the climate change hobbyhorse - dominated by Democrats. ...

Turnout Increasing Among Young ...

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:19:33 GMT

Robb Friedlander, 18, from Overland Park, Kansas, is a freshman with a mission: elect Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as the nation's 44th president.

Obama: Oregon Ends The Race

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:19:17 GMT

International student Dorsaf Naoui is not eligible to vote for the next president of the United States, but that did not stop her from joining roughly 8,000 others who came to see Sen. Barack Obama...

U. Oregon Student Newspaper Endorses ...

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:18:44 GMT

Calling him the candidate “best equipped” to deliver change, the Oregon Daily Emerald endorsed Barack Obama for the May 20 Oregon Democratic primary in a Monday editorial.