Obamaâs Vote in Illinois Was Often Just âPresentâ
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In his votes as a state senator, Barack Obama sometimes sidestepped sensitive issues.
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BARACK OBAMA WAS DRAWN TO BASKETBALL AS A KID, AND HE HAS
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Senator Barack Obama is a wily player of pickup basketball, a game with unspoken rules and lots of elbows.
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Sen.-elect Barack Obama is under no illusions that his superstar status in the Democratic Party will translate into political clout in a Republican-majority Congress.
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Illinois Sen. Barack ObamaÃ¢ÂÂs charismatic persona and status as perhaps the strongest-ever African-American contender for president has had him riding a wave of publicity in the early weeks of his bid for the 2008 Democratic nomination.
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Democrat Barack Obama scored well among every segment of voters, including Republicans, in his landslide victory over GOP candidate Alan Keyes in their bid for the US Senate seat from Illinois.
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Barack Obama's appeal among Democrats is undeniable. He's near the top of every poll and he packs rooms wherever he goes. But a vital piece of the Democratic power establishment isn't showing him any love: labor unions.
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First-term Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is among nearly a dozen Democrats considering a White House bid in 2008. Some things that people might not have known about him:
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Illinois is not considered a battleground state, but suburban residents are registering to vote in record numbers -- a surge election officials attribute to a boom in new residents, concerns over the war in Iraq and memories of the close presidential
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Barack Obama may find that for black voters in South Carolina, being black isn't everything. If there is a single state where being black holds the potential to boost Obama's chances to win the Democratic presidential nomination, South Carolina fits the bill.
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Sure, it wasn't quite DiMaggio-esque in terms of its pop culture mythology, as far as "streaks" go. But Barack Obama's reign as the only perfect attendee of Senate votes among presidential hopefuls came to a crashing end last week.
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Class emerged as a subtext during Barack Obamaâs failed attempt to unseat an incumbent congressman on the South Side of Chicago.
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DURHAM, N.H., Feb. 12 -- The opening days of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign have displayed all the promise of his candidacy, with large crowds, pulsating energy and a charismatic leading man. But the Illinois Democrat faces several serious challenges if he hopes to convert potential into...
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Craig Robinson believes you can tell a lot about a guy by how he plays basketball, which is why he liked Barack Obama long before the Democrat decided to run for president.
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Illinois Sen. Barack Obama won the first battle of the Super Tuesday showdown when Democratic Party voters in Indonesia -- where Obama spent four years of his childhood -- picked him over Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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Rasmussen Reports - Thirty-three percent (33%) of American voters say they&#39;ll definitely vote for Senator Barack Obama (D) if he&#39;s on the Presidential ballot in November 2008. That&#39;s unchanged from a month ago, but the number who say they&#39;ll definitely vote against the charismatic newcomer from Illinois has increased by five points to 38%. Still, Obama enjoys the highest level of base support and net support among any of the leading candidates.
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Barack Obama voted âpresentâ nearly 130 times as a state senator, sometimes sidestepping sensitive issues.