So Far, Obama Canât Take Black Vote for Granted
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Some blacks argue that Senator Barack Obama is distant from the struggles and identities of most black Americans.
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Barack Obama, who has made his mark in the presidential race with his call for a new brand of politics, isn't quite as singular on the political scene as his campaign would suggest.
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Democrat Barack Obama, who would be the first black president, has white ancestors who owned slaves, according to a genealogical researcher.
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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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As the Democratic presidential candidates court Hispanic voters, Barack Obama confronts a history of often uneasy and competitive relations between blacks and Latinos.
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Barack Obama had hoped to be above racial tensions, but his campaign has been pulled into them from early on.
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After the controversy of the 2000 election, many African-Americans are speaking about voting this year with rekindled fervor.
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If any election can prove that Southern blacks are not a monolithic voting bloc, it is the 2008 Democratic contest.
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Democrat Barack Obama said Sunday that his landslide win in South Carolina's presidential primary marks a turn in political history, showing that a black candidate can appeal to voters of all colors and in all regions.
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For a man whose first name means blessed, Barack Obama has truly had a blessed year. The newly elected Democratic senator has risen so far so fast &#151; spiraling to superstar status &#151; that even before he steps foot in Washington, he's being talked about as presidential material.
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Being black doesn't necessarily mean White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama has a lock on black voters. In wooing a faithful Democratic constituency, Obama faces two-term New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the party front-runner who enjoys strong support in the black community. She also is married to former President Clinton, so wildly popular among black voters that novelist Toni Morrison dubbed him "the first black president" in a 1998 essay.
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ORANGEBURG, S.C., Feb. 17 -- Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) took his presidential campaign to the heart of the Deep South for the first time this weekend, tailoring his campaign message to associate himself with the civil rights movement.
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After a week of at times bitter campaigning, Sen. Barack Obama faces a crucial test of his support from within the party Saturday as South Carolina Democrats will head to the polls in a race that features black voters for the first time this presidential primary season.
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Democrat Barack Obama exploded into the 2008 White House race on a crusade to cleanse politics: nearly five months of campaign trail rough-and-tumble later, he is still in Hillary Clinton&#39;s shadow.
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Last time ballots were cast in New Hampshire's presidential primary, hardly anyone in America knew the name Barack Obama. Now he is a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination hoping that momentum will propel him to become the first black president.
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One of Clinton's most prominent African-American supporters says he is planning to vote for Obama
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Just days into his campaign, Barack Obama is pulling in the crowds. But even political rock stars donât always hit the right note.