Obama says U.S. ready for a black leader
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White House hopeful Barack Obama, taking a fellow black lawmaker to task, said Saturday voters are ready to elect a black president.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama promised on Thursday to bring change to America if he wins his historic bid to be the first black U.S. president.
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Sen. Barack Obama has been eager to change the presidential campaign conversation away from national polls, where he trails Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 10 -- Illinois Sen. Barack Obama formally opened his campaign for president here Saturday, invoking memories of Abraham Lincoln and challenging a new generation to help him transform the nation.
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Barack Obama may find that for black voters in South Carolina, being black isn't everything.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told thousands at a rally Thursday that he would bring serious change to Washington if elected.
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By The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Feb. 18--Conversations about race between blacks, between whites, and between blacks and whites have been generated by the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic Party's nomination for president.
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois  - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, citing the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, pledged on Saturday to bridge the partisan gridlock in Washington, end the war in Iraq and transform American politics as the first black U.S. president.
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Barack Obama is walking a tricky racial line, trying to excite black support in the South without getting tagged as "the black candidate" and scaring off anybody else.
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When Sen. Barack Obama heads to Africa for a five-nation tour this week, he will take with him a credential no other U.S. senator can claim &#151; and one that may make Africans listen to what he has to say.
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Sen. Barack Obama is facing a crucial test of support within the Democratic Party, as polls opened Saturday in a race in which more than half the voters are expected to be African-American.
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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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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama warned on Tuesday a &quot;quiet riot&quot; was building among African-Americans, comparable to that which boiled over in violence in Los Angeles in 1992.
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Union officials tell The Associated Press Sen. Barack Obama is likely to be endorsed by the Service Employees International Union on Friday.
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Democrat Senator Barack Obama is to formalise his bid for the US presidency with a speech in Illinois.
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If Bill Clinton was the "first black president," his wife and Barack Obama are vying to be the second.
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WAUSAU, Wis  - Barack Obama hit back at rival Hillary Clinton on Saturday as she prepared to join him in Wisconsin, which stages the next Democratic presidential battle in three days.