Obama jabbing from defensive stance
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Barack Obama is finishing the Iowa caucus campaign in the same position he started Â a prize fighter's defensive stance.
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After months invoking the "politics of hope" Barack Obama is turning to hard-nosed tactics in a bid to thwart Hillary Clinton's charge towards the 2008 Democratic nomination.
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Barack Obama's offer to meet without precondition with leaders of renegade nations such as Cuba, North Korea and Iran touched off a war of words, with rival Hillary Rodham Clinton calling him naive and Obama linking her to President Bush's diplomacy.
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Democrat Barack Obama on Sunday confronted one of the persistent falsehoods circulating about him on the Internet.
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CHARLESTON, S.C., July 23 -- Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois edged closer to directly criticizing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for voting to authorize the invasion of Iraq during a Democratic debate on Monday night, one of several sharp moments between the presidential contenders over the war -- and...
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President BushÂs spokesman rejected DemocratsÂ charge that last nightÂs speech sought to capitalize on the attacks.
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Sen. Barack Obama yesterday slammed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for "ducking the issue" of ensuring the solvency of Social Security and signaled that he will take a more aggressive approach to the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Barack Obama's rivals in the Democratic presidential race contend he sometimes voted "present" on tough issues rather than take a firm stand.
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Barack Obama, an Iowa winner seeking New Hampshire spoils, faced stepped-up criticism Friday from Democratic rivals now doubly determined to block his rise in the 2008 presidential race. Republican Mike Huckabee claimed momentum for a hurried five-day primary campaign.
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Barack Obama wasn't kidding when he said he would start speaking out more aggressively against the Clintons.
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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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KINGSTREE, South Carolina  - Democrat Barack Obama on Thursday defended the fierce tone of his recent exchanges with presidential rival Hillary Clinton and said he was forced to fight back against her campaign's disregard for the truth.
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An Illinois controversy pitting two important constituencies against each other put Barack Obamaâs legislative skills to the test.
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Democrat Barack Obama emerged on Thursday from the latest campaign debate with aides insisting he can still catch front-runner Hillary Clinton and defending his decision not to go on the attack against her.
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Democrats and at least some Republicans are seeking political gain by attacking the defense secretary.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Democrat Hillary Clinton, attempting to slow Barack Obama's surging campaign on Saturday, criticized him for shifting positions and drew a rebuke from another rival for defending the status quo.
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Criticism comes as Obama gains momentum leading up to contests in Wisconsin and Hawaii.