Obama opens 2008 race in historic setting
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois  - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama opens his 2008 White House run on Saturday in a setting rife with symbolism and historic links to Abraham Lincoln's fight to end slavery.
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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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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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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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Barack Obama announced his bid for president Saturday, a black man evoking Abraham Lincoln's ability to unite a nation and a Democrat portraying himself as a fresh face capable of leading a new generation.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama planned to air his first television ads in New Hampshire starting Tuesday, appealing to voters to believe his message of change.
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama is launching two biographical television ads this week, focusing on early voting Iowa in the first commercials of his presidential campaign.
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois  - Democrat Barack Obama launched his 2008 White House run on Saturday with a pledge to end the war in Iraq and bridge the partisan divide that has blocked political progress on issues from energy to health care.
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Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is heightening his flirtation with a White House run Sunday during his first trip to New Hampshire, where over 2,000 people had snatched up tickets to see him speak.
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With a brilliant smile and a flock of journalists at his coattails, Democratic Senator Barack Obama's campaign for US congressional elections is looking more like a bid for the presidency in 2008.
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Details of a television ad released Thursday by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign.
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Senator Barack Obamaâs commanding victory over Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton amid record-setting turnout sets the stage for a state-by-state fight.
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Barack Obama, struggling to gain  ground on rival Hillary Clinton in the 2008 White House race,  faces a delicate dilemma in trying to bring down the Democratic  front-runner without spoiling his upbeat image.
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A Beverly Hills reception for Barack Obama on Tuesday night brought in $1.3 million for the Illinois senator's White House bid in the  first major show business fund-raiser of the 2008 presidential campaign cycle, organizers said.
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It's Labor Day, the traditional kickoff of the race for the White House. In the old days, this is when campaigning actually began. But that's been history for quite some time, and in this hectic, fast-paced 2008 campaign season, it's been full speed ahead since the beginning of the year.
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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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Making his first campaign appearance in this state, Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday tackled a question that's still on the minds of many voters: Is he experienced enough to be president?