Obama brings poker traits to candidacy
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Barack Obama's triumph in the 2004 U.S. Senate race earned him a memorable send-off from his friends in the Illinois legislature &#151; they emptied his wallet in a take-no-prisoners night of poker.
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Barack Obama's presidential campaign Wednesday defended two investments he made right after his election to the Senate
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Sen. Barack Obama, so closely identified with Chicago, has his roots, his family and a clear edge in Hawaii, which holds Democratic presidential caucuses on Tuesday.
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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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RENO, Nevada  - In Nevada, a state of mostly desert, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is quickly nurturing a grass-roots campaign, with a rally on Thursday showing such efforts are generating enthusiasm.
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Barack Obama would probably be cruising in another year. But this time he faces a twin-headed candidate
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Barack Obama is running well among high-earning, well-educated Democrats in the race for his party's 2008 presidential nomination. But unless he can broaden his appeal, he risks mimicking past flameouts by Gary Hart, Paul Tsongas and Bill Bradley.
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CONCORD, N.H., Jan. 7 -- For months, Barack Obama's presidential campaign has focused its organizational abilities on the small, well-defined canvas of Iowa and New Hampshire, where the senator from Illinois has been able to make his case face to face with large proportions of the electorate and ...
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Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama hit the streets Saturday in what he said was an unprecedented grass-roots focus as the campaign for the nomination begins to take shape in a handful of states which hold early tests of strength.
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How the 2008 presidential candidates stack up as personalities.
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Sen. Barack Obama, whose name has come up in speculation about the 2008 presidential race, will be the headline speaker at the Iowa Democratic Party's highest profile event this year in a state that traditionally holds the first delegate-selection caucuses.
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Barack Obama is airing state-specific ads featuring praise from elected officials, hoping the endorsements can help raise his profile in the race.
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Details of a television ad released Thursday by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign.
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Barack Obama has had a season of remarkable fortune and is now often treated as though he is already the next senator from Illinois.
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The 2008 presidential campaign has not held many surprises since Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) announced he would consider a White House bid, back in October. That could change today when Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) makes an announcement in Omaha about his political future. He could say he is running for...
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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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Friends, classmates and mentors recalled Barack Obama as someone who seemed only to dabble with marijuana.