Obama says he's ready for White House
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Democrat Barack Obama Saturday scoffed at suggestions by President Clinton that the Illinois senator is not ready to be president, and that Obama is running strong in Iowa in part because his home state and Iowa share a border.
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Sen. Barack Obama has declared he wants to be the 2008 Democratic pick for president. He stood outside the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, and said he wanted to follow Abraham Lincoln from the state legislature to the White House. "It's time to turn a page, right here and right now," Obama told a cheering and chanting crowd. "Let's get to work."
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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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Sen. Barack Obama sparked an early frenzy Sunday during his initial visit to the nation's first presidential primary state, but said he still hasn't decided whether to run and questioned whether all the hype was just part of his "15 minutes of fame."
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, who is mulling a presidential bid, will make his first visit to New Hampshire next month.
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Democratic presidential  hopeful Barack Obama, citing the legacy of Abraham Lincoln,  pledged on Saturday to bridge the partisan divide in  Washington, end the war in Iraq and transform American politics  as the first black U.S. president.
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Democratic star Senator Barack Obama is on his first trip to the important political testing ground of New Hampshire as he lays the foundation for a possible 2008 presidential run.
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âOur movement is real and change is coming to America,â said Obama in his speech.
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Ask those who served with him in the Illinois Senate whether Barack Obama is ready to be president, and they will tell you he is a dogged consensus-builder known for his empathy, intellect and unbounded ambition.
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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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Democratic presidential  hopeful Barack Obama said on Friday the United States has a  "special obligation" to help American Indians and pledged to  hold annual summits with tribal leaders if he is elected in  November.
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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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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, July 4 -- Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) took aim at his main Democratic presidential rival during his July 4 campaign swing through Iowa, saying that "change can't just be a slogan" -- days after Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) introduced her new slogan, "Ready for Change, Ready to...
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First there was Clinton time. Now there's Obama time. Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, who is weighing a White House bid, said Friday his own political clock kept him from traveling to New Hampshire, the critical first primary state.
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The administration forges ahead on the president's agenda - and on selling it to the public.
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US Senator Barack Obama's quest for the US presidency was expected to receive a major boost Monday as leading Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy planned to formally endorse his White House bid.
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Senator Barack Obama has declared he will run for the presidency next year. Obama stood on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, and said he wanted to follow Abraham Lincoln from the Illinois Legislature to the White House. "It's time to turn a page, right here and right now," he told a cheering and chanting crowd. "Let's get to work."