Barack Obama: I'm fired up and running for president
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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."
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The Internet has provided U.S. Sen. Barack Obama a rapid recruiting platform for the Illinois Democrat's fledgling presidential campaign.
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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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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 10 -- Raising questions about his judgment and risking the ire of the national press corps, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) held fast on his first major campaign decision: to conduct his announcement speech in the frigid outdoors here on Saturday.
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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?
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Barack Obama took to the ice-bound campaign trail, a day after launching his 2008 White House bid with a vow to lead a generational drive to purge the cynicism from US politics.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Democrat Barack Obama makes his first visit to the political proving grounds of New Hampshire on Sunday, stoking the growing buzz about a possible 2008 White House run by the rising party star.
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Sen. Barack Obama admits that his presidential candidacy is 'improbable' in some ways. In an interview with NEWSWEEK, he explains why he's running and refutes some notions people may have about his campaign.
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has raised $3 million for his presidential campaign in the 24 hours since the first polls closed on Super Tuesday night.
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Democratic Barack Obama is the "Yes  We Can" candidate of the 2008 presidential race, an Elvis-like  presence riding a wave of popular enthusiasm unseen in U.S.  politics in many years.
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Barack Obama will be able to evoke a long list of positive images when he stands outside Illinois' Old State Capitol and tells the world whether he's running for president.
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Barack Obama on Monday rode a weekend hot streak into the next round of presidential contests, but rival Hillary Clinton shrugged off the setbacks and expressed confidence about her prospects.
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Last time ballots were cast in New Hampshire's presidential primary, hardly anyone in America knew the name Barack Obama. Now he is a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination hoping that momentum will propel him to become the first black president.
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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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Barack Obama says his latest trio of Democratic primary victories is part of a new majority drawing people from every region and every group in the country behind his call for change.
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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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Sen. Barack Obama has been eager to change the presidential campaign conversation away from national polls, where he trails Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.