Obama passes on public funds for '08 bid
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Following the lead of his chief rivals, Sen. Barack Obama will not accept public campaign financing for either the Democratic presidential primaries or the general election if he's the nominee.
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With the cost of the 2008 presidential campaign likely to top one billion dollars for the first time, the race for the White House is driven more than ever by candidates' quest for campaign cash.
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U.S. Sen.-elect Barack Obama, whose 1995 book jumped onto best seller lists after his keynote address to the Democratic National Convention, has landed a three-book deal worth &#36;1.9 million.
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Despite denunciations of special-interest money, Senator Barack Obama is nonetheless benefiting from millions being spent outside campaign finance rules.
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As he prepared to announce his campaign for the White House, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama took care of some unfinished business at Harvard University -- paying about $400 in parking fines dating back to his days as a law student.
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Barack Obama has won the presidential endorsement of Sen. John Kerry, the Democrats' 2004 nominee who lost to George W. Bush.
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Sen. Barack Obama has won the backing of the United Food and Commercial Workers, a politically active union with significant membership in the upcoming Democratic battlegrounds.
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Barack Obama's White House campaign receives a boost with the backing of Senator Edward Kennedy.
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Barack Obama is being endorsed by fellow Sen. John Kerry, the Democrats' 2004 presidential nominee who lost to George W. Bush that year and gave up his own plans for a 2008 run a year ago.
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U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher endorsed Barack Obama's Democratic presidential bid Monday in the run-up to next month's Virginia presidential primary.
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U.S. News & World Report - One Vote &#39;08, the national campaign to make poverty a campaign issue in the 2008 presidential election, will spend $30 million in the four earliest primary and caucus states: Nevada, Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given the effort, begun with the help of U2&#39;s Bono, a $22 million grant. Campaign organizers say that amount is the &quot;minimum&quot; for the campaign, making it surely one of the biggest issue campaigns thus far announced for the 2008 election cycle.
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Barack Obamaâs success at fund-raising is tempting him to back away from accepting public financing in the general election.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 5  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The President's Budget for fiscal year 2008 (FY08) transmitted to Congress today includes $4.871 billion in new federal funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  Mr.
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Election officials Wednesday proposed overhauling the way tax dollars can be used to cover the cost of running for president, including an increase in the amount that can be spent by primary candidates who take public money.
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Sen. Barack Obama raised $32.5 million from April through June, his presidential campaign said Sunday, in what is a record for a Democratic running for the White House.
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For Barack Obama, the millions of dollars he's raised can't quite paper over the nagging doubts and growing pains.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised $32 million in the single month of January, a whopping figure that has permitted the campaign to boost staff and extend advertising to states beyond the sweeping Feb. 5 contests