The unknown: Is Obama ready?
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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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Forget worldwide fame and power. For Barack Obama the perks of running for president are closer to home.
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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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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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GREENSVILLE, S.C.--When reporters filed onto Barack Obama's press plane after his acrimonious debate with Hillary Rodham Clinton last week, one thing was noticeably missing amid the wine and snacks on the Boeing 737. There was no high-level campaign spinner to argue that Obama had gotten the better...
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If he wanted, the Barack Obama of today could have a pretty good debate with the Barack Obama of yesterday.
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Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama delivered their final arguments on who is better prepared for the White House.
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Barack Obama won his first term in the US Senate in 2004. Now, many in the Democratic Party think he could be the next president.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has a 91 percent chance of winning the New Hampshire primary election and is likely to capture his party's nomination, online traders say.
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Heâs been through the first minor skirmish of the â08 wars. Does Obamaâs team have the dirt-diggers, the counterpunchers, and the wise guys heâll need to go the distance?
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First-term Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is among nearly a dozen Democrats considering a White House bid in 2008. Some things that people might not have known about him:
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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 is facing a crucial test of support within the Democratic Party, as polls opened Saturday in a race in which more than half the voters are expected to be African-American.
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Sen. Barack Obama had a good first date in New Hampshire this week &#151; he was a little late, but wore a nice suit, had interesting things to say and used a little flattery. The state's Democrats say they're not bowled over by the Illinois senator and he's still got some courting to do. He'll have to get in line with the rest of the Democrats vying for their attention.
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CONCORD, N.H. -- In the early evening of July 2, Sen. Barack Obama arrived at the end of a long gravel driveway belonging to Gary and Meg Hirshberg. In the back yard were 250 people -- potential supporters, potential donors -- waiting to hear from him. First, though, Obama had more important...
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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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Did Obama make the impact he needed to dent Clinton's acknowledged status as front-runner?.