Barack Obama Gets &#36;1.9 Million Book Deal
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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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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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Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is among nearly a dozen candidates for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Some trivia:
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Bloomberg - Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised almost $6 million after the Feb. 5 voting contests, all of which came from online donations.
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Sen. Barack Obama won the Iowa  Democratic caucus on Thursday, dealing a setback to national  front-runner Hillary Clinton in the first nominating contest of  the 2008 U.S. presidential election, NBC News reported.
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The rights to publish Tony Blairâs memoir were bought by two divisions of Random House: Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S. and Canada and Hutchinson in Britain.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential hopeful John McCain won endorsements from the Philadelphia Inquirer's editorial board.
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Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama responded to his call Tuesday for help in closing the fundraising gap with New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. From noon Tuesday to 5 p.m. Wednesday, they donated more than $1 million online, according to his campaign. The Illinois Senator sent out an e-mail message to backers yesterday, setting a goal of raising $2.1 million to catch Clinton.
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama raised $3 million for his presidential campaign in the 24 hours after the first polls closed on Super Tuesday night.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential hopeful John McCain won endorsements from the Philadelphia Enquirer's editorial board.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Sen. Barack Obama won the Iowa Democratic caucus on Thursday, dealing a setback to national front-runner Hillary Clinton in the first nominating contest of the 2008 U.S. presidential election, NBC News reported.
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US Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld signs a copy of his book for Lt. Daryle D. Cardone while aboard the aircraft carrier the USS John F. Kennedy, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004 in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain.
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A Beverly Hills reception for Barack Obama on Tuesday night brought in $1.3 million for the Illinois senator's White House bid in the  first major show business fund-raiser of the 2008 presidential campaign cycle, organizers said.
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Checks from Hollywood's A-list stars such as George Clooney, Eddie Murphy and Barbra Streisand added up to an expected, one-night take of $1 million for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
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Just when Washington insiders were beginning to think of Sen. Hillary Clinton's nomination as inevitable, here comes Sen. Barack Obama to shake up that assumption with stupendous second-quarter fundraising totals: $32.5 million raised, of which $31 million can be spent in the Democratic primaries.
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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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Former prime minister Tony Blair has struck a deal with Random House to publish his memoirs, the company said Thursday.