Obama receiving backing of key Democrat Kennedy
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Sen. Edward Kennedy, the Democrats' leading liberal voice, is endorsing Barack Obama for the party's presidential nomination on Monday while a new poll found Republican John McCain with a slim lead on the eve of a crucial Florida nominating contest.
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Sen. Barack Obama was drawing strong support across race and gender lines Tuesday in Virginia in a bold grab at some of the core backers of his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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California first lady Maria Shriver, a member of the Kennedy clan, endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for U.S. president on Sunday, days after her husband, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, backed Republican John McCain.
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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a  former top civil-rights enforcer in the Clinton administration,  gave his support on Wednesday to Barack Obama in the race for  the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.
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NEEDHAM -- US Senator Edward M. Kennedy praised Governor Mitt Romney yesterday for his plan to offer low-cost health insurance and reduce the ranks of the uninsured, as a handful of local and state Democrats offered lukewarm encouragement to the
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One of Barack Obama's closest friends and long-term advisers will be spending more time guiding the Democratic presidential candidate as he enters the final three months of the primary race still in second place.
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Edward Kennedy may have thrown his political weight behind Democrat Barack Obama in the White House race, but he says that doesn't mean he harbors ill feelings toward his old friends, Hillary and Bill Clinton.
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama sees one of the best arguments for his presidential candidacy in the rise of Republican Sen. John McCain.
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Presidential candidate Barack Obama will give $16,500 in contributions linked to an indicted donor to charity, part of the Democrat's effort to distance himself from a former friend and fundraiser.
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Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, endorsed presidential candidate Barack Obama on Thursday.
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Presidential candidate Barack Obama has won the support of the 60,000-member Culinary Workers Union in Nevada, a coup for the Democrat that could boost his candidacy against Hillary Rodham Clinton in the state's nominating contest.
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Sen. Barack Obama was drawing strong support across race and gender lines Tuesday in Virginia that showed signs he was eating into the core voters of his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Garrison Keillor, host of public radio's "A Prairie Home Companion," has endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president, Obama's campaign announced Sunday.
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Senator Edward M. Kennedy intends to endorse Senator Barack Obama on Monday in Washington.
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CHICAGO -- Barack Obama, D.-Ill., took the podium to thank his supporters and proclaim victory in the US Senate race and promised to help Illinoisans work together.
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Sen. Kennedy, Rep. Kennedy endorsing Obama, expect to campaign for Democrat ... Romney criticizes McCain's legislative history ... Author Toni Morrison cites Obama's vision in announcing her support.
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Barack Obama closes the gap on Hillary Clinton in the race to become the Democrats' presidential candidate.