Obama learned from failed Congress run
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Barack Obama learned campaign humility the hard way Â in a failed congressional effort during which his opponent portrayed him as an "educated fool," more at home on a college campus than a city street.
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One element of Barack Obama's varied heritage has remained obscure - until now.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama, fresh from a landslide victory over Hillary Clinton in the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, plans to continue a campaign that is long on the need for change and inspiration and short on specifics.
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If President Bush gets a second-term honeymoon, it may not last long. Or it may already be over. A failure in the coming days to win congressional passage of the intelligence reorganization bill he supports &#151; fretting House Republicans are standing in the way &#151; would not bode well for political bliss when the new Congress convenes next month.
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John Edwardsâs and Mitt Romneyâs runs are based in large part on the lessons each has taken from his own success.
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Barack Obama says he probably should have given his friend the governor of Massachusetts credit for using his lines over the weekend.
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I initially thought the Nov. 21 front-page story about the failure of the House to pass the intelligence overhaul bill was a garden-variety example of congressional gridlock.
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Sen. Barack Obama is making some campaign promises we can be pretty sure he won't keep.
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Ever since Barack Obama began to pierce the inevitability that we were told surrounded the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, I've wondered how the Clintonistas would react. Now we know: not well.
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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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Senator Barack ObamaÂs move has created complications for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats.
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U.S. Democratic presidential  candidate Barack Obama slipped away for a private meeting with  former rival John Edwards on Sunday to seek his endorsement as  the Illinois senator and Hillary Clinton battle for Wisconsin.
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Amid the poetry and promise of Barack Obama's election-night address came this hard truth: "There will be setbacks," he said, "and we will make mistakes."
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If Sen. Barack Obama becomes the Democratic nominee, he faces a financial dilemma: Use his vaunted fundraising operation for the general election or limit himself by accepting public funds.
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It's been written many times that Democrat Barack Obama gets a "rock star" reception. Turns out the real thing is not quite the same.
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Having lost five of the past seven presidential elections, the Democrats have to decide whether to reinvent their party and who should lead it forward
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These are tough times for the Democratic-led U.S. Congress, where partisan battles have led to little progress on big issues and have made lawmakers collectively less popular than President George W. Bush.