Democratic 'rock star' Obama tests presidential waters
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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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Barack Obama is running well among high-earning, well-educated Democrats in the race for his party's 2008 presidential nomination. But unless he can broaden his appeal, he risks mimicking past flameouts by Gary Hart, Paul Tsongas and Bill Bradley.
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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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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama paid homage to former President Clinton Wednesday, but said voters want more than "the same old thing."
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Regularly drawing crowds of 10,000 or more, Democrat Barack Obama has been likened to a rock star so often that it has worn thin. But the cliche got put to a real test this week in Omaha, Neb., and Obama passed.
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Democratic Sen. Barack  Obama opens his 2008 White House run on Saturday in a setting  rife with symbolism and historic links to Abraham Lincoln's  fight to end slavery.
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Barack Obama is welcoming his latest Democratic presidential primary triumph with a caution to exultant supporters that they've all got "months and miles" to go and it won't be easy.
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Sen. Barack Obama sparked an early frenzy Sunday during his initial visit to the nation's first presidential primary state, but said he still hasn't decided whether to run and questioned whether all the hype was just part of his "15 minutes of fame."
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Democrat Barack Obama hoped to  extend his winning streak over Hillary Clinton in their  bruising Democratic presidential race when voters made their  choices in three battlegrounds around the U.S. capital on  Tuesday.
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Sen. Barack Obama has been lavishing attention on the historically independent voters of Wisconsin. Rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is moving belatedly to make a contest of next Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary.
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If Barack Obama is going to reach the White House, he'll have to convince voters that he's tough enough to handle both the political combat of a general election and the stresses of the presidency.
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Barack Obama has to win over both black and white Democrat voters to see off Hillary Clinton
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Star quality: It's what Hollywood was built on. And there's no question that to the many powerful Democrats in the entertainment community, Sen. Barack Obama has loads of it.
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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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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton go head-to-head in their bid to become the Democratic Party candidate.
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Barack Obama, struggling to gain  ground on rival Hillary Clinton in the 2008 White House race,  faces a delicate dilemma in trying to bring down the Democratic  front-runner without spoiling his upbeat image.
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DURHAM, N.H., Feb. 12 -- The opening days of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign have displayed all the promise of his candidacy, with large crowds, pulsating energy and a charismatic leading man. But the Illinois Democrat faces several serious challenges if he hopes to convert potential into...