10 things about Barack Obama
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Sen. Barack Obama's face is everywhere these days Â on front pages and TV, magazine covers and blogs. But how well do people really know him? Obama, born in Hawaii, is the son of a white woman from Kansas and a black man from Kenya who left the family when Obama was 2.
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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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Barack Obama insists he is not running for president but has allowed his high profile to grow a little higher of late.
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Democratic Barack Obama is the "Yes  We Can" candidate of the 2008 presidential race, an Elvis-like  presence riding a wave of popular enthusiasm unseen in U.S.  politics in many years.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 10 -- Illinois Sen. Barack Obama formally opened his campaign for president here Saturday, invoking memories of Abraham Lincoln and challenging a new generation to help him transform the nation.
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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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How Barack Obama is shaking up old assumptions about what it means to be black and white in America.
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Outspoken, strong-willed, funny, gutsy and sometimes sarcastic, Michelle Obama is playing a pivotal role in her husbandâs campaign.
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Barack Obama could have lived anywhere. He was born in Hawaii, had family in Kenya, worked in New York and went to school in California and Massachusetts.
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Barack Obama will be able to evoke a long list of positive images when he stands outside Illinois' Old State Capitol and tells the world whether he's running for president
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Friends, classmates and mentors recalled Barack Obama as someone who seemed only to dabble with marijuana.
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BARACK OBAMA WAS DRAWN TO BASKETBALL AS A KID, AND HE HAS
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Barack Obama has the aura of a rock star, says George Clooney, who also had some kind words for other Democratic presidential candidates.
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Michelle Obama has a few gripes about her husband, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, and she's not shy about sharing them with thousands of people she doesn't know.
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Although Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is a Christian, he "embodies the basic ideals and values of most Hindus,"  said Prianka S., a Hindu from Chicago.
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In his votes as a state senator, Barack Obama sometimes sidestepped sensitive issues.
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&#8226; Sen. Barack Obama sweeps Democratic contests, giving him considerable momentum  &#8226; Sen. Hillary Clinton unfazed, continues to present herself as the most viable candidate  &#8226; Sen. John McCain's camp says former Gov. Mike Huckabee threatens only to chip away at McCain's substantial lead