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 Barack Obama Strongly Denounces Jeremiah WrightDemocratic Sen. Barack Obama strongly denounced his former pastor on Tuesday, saying he was outraged by assertions made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright about the U.S. government and race that have disrupted Obama's presidential campaign.
The controversy over Wright has been a major stumbling block for the Illinois senator, who is leading New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in the state-by-state contest for t... Barack Obama Strongly Denounces Jeremiah Wright  Barack Obama Dismisses Hillary Clinton Rival DebateDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama rejected rival Hillary Clinton's challenge to debate ahead of primaries in Indiana and North Carolina, saying he wants to focus on speaking directly to voters.
"We're not going to have debates between now and Indiana," Illinois Senator Obama said.
Obama dismissed the claim he's dodging another televised encounter with New York Senator... Barack Obama Dismisses Hillary Clinton Rival Debate  Bill Clinton Slips AgainFormer President Bill Clinton a major supporter of his wife and presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton is about to face heat for remarks made in a recent interview regarding racial comments.
Also in the interview was another slip which was picked up softly at the end in the audio interview of Clinton stating, "I don't think I should take any shit from anybody on that, do you?".... Bill Clinton Slips Again  Hillary Clinton Vows To Fight Beyond PennsylvaniaUPDATE: Hillary Rodham Clinton has won Pennsylvania primary.
Hillary Clinton said she'll continue her campaign until voters in Florida and Michigan are seated at the Democratic convention. However, Barack Obama's advisors have argued it will be almost impossible for the New York Senator to win the nomination if she doesn't prevail in remaining contests.
Some analysts have suggested Clinton s... Hillary Clinton Vows To Fight Beyond Pennsylvania  Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton in Gallup PollHillary Clinton still faces long odds as she tries to overcome Barack Obama's huge lead in the Democratic race for the presidential nomination.
The Illinois Senator again found himself explaining remarks considered offensive to Pennsylvania's working class voters, defending his relationship with a pastor who had made anti-American remarks, and explaining why he does not wear an American flag.
... Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton in Gallup Poll  Democratic Debate set for Barack Obama and Hillary ClintonThe ABC News Democratic Presidential Debate will take place on Wednesday, April 16 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The debate will be located in Philadelphia's National Convention Center.
The debate will be the first time Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton have been on the same stage in 50 days. This will also mark the last debate before the Pennsylvania primary on April 22.
The 9... Democratic Debate set for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton  Obama Bitter CommentsThe controversy began earlier Friday when an Internet political site, The Huffington Post, posted Obama's San Francisco remarks in which he said that it's not surprising that people "they cling to their guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
"I said something that every... Obama Bitter Comments  Barack Obama Defends Pennsylvania CommentsThe controversy began earlier Friday when an Internet political site, The Huffington Post, posted Obama's San Francisco remarks in which he said that it's not surprising that people "get bitter, they cling to their guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
"I said somethin... Barack Obama Defends Pennsylvania Comments  Barack Obama Vows Higher Taxes for CEOsIn an effort to convert middle-class anger about the US economy into votes, Senator Obama has targeted the multimillion dollar pay practices at the highest levels of corporate America.
"Some CEOs make more in one day than their workers make in one year," Obama said.
Barack Obama, who is leading Clinton in national polls, is behind her in Pennsylvania, the next major test for her st... Barack Obama Vows Higher Taxes for CEOs  Hillary Clinton Releases Tax InformationAccording to tax information publicly released on Friday, Democrat Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have earned $109 million since 2000.
The information is based on eight years of tax information. The $109 million in earnings also includes Bill Clinton's $51 million in speech income.
Tax records released by Hillary Clintons presidential campaign revealed the Cl... Hillary Clinton Releases Tax Information  John McCain Meets With Secret ServiceSen. John McCain intends to meet with Secret Service officials in the next several days in preparation for accepting security protection for the final several months of his presidential bid for the White House. McCain campaign aides said they did not know precisely when McCain would agree to accept the private protection.
McCain's campaign made the disclosure one day after the formal head of th... John McCain Meets With Secret Service  Barack Obama Raises $40 millionBarack Obama's campaign staff reported that the Illinois Senator raised more than $40 million in March contributions. Obama set a drive record at $55 million during the month of February.
Obama and his rival Hillary Clinton for campaign cash has been closely watched with the two locked in an intense battle to become the Democratic nominee to run against Republican John McCain in November 2008.
... Barack Obama Raises $40 million  Hillary Clinton Charges Barack ObamaDemocratic Sen. Hillary Clinton accused rival Sen. Barack Obama and his allies of trying to stop people from voting as some of his backers have called on her to drop out of the presidential race.
The Obama campaign immediately rejected the unnecessary charge, dismissing Clinton's criticism as "completely laughable."
In a series of television interviews in states hosting upcoming ... Hillary Clinton Charges Barack Obama  Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama Passport InvestigationTwo contract employees for the State Department have been terminated and a third disciplined for inappropriately looking at Barack Obama's passport file. In addition, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Hillary Hillary Clinton that her passport file was breached in 2007.
The department is still investigating the particular matter to determine whether political or other motives were involv... Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama Passport Investigation  Governor Bill Richardson Endorses Barack ObamaBarack Obama received an endorsement from New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.
Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, is endorsing Senator Barack Obama for president, calling him a leader who can unite the nation and restore America's international leadership.
"I believe he is the kind of once in a lifetime leader that can bring our nation together and restore America's moral lead... Governor Bill Richardson Endorses Barack Obama  Barack Obama Poll NarrowsAccording to a nationwide poll released Wednesday, Barack Obama's big national lead over Hillary Clinton has nearly evaporated in the Democratic presidential race, and both Democrats trail Republican John McCain.
The Reuters/ Zogby poll showed Obama had only a statistically insignificant lead of 47 percent to 44 percent over Clinton, down sharply from a 14 point edge he held over her in Februar... Barack Obama Poll Narrows  Barack Obama Addresses Racial WoundsDuring a televised speech, Senator Obama said Rev. Jeremiah Wright's comments expressed "a profoundly distorted view of this country - a view that sees white racism as endemic and that elevates what is wrong with America above all that we know is right with America."
Barack Obama called for America to "move beyond some of our old racial wounds" to unite around issues.
Oba... Barack Obama Addresses Racial Wounds  Barack Obama Iowa ConventionBarack Obama picked up most of the delegates that former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards won. The Illinois senator has increased his total delegate win over Hillary Clinton to 7 delegates from the Iowa convention.
"We both fought as hard as we could here, and it looks like we could have very significant gains," David Plouffe, Obama's campaign manager said.
Plouffe sa... Barack Obama Iowa Convention  Barack Obama Denounces PastorBarack Obama called Reverend Jeremiah Write's statements, which were widely aired on television and the Internet, completely unacceptable and inexcusable during a television interview with Fox News.
Obama said that the quoted remarks did not reflect the kinds of sermons he had heard from his pastor while attending services at Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ.
The Illinois senator, ... Barack Obama Denounces Pastor  Hillary Clinton Apologizes for Black Racist CommentsHillary Clinton apologized Wednesday night for comments made by former President Bill Clinton during the Democratic primary in South Carolina.
While speaking at a forum sponsored by an association of African American community newspapers, Hillary Clinton was asked about her husband's comments after Barack Obama won the South Carolina in January.
Following Obama's win, Bill Clinton pointed o... Hillary Clinton Apologizes for Black Racist Comments
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