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Third Presidential Debate
Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y. (October 15, 2008)
Moderator: Bob Schieffer, CBSSecond Presidential Debate
Belmont University, Nashville (October 7, 2008)
Moderator: Tom Brokaw, NBCVice Presidential Debate
Washington University, St. Louis (October 2, 2008)
Moderator: Gwen Ifill, PBSFirst Presidential Debate
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Daily News, Sept. 12, 2008
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Daily News:
McCain, Obama call truce on Sept. 11 Ground Zero visit By MICHAEL SAUL and CORKY SIEMASZKO
Barack Obama and John McCain declared a brief truce in their fierce presidential battle Thursday and descended together into the crucible of America's pain to honor the Sept. 11 attack victims.
In an extraordinary show of unity 54 days from the election, Obama and McCain shook hands and then walked down a long ramp into the depths of Ground Zero.
Mayor Bloomberg and McCain's wife, Cindy, followed the candidates, whose smiles gave way to more somber expressions the deeper they went. Obama's wife, Michelle, was home in Chicago with their daughters.
The candidates were greeted at the bottom of the ramp by relatives of 9/11 victims. They gave Obama, the Democrat, a pink rose. They gave McCain, the Republican, a yellow rose.
Obama and McCain carried them to the reflecting pool, which was choked with hundreds of roses placed there earlier by the relatives of the 2,751 who died seven years ago.
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Chicago Tribune, August 29, 2008
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Chicago Tribune:
Obama melds policy with punch
By JIM TANKERSLEY
DENVER -- The flags waved and the "change" signs flapped and the flashes twinkled like fireflies. And the son of a Kansan and a Kenyan channeled a preacher with a dream, a Democrat from Hope and a Republican who saw morning in America, as 80,000 strong shook a coliseum with their feet.
Barack Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night on a specially constructed soundstage in Denver's Invesco Field. His 44-minute speech mixed a searing indictment of his Republican opponent and the Republican incumbent with Clintonesque personal touches and Reaganesque optimism, promising to repair "the broken politics of Washington" and preside over a more prosperous and equitable America.
"Tonight," Obama said, "I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and independents across this great land -- enough! This moment -- this election -- is our chance to keep, in the 21st Century, the American promise alive.
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August 28, 2008: An excerpt from a story in the
San Jose Mercury News:
It's unanimous: Democrats nominate Obama by acclamationBy DAN BALZ and ANNE E. KORNBLUT
(The Washington Post)
DENVER -- Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois completed an improbable and historic journey Wednesday when he was nominated by acclamation as the Democratic candidate for president, becoming the first African-American to lead a major political party into a general-election campaign.
Obama, who just eight years ago attended his first Democratic National Convention and who four years later shot to national prominence with an electrifying keynote address at the gathering in Boston, was given a final symbolic boost Wednesday by Sen. Hillary Clinton, who moved from the convention floor to suspend the roll call of the states and formalize her former rival's nomination by acclamation.
The gesture of conciliation brought to a conclusion the closest and hardest-fought nomination battle Democrats have waged in the modern era of presidential politics, pitting two historic candidacies in a contest that divided the party and left bitter feelings lingering among Clinton loyalists.
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The News Journal, August 24, 2008
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The News Journal:
It's Biden's timeBy KRISTIN HART
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Joe Biden bounded onto the stage in shirtsleeves, riding a wave of excitement all the way from Delaware to the Land of Lincoln, where he was introduced for the first time Saturday as "the next vice president of the United States."
Thousands gathered on the grounds of the Old State Capitol to witness the moment, some standing on benches or garbage cans to try to get a glimpse of Biden and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Most couldn't see a thing. But it didn't matter.
This was history.
(See also:
Transcript of the announcement that Joe Biden would be Obama's choice for vice president.)
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USA Today, August 22, 2008
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USA Today:
Two weeks to make their caseBy SUSAN PAGE
WASHINGTON -- Their contest tightening, John McCain and Barack Obama are heading into a two-week roller-coaster ride that will help define their candidacies and launch their campaigns into the general election.
On the calendar: the keenly awaited announcements of their running mates and the first back-to-back national political conventions in more than half a century.
Obama told USA TODAY on Thursday that he had decided on a running mate but declined to say who it was. "I won't comment on anything else until I introduce our running mate to the world," he said in Chester, Va.
His campaign has scheduled a rally Saturday on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., where he announced his presidential campaign nearly 19 months ago.
The Democratic convention opens Monday in Denver, followed a week later by the Republican convention in St. Paul. McCain has scheduled his own rally at the Nutter Center in Dayton next Friday, when his choice of running mate may be unveiled.
After an August lull when Olympic medals and Russia's invasion of Georgia seized the headlines, the presidential contenders begin what strategists call a critical period. Many voters are just beginning to tune in to politics as the presidential race is essentially tied.
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July 25, 2008: The Bremen, Germany newspaper,
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BBC News Web site:
Obama seeks stronger Europe ties
US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has told crowds in Berlin that the US and Europe have drifted apart and it is time for them to come together again.
"If we're honest... we know that sometimes, on both sides of the Atlantic, we have drifted apart and forgotten our shared destiny," he said.
Mr Obama is due to fly to France and the UK as he continues his world tour.
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A World that Stands as One" (Speech in Berlin, Germany)
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Daily News, June 4, 2008
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Barack Obama claims historic winBy MICHAEL SAUL
ST. PAUL - "Tonight, I can stand here and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States."
With those words, Barack Obama made history Tuesday night.
Sixteen months after launching his brash, long-shot quest for the White House, Barack Obama claimed victory as the Democrats' standard-bearer - the first African-American candidate anointed by either major party for the White House.
The backdrop chosen for Obama's declaration of victory was an in-your-face message to GOP opponent John McCain - the arena in St. Paul that will be the site of this summer's Republican National Convention. "Tonight, we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another - a journey that will bring a new and better day to America," Obama said to 17,000 cheering, joyous supporters. Another 15,000 crowded the streets outside.
Obama and his wife, Michelle, who wore a violet dress, ascended the stage amid thunderous applause. Obama kissed her on the cheek before she left the stage and he began to speak.
The senator thanked his family and staff but reserved his most heartfelt thanks to his grandmother, who lives in Hawaii and can't travel. "Tonight is for her," he said.
The nomination prize became Obama's as scores more superdelegates rallied to his side Tuesday. His delegate share from the last two primaries in South Dakota and Montana sealed his win over Hillary Clinton. Obama's bold and successful challenge to Clinton, a former First Lady with worldwide fame and unmatched political machines, ranks with the biggest political upsets in modern American history.
Obama, with his fans cheering their approval, offered generous tribute to the vanquished New York senator even as she held off from conceding defeat.
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Chicago Sun Times, June 4, 2008
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Victory.... at last
By ABDON M. PALLASCH
White House hopeful Barack Obama did not wait for the concession that Hillary Clinton seems unwilling to give.
"Because of you, tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States," Obama told cheering fans in St. Paul, Minn. All day Tuesday, super-delegates, including former President Jimmy Carter, pledged their votes to him, leaving Obama within four votes of his party's nomination. Just after the South Dakota polls closed at 8 p.m., the networks began calling the race for Obama.
"There are those who say that this primary has somehow left us weaker and more divided. Well I say that because of this primary, there are millions of Americans who've cast their ballot for the very first time," Obama said at St. Paul's Xcel Center, where Republicans will nominate John McCain as their nominee in September.
Hillary Clinton, speaking to supporters in New York, congratulated Obama on running "an extraordinary race" but warned that, "I want the 18 million Americans who voted for me to be respected, to be heard."
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June 3, 2008Obama becomes the presumptive Democratic party nominee after defeating Senator Hillary Clinton in the primaries. (
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The Oregonian, May 21, 2008
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The Oregonian:
Oregon gives Obama strong winPosted by HARRY ESTEVE and BETSY HAMMOND & AP
Oregon voters handed Sen. Barack Obama a decisive victory today in the Democratic presidential race, a win he said "put us within reach" of the nomination.
Based on returns in each congressional district, The Oregonian projects Obama will get 30 of Oregon's 52 pledged delegates. New York Sen. Hillary Clinton collected the remainder.
Clinton won in Kentucky, today's other primary state, and she renewed her vow to stay in the hunt.
The mirror-image results did little to change the direction of the all-important election math that favors Obama. But the tallies underscored the riveting story of the election -- an increasingly confident Obama and a resolute Clinton, both forced to fight to the end.
"With the help of those who stood up from Portland to Louisville, we have returned to Iowa with a majority of delegates," the Illinois senator told cheering Des Moines supporters. It was a triumphant return to the state that ignited his once-unlikely presidential quest last January.
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The Charlotte Observer, May 7, 2008
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N.C. lifts ObamaBy JIM MORRILL
Heavy support from Charlotte and the Triangle swept Sen. Barack Obama to a lopsided victory in North Carolina's Democratic primary Tuesday, widening his delegate edge as the long primary season nears an end.
Obama effectively held serve in a state he was expected to win despite a strong final push by Sen. Hillary Clinton. He was leading 56 percent to 42 percent with 98 percent of precincts reporting.
The Illinois senator won 91 percent of African American voters while capturing just over a third of white votes, according to CNN exit polls. He scored his biggest margins among voters under 29, but also carried middle-aged voters. He took 54 percent of women's votes.
"There are those who were saying that North Carolina would be a game-changer," he told supporters at a victory celebration in Raleigh. "Today, what North Carolina decided is the only game that needs changing is the one in Washington, D.C."
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The Journal Gazette, May 7, 2008
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The Journal Gazette:
Fight will go onIndiana keeps Clinton alive; Obama wins N. CarolinaBy SYLVIA A. SMITH
Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Indiana primary Tuesday night, running up a victory that gave her bragging rights to being a powerhouse in a Republican-leaning state.
Although her victory was slim, she told an Indianapolis crowd, "It's full speed on to the White House."
But her 22,000-vote edge over Barack Obama in Indiana did not reverse his lead in the delegate count and his apparent march toward the party's nomination.
Obama won North Carolina, a primary he was expected to take. An upset there would have severely undercut Obama's campaign after his losses in Pennsylvania, Texas and Ohio.
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Chicago Sun-Times, April 30, 2008
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Chicago Sun-Times:
Obama denounces Wright
WASHINGTON -- On Monday, a combative Rev. Jeremiah Wright noted -- with some smugness -- at a press conference here that Sen. Barack Obama "did not denounce me. He distanced himself from some of my remarks." Following what Obama called Wright's "rants" at that session, Obama -- with some anger -- denounced his pastor "very clearly and unequivocally" on Tuesday.
Obama cut the cord with Wright, who retires in May as senior pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago's South Side, after Wright's first major encounter with the news media resulted in what Obama called a "spectacle" that was "appalling" and "a show of disrespect" to him and an "insult" to his campaign.
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The Patriot-News, April 22, 2008
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April 22, 2008: Excerpts from stories
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The Patriot-News:
Democratic drama hits climax in state today (April 22, 2008)
By BRETT LIEBERMAN
The seven-week slog known as the Pennsylvania primary ends today with Democratic voters choosing between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton and having a meaningful voice in a presidential primary for the first time in more than two decades.
With a record primary registration of 8.3 million voters, election officials predict a day of long lines and late returns.
Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
"If you are in line at 8 o'clock, you will be allowed to vote ... no matter how long it takes," said Teresa Candori, a spokeswoman for the state Department of State.
Officials predict a 50 percent turnout, compared to the usual 20 percent for a presidential primary, and they urge voters to be patient and if possible vote during nonpeak hours: 9 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m.
A Final Push for the Primary (April 21, 2008)
By CHRIS A. COUROGEN
Standing on the stairs in Sen. Barack Obama's Harrisburg presidential campaign headquarters, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy did his best Knute Rockne "win one for the gipper" imitation Sunday morning.
In town with fellow Democratic Sen. Bob Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania to fire up Obama campaign volunteers, Kennedy, D-Mass., told the crowd jammed into the small room and hallway that "Barack Obama has done everything a candidate can possibly do. ... Now it is up to you.
"In 44 hours the polls open. Now we're down to serious business," Kennedy said. "These next 44 hours are the most important 44 hours of our lives."
A half a block away, at the Second Street headquarters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, similar efforts were in full swing as both camps gave one final push before Tuesday's primary.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 17, 2008
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April 17, 2008:
An excerpt from a story in The Philadelphia Inquirer: A tense bid to sway Pa. votersBy LARRY EICHEL
Debating in Philadelphia last night, Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sparred over each other's electability and the political weaknesses that might make them vulnerable to Republican attack in the fall.
In a tense and grim encounter, the two Democrats were led by their questioners through the words of Obama's former pastor, Clinton's misrepresentation of her visit to Bosnia as first lady, and the links of both presidential contenders to former members of a radical group from decades past.
The candidates also dealt with matters of greater substance, including foreign policy, taxes, Social Security and gun control.
They voiced general agreement on most of those topics, as they have done throughout the race, with both expressing confidence that they could proceed with a relatively rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq no matter what the circumstances on the ground there.
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Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr" (Speech transcript and video on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. KIng.)
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March 19, 2008: An excerpt from a story in
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Obama Urges U.S. to Grapple With Race IssueBy JEFF ZELENY
PHILADELPHIA -- Senator Barack Obama delivered a sweeping assessment of race in America on Tuesday, bluntly confronting the divisions between black and white as he sought to dispel the furor over inflammatory statements by his former pastor.
Mr. Obama again condemned the more incendiary remarks of the pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. But, drawing on his experiences as the son of a white mother and a black father, Mr. Obama went on to try to explain to white voters the anger and frustration behind Mr. Wright's words and to urge blacks to understand the sources of the racial fears and resentments among whites.
While his immediate political goal was to tamp down any doubts that his association with Mr. Wright has caused among voters as he battles for the Democratic presidential nomination, Mr. Obama also sought to link his theme of understanding and reconciliation to more concrete issues at stake in the election as the economy weakens.
See also: "
A More Perfect Union" (Transcript and video of the March 18, 2008 speech)
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The Natchez Democrat, March 12, 2008
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The Natchez Democrat:
Obama, McCain win Mississippi
JACKSON (AP) -- Barack Obama coasted to victory in Mississippi's Democratic primary Tuesday, latest in a string of racially polarized presidential contests across the Deep South and a final tune-up before next month's high-stakes race with Hillary Rodham Clinton in Pennsylvania.
Obama was winning roughly 90 percent of the black vote but only about one-quarter of the white vote, extending a pattern that carried him to victory in earlier primaries in South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana.
His triumph seemed unlikely to shorten a Democratic marathon expected to last at least six more weeks -- and possibly far longer -- while Republicans and their nominee-in-waiting, Sen. John McCain, turn their attention to the fall campaign.
"Now we look forward to campaigning in Pennsylvania and around the country," Maggie Williams, Clinton's campaign manager, said in a written statement that congratulated Obama on his victory.
"I'm confident that once we get a nominee, the party is going to be unified," Obama said as he collected his victory.
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February 27, 2008:An excerpt from a story in the Cleveland newspaper, The Plain Dealer: Clinton-Obama debate at Cleveland State focuses on health care, Iraq and free tradeBy PATRICK O'DONNELL
The two Democratic candidates for president, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, faced off Tuesday night in their last showdown before Ohio's primary next week, each challenging the other's records while highlighting the small differences in their approaches to health care, the Iraq war and free trade.
Clinton and Obama debated for 90 minutes at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center. Skipping opening and closing remarks, they fielded questions from NBC broadcasters Brian Williams and Tim Russert the entire time.
Twice Clinton had more of an issue with Russert than her opponent, once suggesting he was taking an easy approach to him and once accusing him of straying into hypothetical, not real, issues.
Though the candidates disagreed on several issues, they both praised the other at the debate's close while saying they would do a better job as president.
"The reason I think I'm better as the nominee is that I can bring this country together," Obama said. "I think in a unique way, across divisions of race, religion, region. And that is what's going to be required in order for us to actually deliver on the issues that both Sen. Clinton and I care so much about."
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Chicago Sun Times, February 26, 2008
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February 26, 2008: An excerpt from a story in the
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Clothes make the controversy
By LYNN SWEET
WASHINGTON -- An Associated Press news picture of Sen. Barack Obama trying on local garb during a 2006 visit to Kenya was posted on the Drudge Report on Monday, triggering testy exchanges between the Clinton and Obama campaigns.
The dustup over the picture -- which had previously been on various Internet sites and featured in a U.S. tabloid paper -- comes as Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) debate today in Cleveland. The Drudge Report said the photo was circulated in an e-mail by unidentified "Clinton staffers," which prompted Obama campaign manager David Plouffe to call it "fear-mongering" and "divisive politics." Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said it was "outrageous" to finger the Clinton campaign for circulating the photo and said as far as he knew, they had nothing to do with it.
Clinton campaign manager Maggie Williams' retort to Plouffe: "If Barack Obama's campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed."
Obama spokesman Bill Burton said he was aware of the picture before Monday; he had spotted it in the National Enquirer and then found it on various Web sites. He said the issue for the campaign was "the motivation behind the circulation" of the picture.
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Green Bay Press-Gazette, February 20, 2008
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McCain, Obama win Wisconsin primary Illinois senator's momentum continues with his Wisconsin primary victory By TONY WALTER
Sen. Barack Obama's resounding victory in Tuesday's Wisconsin presidential primary has stamped an exclamation point on the wave of momentum his supporters think will carry him to the Democratic Party's nomination six months from now.
Obama, the Illinois senator who has piled primary victory upon primary victory in the first two months of 2008, won the Badger state with 58 percent of the vote, easily outdistancing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., who collected 41 percent of the vote with 91 percent of precincts in the state reporting.
As expected, Sen. John McCain of Arizona ran away with the Republican race, collecting 55 percent of the votes statewide to his challenger, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's 37 percent.
The distribution of all of the Democratic Party's 92 Wisconsin delegates won't be known until the vote totals are tallied in each congressional district. Tuesday's popular vote will determine the proportional split of 74 delegates, with the remaining 18 left to super delegates.
But Tuesday's results left Obama backers with an election night high.
"I haven't been this excited since Gaylord (Nelson) won in 1958," said 73-year-old veteran Democrat John Brogan of Green Bay, referring to Nelson's gubernatorial election. "This is the first time that we really have a chance to elect a transforming figure. It's the sense he gives people, that he'll approach things on a different basis."
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Obama wins Hawaii in a landslide Advertiser Staff
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, who was born and raised in Hawai'i, won the state's Democratic presidential caucus in a landslide yesterday. Obama had 28,347 votes, or 76 percent, to U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton's 8,835 votes, or 24 percent, with 100 percent of the precincts reporting.
Those are the vote tallies contained in what the party is calling "the preliminary final" results. A recount is scheduled for March 1 before the final results are released.
Hawai'i Democrats turned out in record numbers at the party's caucuses to help settle the nomination fight between Obama and Clinton of New York.
Obama ran television and radio advertisements in the Islands and talked about his local roots to help distinguish himself from Clinton, who sent her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, to campaign for her in the state.
The caucuses drew a surge of new Democrats, including many who registered to vote and joined the party just last night.
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Winning Streak Extends To District, Md. and Va.By DAN BALZ and TIM CRAIG
Sen. Barack Obama swamped Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Maryland, Virginia and the District yesterday, extending his post-Super Tuesday winning streak and forcing Clinton onto the defensive as the Democratic presidential race moves toward a showdown in Ohio and Texas on March 4.
On a day when there was huge turnout in the area, the senator from Illinois won Virginia with about 64 percent of the vote. In Maryland, where the polls were kept open an additional 90 minutes because of bad weather, he was winning with about 60 percent to Clinton's 37 percent. He was headed for an even bigger win in the District, where he was attracting about 75 percent of the vote.
The lopsided wins mean Obama will emerge with a clear majority of the 168 pledged delegates at stake in the area, as well as a widening lead overall among the more than 65 percent of pledged delegates who have now been accounted for nationally. When superdelegates are added to the calculations, Obama and Clinton are still in a highly competitive race, but Obama has seized the overall lead.
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February 11, 2008: An excerpt from a story in the Lewiston, Maine newspaper, the
Sun Journal:
Obama carries MaineBy GLENN ADAMS, Associated Press Writer
AUGUSTA - Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in Maine presidential caucuses Sunday, grabbing a majority of delegates as the state's Democrats overlooked the snowy weather and turned out in heavy numbers for municipal gatherings.
Democrats in 420 Maine towns and cities were deciding how the state's 24 delegates will be allotted at the party's national convention in August. Despite the weather, turnout was "incredible," party executive director Arden Manning said.
With 95 percent of the participating precincts reporting, Obama led in state delegates elected over Clinton, 2,079 to 1,396, with 18 uncommitted.
Obama exulted in his recent victories in Maine and elsewhere, telling a crowd of 18,000 Sunday evening in Virginia Beach, Va., that "we have won on the Atlantic Coast, we have won on the Gulf Coast, we have won on the Pacific Coast" and places in between.
Obama won 15 of Maine's delegates to the national convention and Clinton won nine. In the overall race for the nomination, Clinton leads with 1,136, including separately chosen party and elected officials known as superdelegates. Obama has 1,108.
The voting came a day after Obama and Clinton made personal appeals here, and after Obama picked up wins in Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington.
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Dems split major states
By ABDON M. PALLASCH, ART GOLAB and FRANK MAIN
And the winner is ... hard to tell.
Sen. Barack Obama won more states, but Sen. Hillary Clinton may still win a few more delegates than Obama in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination when all of the numbers shake out from the 22 states that voted on "Super Tuesday."
Clinton took the biggest prize of the 22-state contest: California. But she will have to split the state's 370 delegates with Obama.
Considering that Clinton had wide poll leads over Obama in many of these states just weeks ago, Obama's backers say the results show the momentum is on his side as the campaign continues.
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The State, January 27, 2008
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January 27, 2008: An excerpt from a story
in the Columbia, South Carolina newspaper,
The State:
Obama rides record turnout in landslideBy JOHN O'CONNOR
Barack Obama left the Democratic field in his red clay dust Saturday, easily winning South Carolina's first-in-the-South Democratic presidential primary.
In an election tainted by bickering and complaints about the focus on race and gender, black voters proved decisive for the U.S. Senator from Illinois.
According to exit polls, African-Americans accounted for more than half of Democratic voters, with four of every five of those voters, men and women, choosing Obama.
After spending much of the week fending off jabs from the Hillary Clinton campaign, Obama again tried to rise above the fray in his victory speech.
"It's not about rich versus poor; young versus old; black versus white," Obama said. "This election is about past versus future.
"Out of many we are one. While we breathe, we hope," he said, referencing the state motto and his own campaign slogan.
The win rights the Obama campaign after two close losses in New Hampshire on Jan. 8 and Nevada on Jan. 19 and sets up what could be a decisive day of voting Feb. 5. More than 20 states cast votes on what has been dubbed "Tsunami Tuesday."
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The Sun News, January 27, 2008
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January 27, 2008: An excerpt from a story
in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina newspaper,
The Sun News:Illinois senator's huge take astoundsBy ZANE WILSON
COLUMBIA -- The margin of victory for Barack Obama and voter turnout in the S.C. Democratic primary Saturday were both astounding, said a former Democratic National Committee chairman.
"It was a good victory for him," said Don Fowler, also a former state Democratic chairman, who slumped tiredly in a chair at the party's media center, sporting a large Hillary for President button.
Obama took 55 percent of the vote, compared with 27 percent for Hillary Clinton and 18 percent for John Edwards, in complete but unofficial returns.
Horry County was the only county that Clinton won, in a primary that saw 25,768 votes, three more than in the Republican primary last week. Georgetown County voters gave the nod overwhelmingly to Obama, more than two to one over Clinton, with Edwards in third.
It was Obama's biggest win so far and was closely watched nationwide because of South Carolina's large proportion of black voters.
"This unquestionably helps him," Fowler said of Obama, though he also predicted that Clinton could still pick up the pace in the round of primaries Feb. 5.
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Concord Monitor, January 9, 2008
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January 9, 2008: An excerpt from a story
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Concord Monitor:
Democrats pick Clinton By SARAH LIEBOWITZ
Buoyed by female voters and registered Democrats, Hillary Clinton eked out a surprise victory against Barack Obama in New Hampshire's primary yesterday.
The win capped a roller-coaster five days, during which the conventional wisdom swung from predicting a tight race to a decisive Obama victory, and came as some pundits were all but writing Clinton's campaign obituary. The results - however narrow - may boost Clinton as the presidential race becomes increasingly national in scope, with contests in large, delegate-rich states less than a month away.
"Over the past week, I listened to you, and in the process I found my own voice," Clinton told supporters at a victory party in Manchester shortly after 11 p.m. "Now, together, let's give America the kind of comeback that New Hampshire has just given me."
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The Telegraph, January 9, 2008
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January 9, 2008: An excerpt from a story
in the Nashua, New Hampshire newspaper,
The Telegraph:
Clinton, McCain reignBy KEVIN LANDRIGAN
One insurgent presidential candidate -- Republican John McCain -- coasted to a New Hampshire primary victory while the other -- Democrat Barack Obama -- got rocked after Hillary Rodham Clinton pulled out a narrow surprise win.
Clinton, 60, defied all the late polls and stopped Obama, who had been riding a wave of momentum following his Iowa caucus victory only five days earlier.
"We came back tonight because you spoke loudly and clearly. You want this campaign to be about you because there is so much at stake for our country," Clinton said at a raucous victory rally on the campus of Southern New Hampshire University.Indeed, the New York senator became the real comeback candidate in winning an improbable battle hours after her own top advisers confirmed that a New Hampshire loss would lead to a campaign shakeup.
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January 8, 2008New Hampshire primary (
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The Des Moines Register, January 4, 2008
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January 4, 2008: An excerpt from a story in
The Des Moines Register:
Historic turnout: 346,000 Iowans caucusMore than 346,000 Democratic and Republican Iowa caucus-goers turned out Thursday night to support their favorite presidential candidate, and in doing so, set historic participation numbers for Iowa's first in the nation caucuses.
The unprecedented turnout was due largely to the huge numbers of first-time caucus-goers. Barack Obama, who won the Democratic caucus, drew thousands of new participants, including a sizeable number of political independents. In addition, the Iowa Republican party estimated that as many as 30 percent of their caucus participants were new registrants.
The Register's Iowa Poll published Tuesday forecast the perfect storm that apparently hit Thursday night. The poll showed 60 percent of Democratic caucusgoers would be attending for the first time. It also indicated that 72 percent of Obama's support would come from first-time caucus-goers.
With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Iowa Democratic Party officials reported 234,000 caucus attendees, compared to 124,000 in 2004. With 93 percent of GOP precincts reporting, 112,349 Republicans had participated in their caucus, up from the 87,666 who participated in 2000.
There were no seats and little standing room available for Republican caucus-goers at Berg Middle School in Newton, said Norman McDonald, of rural Jasper County.
"I left without voting because the crowd was too large," he said. "I'm 80 years old and I couldn't stand up for as long as it was going to take."
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The Gazette, January 4, 2008
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January 4, 2008: An excerpt from a story
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The Gazette:
Major leap forward for Barack ObamaBy ROD BOSHART
DES MOINES -- Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, making his first foray into presidential politics, scored an insurgent victory last night over Democratic rivals John Edwards and Hillary Clinton in Iowa's record-setting first-in-the-nation 2008 precinct caucuses.
Lackluster showings by Sens. Joe Biden of Delaware and Chris Dodd of Connecticut knocked them both out of the Democratic race Thursday.
Obama, 46, took a major leap toward becoming the first African-American U.S. president by rallying support beyond his Democratic base from young, independent and even Republican Iowans with a message of hope and change en route to winning Iowa's most grueling caucus cycle.
"They said this day would never come. They said our sights were set too high. They said this country was too divided, too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose. But on this January night at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do," Obama told his cheering supporters.
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The Washington Post, January 4, 2008
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January 4, 2008: An excerpt from a column in
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In Precinct 70, the Numbers Tell the StoryBy DANA MILBANK
DES MOINES, Jan. 3 -- And so, after a year of campaigning and tens of millions of candidates' dollars, it came down to this: 600 people packed into a gymnasium at Merrill Middle School ("Home of the Mustangs!") and a burly man on a stage, perspiring heavily.
"I've been sweating since 3 o'clock," said the man, caucus chairman Jeff Goetz.
For good reason. Goetz's precinct, Des Moines's 70th, is believed to be the largest in Iowa. Both the Clinton and Obama campaigns held it up as a test case that would indicate who would prevail in Iowa. Here, as elsewhere across the state, Hillary Clinton's superior campaign organization would battle Barack Obama's passionate, but young and unaffiliated, supporters.
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The New York Times, January 4, 2008
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January 4, 2008: An excerpt from a story
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The New York Times:
Call for Change Shakes Up the Democratic Field By JEFF ZELENY
DES MOINES -- They rolled the dice.
Whether it was because they were eager to leave behind the bitter divides of the last two decades or because they wanted to send a message that a small white state could transcend the issue of race, Iowa voters handed Senator Barack Obama a victory here Thursday and supported his improbable candidacy in defiance of those who warned he was too inexperienced in world affairs.
Instead, what seemed to drive them was the idea that Mr. Obama would present a new face for America in the world, with a coalition of Democrats and independents dispelling skepticism and flooding caucuses in all corners of the state to support a man who came to Washington only three years ago.
"We are one people," Mr. Obama said. "And our time for change has come."
It was only a year ago that Mr. Obama, 46, a first-term senator from Illinois, formally decided to seek the Democratic nomination, which even some of his closest advisers feared could diminish his long-term potential. As he learned to become a presidential candidate on the fly, seasoned political hands worked to build an organization here unlike any other, which ultimately helped to nearly double the turnout from the caucuses four years ago.
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Newsday, January 4, 2008
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January 4, 2008: An excerpt from a story in
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Obama win rocks Clinton, EdwardsBy GLENN THRUSH
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Barack Obama rocked the political world with a decisive victory in Thursday's Iowa caucus -- with Hillary Rodham Clinton finishing in third place fractionally behind John Edwards, a staggering blow to a candidate once viewed as her party's inevitable choice.
The freshman senator from Illinois, riding a generational wave of dissatisfaction with the political status quo, captured 37.6 percent of the Democratic caucus vote, with all caucus precincts reporting. Clinton trailed John Edwards 29.8 to 29.5 percent.
Obama's victory marked the first time an African-American candidate has won such a vital primary or caucus, and the candidate emphasized the historical nature of that achievement last night.
"Years from now you'll be able to say 'This was the moment when it all began,'" Obama told hundreds of giddy, chanting supporters at a Des Moines sports arena. "This is the moment when we finally beat back the politics of fear and doubt and cynicism."
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Daily News, January 4, 2008
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January 4, 2008: An excerpt from a story
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Daily News:
Barack Obama wins the Iowa caucuses over Hillary Clinton, John Edwards By MICHAEL McAULIFF, MICHAEL SAUL, JO PIAZZA, KENNETH R. BAZINET, and HELEN KENNEDY
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's once-inevitable campaign juggernaut went off a cliff Thursday night when rookie Sen. Barack Obama won the Iowa Democratic caucuses - making history as the first black candidate to win an overwhelmingly white state.
Obama's inspirational message of unifying America and "turning the page" on the toxic partisanship crippling Washington resonated strongly with Iowa Democrats and independents, who decided to take a flier on the eloquent young senator and gave him an 8-point victory.
"They said this day would never come," Obama said in a rousing victory speech. "But on this January night, at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do.
"We're choosing unity over division and sending a powerful message that change is coming to America," he said, as giddy supporters broke into a chant of "U-S-A! U-S-A!"
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New York Post, January 4, 2008
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January 4, 2008: An excerpt from a story
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New York Post:
ALL DOWN-HILL FOR NO. 3 DEMOBAMA ROMPS, EDWARDS 2ND IN CAUCUS VOTEBy GEOFF EARLE
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Barack Obama scored a monumental win in the Iowa caucuses last night, sending Hillary Rodham Clinton to a devastating third-place finish.
In a historic bid to become the country's first black president, Obama grabbed 38 percent of the vote. John Edwards had 30 percent and Clinton 29 percent, with 100 percent of the votes counted.
Trying to put the best face on a stunning defeat, Clinton hailed a "great night for Democrats" and said the strong turnout pointed for sure to the election of a Democratic president in November.
"We're going to keep pushing as hard as we can," she said.
In a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released, Clinton and Republican John McCain lead in New Hampshire, but the polling was done before Iowa's contest, and did not include a predicted bounce for Obama as a result of his Iowa victory.
All the major candidates fanned out across New Hampshire for political events, ahead of back-to-back debates in Manchester on Saturday night and the state's primary contest on Tuesday.
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Chicago Tribune, January 4, 2008
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January 4, 2008: An excerpt from a column
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Chicago Tribune:
Obama, Huckabee win in IowaBy MICHAEL TACKETT
DES MOINES -- In the end, Iowans voted for a smile.
They chose conciliation over combat, personality over pedigree, hope over fear. They voted for the new, with fervor.
Whether that sets a tone for the campaign to come is far from certain -- in fact things could get harsh in a hurry. But at least on this cold night, there was a powerful suggestion that voters were intrigued by a different kind of politics, particularly independents who increasingly say they are weary of the old partisan fights.
It can be a mistake to make too much about the candidate anointed "President of Iowa" by the quaint and quirky precinct caucuses. Ask George H.W. Bush in 1980 or Bob Dole or Richard Gephardt in 1988.
In the case of Barack Obama, though, it also could be a mistake to make too little of it. History isn't always apparent in the moment. No other figure in modern American politics has had such a swift rise, built on such thin experience, who at the same time could inspire such a sense of the possible. The country had never seen the serious prospect of a non-white president, or watched such a powerful portrait as Obama and his wife, Michelle, as a potential First Couple.
Now it has.
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Chicago Sun-Times, January 4, 2008
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January 4, 2008: An excerpt from a story in the
Chicago Sun-Times:
Obama, Huckabee sweep to Iowa victories, new front-runners in 2008 presidential campaignBy ABDON M. PALLASCH
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Yes, it appears you can inspire people who have never caucused before to turn out on a cold Iowa night.
They came out in droves for Sen. Barack Obama -- young first-time caucus-goers, college students returning from Christmas break early, independents and perhaps even a few Republicans.
"On this January night at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do," Obama told a crowd of wildly cheering supporters.
"You have done what the state of New Hampshire can do in five days. You have done what America can do in this new year 2008. In lines that stretched around schools and churches in small towns and big cities, you came together as Democrats and Republicans and independents to say that we are one nation, we are one people, and our time for change has come."
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The Post and Courier, July 24, 2007
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The Post and Courier:
Democrats.comBy ROBERT BEHRE
All eight Democratic presidential candidates on Monday came to The Citadel to answer 40 videotaped questions submitted by ordinary Americans on everything from slavery reparations, military-style weapons and gay marriage, as well as the larger issues that have dominated the campaign so far.
The two-hour debate, aired live on CNN, was historic not only because it was the first ever held in Charleston but also because its questions were sent in via the video Web site YouTube.com, marking an unprecedented use of the Internet on the presidential debate stage.
The questions came from people of all ages and ilks. Sheena Currell, a young student from Blythewood, asked candidates who their favorite teacher was, and a talking snowman in Minneapolis said, "I've been growing concerned that global warming, the single most important issue to the snowmen of this country, is being neglected."
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The State, April 27, 2007
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April 27, 2007: An excerpt from a story in the Columbia, South Carolina newspaper,
The State:
Democrats spar in S.C.By AARON GOULD SHEININ
ORANGEBURG -- The front-runners for the Democratic presidential nomination mostly played it safe during Thursday's first-in-the-nation presidential debate, allowing a couple of second-tier candidates -- Delaware Sen. Joe Biden and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson -- to shine.
The war in Iraq and gun control dominated the debate, held at S.C. State University.
Thursday night was the first time the eight candidates had appeared together on stage. It is the kickoff to a weekend of events that has South Carolina in the center of the presidential campaign universe.
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February 10, 2007
Obama announces his candidacy for president of the United States in front of the Old State Capital building in Springfield, Illinois.
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Transcript and video)
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October 17, 2006
The book, "
Audacity of Hope," is released. Obama's other books are "Dreams from my Father" (1995) and "Change We Can Believe In" (2008). Another major publishing project took place in the early 1990s when he served as president of The Harvard Law Review. (See also: "
First Black Elected to Head Harvard's Law Review." By Fox Butterfield, The New York Times, Feb. 6, 1990.)
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August 2006
During a trip to Africa, Obama
visits Kenya, his father's home country.
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April 26, 2005"
A Hope to Fulfill" (Transcript of his speech at the National Press Club. National Public Radio
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April 20, 2005Obama delivers a speech at the dedication of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Libary and Museum. (
Transcript)
(See also: "
What I See in Lincoln's Eyes." By Barack Obama, Time Magazine, June 26, 2005.)
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January 4, 2005Sworn in as a
United States senator.
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November 2, 2004Elected to the
United States Senate for Illinois after
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July 27, 2004
Barack Obama delivers the Democratic convention keynote address. (
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