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Obama Speaks With Bill Clinton

added on 2008-07-06 09:30:27 (Washington Post - Politics)

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Potholes in Obama's Path

added on 2008-07-06 09:30:37 (Washington Post - Politics)

What could stop Barack Obama from becoming president? ...more.

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A New Political Geography

added on 2008-07-06 09:30:29 (Washington Post - Politics)

When Sen. Barack Obama chose the Nissan Pavilion in the outer suburbs of Northern Virginia to kick off his general-election campaign, one of the 10,000 supporters there was David Bruzas, who recently moved to the fastest-growing part of a state that is moving rapidly away from its Republican past. ...more.

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African Immigrants Among Obama's Enthusiastic Backers

added on 2008-07-06 09:30:18 (Washington Post - Politics)

A catered fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama was held recently at Duke's City, an upscale restaurant and bar nestled amid the hip new condominiums in the District's U Street corridor, where up-and-coming white professionals are slowly taking over an area that was once mostly black. ...more.

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New Campaign for Democrats: Unity

added on 2008-07-06 09:30:30 (Washington Post - Politics)

UNITY, N.H., June 27 -- Sen. Barack Obama wanted a symbolic beginning for his alliance with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and he achieved it Friday when the former rivals traveled here together for an afternoon rally designed to unite Democrats for the fall campaign. ...more.

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In Flag City USA, False Obama Rumors Are Flying

added on 2008-07-06 09:30:28 (Washington Post - Politics)

FINDLAY, Ohio -- On his corner of College Street, Jim Peterman stares at the four American flags planted in his front lawn and rubs his forehead. Peterman, 74, is a retired worker at Cooper Tire, a father of two, an Air Force veteran and a self-described patriot. He took one trip to Washington in... ...more.

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McCain Has Plan to Make Government More Green

added on 2008-07-06 09:30:35 (Washington Post - Politics)

Sen. John McCain pledged yesterday that he would make the federal government more environmentally friendly, while Sen. Barack Obama mocked his rival as crafting energy policies that merely pander to voters, in the latest skirmish over which presidential candidate is better prepared to tackle the... ...more.

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In Campaign, One Man's Pragmatism Is Another's Flip-Flopping

added on 2008-07-06 09:30:31 (Washington Post - Politics)

Last February, in the heat of the Democratic primary campaign, Sen. Barack Obama proclaimed himself "proud to stand" with Sens. Christopher J. Dodd, Russell Feingold and "a grass-roots movement of Americans" in opposition to President Bush's demand to offer telecommunications companies legal amnesty... ...more.

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In Montana on the Fourth, a Barometer of Obama's Chances

added on 2008-07-06 09:30:20 (Washington Post - Politics)

BUTTE, Mont., July 4 -- With Sen. John McCain taking the holiday off, Sen. Barack Obama wrapped up a week-long swing through Republican America swathed in the pageantry of a Fourth of July parade and family picnic, trying to mesh his theme of activist change with an emphasis on family and... ...more.

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Candidates Court Latino Leaders

added on 2008-07-06 09:30:29 (Washington Post - Politics)

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) yesterday accused Republican Sen. John McCain of retreating from a comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws that the senator from Arizona had championed in Congress, contending that his rival for the White House "walked away" from his own legislation to win the GOP... ...more.

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