Barack Obama has recently landed in hot water for this picture of him refusing to pay his respects during the Pledge Of Allegiance. What does this mean for his Presidential campaign? What does it say about the character of the man? Does he have t

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Will Barack Obama throw the 2008 Presidential race to the Republicans? Will his Muslim roots matter? What about his inexperience? Will Democrats once again be split? Jane Devin asks the questions and points out that Obama may be the next Ralph Nader. What do you think? Will Obama's good looks, charm, and charisma be enough to overcome t

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The rapidly changing political landscape has introduced us to the live version of a new phenomenon. Although Hollywood-types have often backed political candidates and causes, the world has been holding their breath in anticipation of the impact of Oprah's endorsement of Barack Obama.

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When Hillary Clinton launched her campaign nearly a year ago, the media buzz deemed it near impossible for the likes of Barack Obama and John Edwards to overcome her daunting campaign machine. The endorsements, the money, and the cream-of-the-crop strategists combined with the former First Lady�s incumbent image to make her the clear-cut choi

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DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a narrow lead in Iowa four days before the state opens the presidential nominating race, while Republicans Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are virtually tied, according to a Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll released on Sunday.
Clinton, a New York senator, led Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois 31

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ABC News projects that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama will be the winner of the Iowa Democratic caucuses. At this point ABC News does not have enough information yet to project who will come in second or third.
Looking ahead to the Granite State's primary on Tuesday, Obama adviser David Axelrod said, "In every way we have exceeded expectations

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For Republicans in the Evansville Indiana area, this Primary season promises to be an exciting one. Normally, by the time Indiana's primary rolls around, the front-runner in the race is well established, and the race has become a one or two man contest.

For the GOP's 2008 Presidential Primary, however, there have been three major primar

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On the Democratic side, John Edwards, although never the front-runner, has been driving his party’s policy agenda. He’s done it again on economic stimulus: last month, before the economic consensus turned as negative as it now has, he proposed a stimulus package including aid to unemployed workers, aid to cash-strapped state and local governm

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My first reaction to the split was: "Does he have cobwebs in his brain? Did his kids have 8 legs and fancied eating insects? Or did Mary Jane give him a high he hasn't quite come down from?"

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Heres something for those of us avidly following the US elections.

Hillary Clinton may have bested Barack Obama at the voting box in New Hampshire, but Obama remains a big winner at bookstores says The Millions blog:

According to Nielsen BookScan, which tracks about 70 per cent of industry sales...

Along with Obamas s

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Barack Obama on the run!!! Anything Hilary Clinton can do, Obama can do better… or is it the other way round? This is a cartoon satire video of the song "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better." "Any funds you can raise, I can raise faster. I will raise tons of cash faster than you..." At least they agree on one thing, George

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Hillary Clinton, Barrack Obama and the march to freedom of the Filipinos in Diaspora.

The current electoral contest between Senator Hillary Clinton of New York and Senator Barack Obama of Illinois is turning into a very hot issue among the Filams here in the East Coast. I noticed that among the conservative and the grizzly b

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You may remember in last week’s Democrat debate that Hillary Clinton slammed Obama for representing Tony Rezko, a slumlord. This came after Obama felt the need to remind people that Hillary sat on the board at Walmart, as if that is some crime. Walmart has become a target of the Democrats, probably because they are able to prov

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Barack Obama is probably the most talented speechmaker in the whole presidential candidate field this year.  His speeches, though, while well delivered and inspiring a certain undefined vision, are seriously lacking in specifics.  We hear "change"--but we don't get a good sense of what things are going to c

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Barack Obama appeared as sort of a surprise guest on David Letterman last Thursday, to be the guest celebrity to give the Top 10 list.

The topic? The 10 things he promises to do when he gets into office. It's pretty funny and Obama does a great job with it.

David Letterman has been pretty good about having these

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