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submitted by Grace for team Obama Watch 25 weeks 5 days 16 hours 44 minutes ago
It was called "un mensaje personal a Puerto Rico," a television spot in which Barack Obama spoke to the camera in stilted but effective Spanish.
"I was born on an island," he said, "and I understand that food, gas, and everything costs more."
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Obama Watch 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours 38 minutes ago
President-elect Barack Obama held his first press conference from Chicago today. Standing behind him were two UC Berkeley professors.
Laura Tyson, a professor at the Haas School of Business, and Robert Reich, a professor of public policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy, are serving as...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Obama Watch 5 weeks 3 days 14 hours 31 minutes ago
Somewhere between the Western wear outlet and the muffin stand inside the Shoppers Square mall, Xiomara Rodriquez, 52 - a veteran, former small-business owner, and grandmother of two - pumps her fist in the air, dancing like she's already hit the jackpot.
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submitted by Lisa for team Obama Watch 21 weeks 3 days 49 minutes ago
The "Obamacans" that Sen. Barack Obama used to joke about - Republican apostates who whispered their support for his candidacy - have morphed into a new phenomenon, or syndrome, as detractors like to call it: the Obamacons.
These are conservatives who have publicly endorsed the presumptive Democratic...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Obama Watch 2 weeks 3 days 14 hours 12 minutes ago
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama resigned his seat in the Senate on Sunday to focus on his transition to the White House, appointing new staff and thanking his home state of Illinois for launching his political career.
"Today, I am ending one journey to begin another," Obama said...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Obama Watch 5 weeks 5 days 37 minutes ago
Republican nominee John McCain heads into the final week of a historic presidential election beset by a wave of high-profile GOP defections and the second-guessing and recriminations from ostensibly friendly quarters that losing campaigns attract like flies.
McCain still could pull out an upset on a last-minute...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Obama Watch 15 weeks 1 day 1 hour 54 minutes ago
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gave his clearest signal yet that he has settled on a running mate when he announced Tuesday he would appear Saturday in this city where he launched his campaign.
Presumably, the running mate will appear with Obama when he shows up in...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Obama Watch 34 weeks 2 days 1 hour 49 minutes ago
A U.S. soldier in Iraq will have a special message from Sen. Barack Obama awaiting him when he returns to Marin.
"Ronan, thank you for your service," Obama wrote Sunday on the bill of a canvas hat that belonged to Capt. Ronan Kennedy, of Kentfield.
The presidential hopeful...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Obama Watch 17 weeks 3 days 11 hours 34 minutes ago
Now that Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination for president, he wants convention delegates from Florida and Michigan to have full voting rights at the party's national convention.
Obama sent a letter Sunday to the party's credentials committee, asking members to reinstate the delegates' voting rights...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Obama Watch 3 weeks 3 days 13 hours 32 minutes ago
President-elect Obama is avoiding the issue of whether Sen. Joe Lieberman should remain chairman of an important committee.
Lieberman's affiliation with Democrats is in question after the Connecticut independent's high-profile support of Republican John McCain for president.
Lieberman has met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada,...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Obama Watch 2 weeks 9 minutes ago
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) has been chosen to serve as secretary of the vast and troubled Department of Homeland Security for President-elect Obama, Democratic officials said. Napolitano is a border governor who will now be responsible for immigration policy and border security, which are part...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Obama Watch 17 weeks 3 days 11 hours 39 minutes ago
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is behind on a dark horse in the Democratic veepstakes: Rep. Chet Edwards of Texas.
"I hope he will be the nominee," Pelosi said Sunday on ABC's "This Week."
Edwards, first elected in 1990 and now in his ninth term, represents Texas' 17th District,...(more)
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