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Netanyahu and Abbas agree to Obama talks

Sep 21, 2009 10:25 AM

...minister, and Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the western-backed Palestinian Authority, yesterday accepted an invitation by Barack Obama, the US president, to meet tomorrow for the first time s...

Nature, developing countries won't help cool things

Jul 24, 2009 6:29 AM

...ethnic riots. Had he stayed in Italy at the recent G-8 summit, he could have continued the Herculean task of disabusing Barack Obama of his amazingly durable belief, shared by the U.S. Congress...

Bills would steer more funds to diplomacy

Jul 20, 2009 5:43 AM

...secretary of state for management, told USA TODAY. The money, some of which was in a 2009 supplemental spending bill President Barack Obama signed last month, is for 1,300 new diplomats, major ...

Niger leader undermining rule of law - White House

Jul 1, 2009 5:03 PM

...threaten aid to Niger, a former French colony and one of the world's poorest countries. Next week, U.S. President Barack Obama will visit another West African country, Ghana, which he plans to...

Is the Muslim world ready to respond to Barack Obama's peace overture?

Jun 2, 2009 3:01 AM

...President Barack Obama is undoubtedly a very persuasive speaker, and there was much to applaud in his common sense approach in his BBC interview to the various challenges he faces in the Middl...

Obama defends release of memo on interrogation techniques

Apr 20, 2009 2:45 PM

...WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Monday defended before his most skeptical audience his decision to release Bush-era memos outlining interrogation techniques, telling CIA employees it wi...

Obama coy on White House pup

Apr 10, 2009 7:12 PM

...soon hear the pitter-patter of padded paws. More than five months after promising his daughters a new puppy, President Barack Obama hinted Friday that the new first puppy could make his debut...

Hold off on software business

Apr 5, 2009 4:36 AM

...are cutting back, the medical industry has continued its adoption of this technology. Then there's the fact that President Barack Obama has pledged up to $20 billion of stimulus funds over the ...

Kaine Stumping in Pennsylvania

Apr 3, 2009 6:41 AM

...Tim Kaine, a Democrat, will make two campaign stops tomorrow in Pennsylvania for presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. The 'get-out-the-vote' events, in advance of the state's Democratic pr...

The Audacity Of eBay Auctions: 21 Million For This Barack Obama Painting?

Mar 17, 2009 8:06 AM

...looking at that floppy octopus arm Obama is holding the change in and the fact that this painting is for sale on eBay and thinking, "no." On the other hand, the artist is playing it up for all ...

Biden sees signs economic confidence returning

Mar 15, 2009 11:43 AM

...recent uptick in the stock markets is a result of the Obama factor. He said people are starting to understand President Barack Obama has a plan. Biden, who was in Little Rock, Ark., on Saturday...

Is Obama going to take Black Americans to the promised land?

Feb 23, 2009 5:11 AM

Chicago, Feb. 23 (ANI): With Barack Obama having completed over a month as the United States 44th and first Black American President, a debate has surfaced over whether he can lead Black Americans...

627K new jobless claims; continuing claims near 5M

Feb 19, 2009 7:36 AM

...jolt the economy back into growth. But he said "if we fail ... then the situation will continue to deteriorate." President Barack Obama pointed to the deteriorating economy to win quick passage...

Elkhart Co. getting 85 new jobs

Feb 14, 2009 8:28 PM

Elkhart - Elkhart County is getting some jobs for a change, instead of losing them. Office chair manufacturer izzy plans to expand its plant north of Middlebury, creating 85 new jobs over the next...

Staff Editorial: Class action

Feb 2, 2009 11:09 PM

...We don't yet live in a post-racial America. While President Barack Obama's election is a tremendous milestone in the ongoing struggle for racial equality, it would be foolish and harmful to su...

Branson offers hero pilot 'double the pay'

Feb 2, 2009 11:09 PM

...country have come out in force to show off their colours and Australian spirit. IT'S only his first day on the job but Barack Obama has already signed his first executive orders as the new U...

White House Backing Off Talks with Iran, Syria

Feb 1, 2009 7:00 PM

...WASHINGTON The White House on Sunday sought to distance itself from advisers to Barack Obama who reportedly met with Syrian and Iranian officials during Obama's transition to power. "The presid...

Supermarket fire kills 24

Jan 31, 2009 10:46 AM

...orders as the new US President. BARACK Obama heads through the streets of Washington DC after becoming US president. BARACK Obama has taken the oath of office and become the 44th presiden...

Southern Ocean whaling must be halted

Jan 26, 2009 8:46 PM

Labour Party Conservation spokesperson Steve Chadwick has welcomed moves that would stop the Japanese from whaling in the Southern Ocean. However, Steve Chadwick remained concerned that stopping w...

Henry Deedes: Piers returns to the Mirror, and he's not just come back for his coat

Jan 25, 2009 4:07 PM

...of "traitor!" Much guffawing last week about the Express's decision to run a wraparound ad cover for Fiat on the morning after Barack Obama's historic inauguration. The ad was for a Fiat 500, s...

Daniel Howes: Road for autos runs through Oval Office

Jan 23, 2009 5:52 AM

...have added, they're collapsing into bankruptcy or dismemberment or both, making a bad jobs outlook much worse. President Barack Obama is poised to face an automotive conundrum potentially pitt...

Obama catches a train in Philly

Jan 18, 2009 1:02 AM

...-- With historic 30th Street Station offering a majestic backdrop, President-elect Barack Obama kicked off his daylong whistle-stop train tour Saturday morning with a brief speech that focused ...

No whistle-stop for Newark, but hundreds wave at Obama

Jan 18, 2009 1:02 AM

...-- The whistle-stop tour of President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden neither stopped nor whistled as it passed the Newark Train Station Saturday afternoon. And that didn'...

The Bruce & Barack show

Jan 15, 2009 4:16 PM

...all over his face, rather than taking understandable umbrage. Springsteen was one of the more open and vocal endorsers of Barack Obama's candidacy throughout last year, and unsurprisingly is to...

Geithner Tax and Housekeeper Problems Jolt Obama

Jan 14, 2009 9:42 AM

...WASHINGTON -- At the end of a nearly seamless transition, President-elect Barack Obama has been buffeted by a string of embarrassing jolts within the space of two weeks. The disclosure Tuesday ...

TV Plans For Inauguration Taking Shape

Jan 4, 2009 6:57 AM

...are planning extensive coverage for Jan. 20, when Barack Obama is sworn in as the nation's 44th president. While it will be followed as a news event, network executives said the installation of...

Key and Obama holiday together, but apart

Jan 3, 2009 8:43 AM

...been sharing the same holiday destination. John Key's Hawaiian holiday is passing with little fanfare but US president-elect Barack Obama's 13-day vacation in his native Hawaii with his family ...

World stocks cheer in new year after horrible 2008

Jan 3, 2009 8:38 AM

...stock markets around the world. On Wall Street, stocks staged a powerful rally as investors bet on U.S. president-elect Barack Obama's massive plans to revive the world's biggest economy, stuc...

Obama set to return home after vacation in Hawaii

Jan 1, 2009 12:59 PM

...KAILUA, Hawaii -- President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday bid his native Hawaii "aloha" after a 12-day vacation. Obama, wife Michelle and their two young daughters were set to fly to Chicago a...

Euro rises in Asian trade on Israel-Gaza violence

Dec 29, 2008 7:35 PM

The euro strengthened in Asian trade yesterday on concerns that renewed conflict in the Middle East might push up oil prices, dealing a further blow to the U.S. economy, dealers said. The U.S. d...

Obama makes Christmas visits

Dec 26, 2008 3:53 AM

...the Edinburgh Evening News site. To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. US president-elect Barack Obama visited US military families while they ate Christmas dinner,...

Retailers propose sales tax holidays

Dec 25, 2008 7:57 AM

...-- A retailers group said Wednesday it asked President-elect Barack Obama to include national sales tax holidays in the upcoming U.S. economic stimulus package. The National Retail Federation s...

Hillary Clinton's Big Plans as Secretary of State

Dec 24, 2008 12:23 PM

...to get closely involved in global economic issues. And she wants to broaden State's power within the new administration of Barack Obama far beyond what it was under President Bush, when the Pen...

'Sleeper' hits brighten the book business

Dec 23, 2008 1:29 PM

...future. But there were successes in 2008, not just the headlined hits such as Stephenie Meyer's "Breaking Dawn" and Barack Obama's "The Audacity of Hope," but works that quietly, effectively so...

Obama short on Southerners in Cabinet appointments

Dec 19, 2008 8:55 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) - The South may have inched toward Democrats in November, but that progress isn't showing in President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet selections. Obama hasn't nominated a single Sout...

Primus Mootry: Recession woes may make America stronger

Dec 17, 2008 5:29 AM

...current recession and the need for new leadership at the presidential level have led to frequent comparisons between Barack Obama and Franklin D. Roosevelt. More important than problems faced a...

Family leave, sick pay mandates on the Obama agenda

Dec 13, 2008 8:36 PM

...In some ways, conditions could scarcely be worse. The work/family cause now has ardent champions in President-elect Barack Obama and self-described mom-in-chief Michelle Obama, who says it will...

'Chicagoblanca' is coming to a theater near you, starring Barack Obama as a venal police chief who profits from the winnings of his corruption in Chicago

Dec 11, 2008 10:00 PM

...APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama is raising money for an ongoing fight against Barack Obama. CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com. 'Our ability to continue t...

Ill. scandal raises possibility of GOP taking Obama's Senate seat

Dec 10, 2008 4:31 AM

...from Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest and the allegation that he was effectively trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's now vacant Senate seat could be turning that seat from Democ...

Philly Hotels Offer Free Hotel Parking for Barack Obama's Inauguration on January 20, 2009

Dec 8, 2008 8:39 AM

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Those interested in seeing President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington, DC on January 20, 2009 will be hard pressed to find a hotel room in the n...

At Pearl Harbor, US response to raid is acclaimed

Dec 7, 2008 1:35 PM

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- With smoke still billowing from the torpedoed ruins of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Thomas Griffin's B-25 group took off from its Oregon base to search for Japanese s...

General Critical of Iraq War Is Pick for V.A. Chief

Dec 6, 2008 5:26 PM

...President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department, elevating the former Army chief of staff, who was vilified by the Bush ...

Caroline Kennedy mulls Clinton Senate seat: report

Dec 5, 2008 8:29 PM

...not offered the job to anyone yet. Kennedy and her uncle, Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, were influential supporters of Barack Obama's successful presidential campaign. Other candidates sai...

Obama cabinet not diverse enough for some (has two white men, no Asians)

Dec 4, 2008 8:37 PM

...seek more" (link). Since she's not liked by the nutroots, figuring out where she's coming from is left as an exercise: Barack Obama, soon to be the first black U.S. president, is on the road to...

YRC wants to stop supporting non-YRC union retirees

Dec 4, 2008 8:35 PM

...its obligation to non-YRC union retirees.YRC has had some preliminary contact with officials from President-elect Barack Obama’s administration on the issue of multi-employer pension plan...

Tom Hanks angling for inauguration spot, any spot

Dec 3, 2008 7:11 AM

...Awards in Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. (AP / Chris Pizzello) LOS ANGELES -- Tom Hanks wants to attend President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration even if he doesn't get a front-row seat...

Sen. Mel Martinez Won't Seek Re-Election, Says GOP

Dec 2, 2008 9:43 AM

...a Republican, rejected suggestions he faced difficult re-election prospects in a state won last month by Democrat Barack Obama. "I've faced much tougher obstacles in my life," Martinez said. "M...

Napolitano: A Safe Pair of Hands for Homeland Security

Dec 1, 2008 2:01 PM

...At first glance, President-elect Barack Obama's pick for new Secretary of Homeland Security looks a lot like the person currently holding the job. Gov. Janet Napolitano is a former prosecutor w...

American Stories: Giving back to your community

Nov 28, 2008 1:52 PM

...director of a program for low-income, first-generation college-going high school students for seven years now. I believe in Barack Obama's mission of hope and change and a better country." "At ...

World leaders condemn Mumbai attacks

Nov 26, 2008 8:27 PM

New Delhi: World leaders condemned overnight terror attacks in the commercial hub of the country, Mumbai. There were blasts at landmark places and firing by gunmen in which at least 86 people were...

Absentee voting nearly doubled previous Indiana mark

Nov 25, 2008 9:16 AM

...by either mail or by traveling board. Overall, 68 percent of registered Indiana voters cast votes in the election that saw Barack Obama become the first Democratic presidential candidate to win...

Dollar up on risk appetite recovery

Nov 24, 2008 1:47 PM

...cent, while the broader market had risen four per cent. Also greeted positively were the announcement of US president-elect Barack Obama's economic team and plans from US lawmakers for a secon...

Oil rises over $1, tops $51; OPEC cut eyed

Nov 23, 2008 7:08 PM

...after NBC News reported that New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner will be nominated as President-elect Barack Obama's Treasury Secretary, news which was confirmed at the weekend....

Al Qaeda Releases List Of "Negroes We Like"

Nov 20, 2008 8:56 PM

...(CAP) - Following the video in which he calls President-elect Barack Obama a "house negro" and compares him unfavorably with the "honorable" Malcolm X, al Qaeda deputy Ayman al-Zawahri has appa...

China, India set to be leading powers by 2025: US intelligence

Nov 20, 2008 8:55 PM

...experts and trends by US intelligence analysts. It was timed to be ready for the incoming administration of US President-elect Barack Obama, who takes office Jan 20. Although the rise of no oth...

Ariz. Governor Said to Be Pick For Homeland Security Post

Nov 20, 2008 4:08 AM

...Gov. Janet Napolitano (D), whose handling of immigration issues brought her accolades from fellow governors, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to serve as secretary of homeland security,...

Poll: Most in NJ have suffered financially in '08

Nov 20, 2008 4:03 AM

...Polling Institute. But New Jerseyans do believe that the economy will get better by the end of President-elect Barack Obama's first term. That includes 86 percent of Democrats, 64 percent of in...

Former CTIA Head Joins Obama Transition Team

Nov 15, 2008 6:01 AM

President-elect Barack Obama wanted a bigwig in the wireless industry to join his transition team, so this week he called on Tom Wheeler. Wheeler is the former head of the CTIA and the NCTA. He wi...

Troops out by 2011, says Iraq

Nov 15, 2008 5:55 AM

...the entire country by the end of 2011. Dr Rubaie said Iraq was open to shortening the timetable to match US president-elect Barack Obama's campaign pledge to withdraw all troops within 16 month...

Fox 5 Investigates: Jimmy Justice Controversy

Nov 13, 2008 8:02 PM

...questions about ticket writers and whether they sometimes get a break when they want to park illegall... She ran against Barack Obama in the Democratic primary. Now speculation is growing that...

A tough time for comics with Obama as president?

Nov 10, 2008 5:58 AM

...at the anchor desk. "As a comedian," NBC's Jay Leno echoed to his "Tonight Show" audience, "I'm going to miss President Bush. Barack Obama is not easy to do jokes about. He doesn't give you a l...

Obama's win opens doors of acceptance in capital region

Nov 9, 2008 12:09 AM

...A defining moment in American race relations, Barack Obama's presidential victory holds special meaning for a growing number of multiracial Americans. The country's first black president is als...

The Insider: Colma City Council race remains tight

Nov 7, 2008 8:29 PM

auspices of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which Eshoo joined in 1995. A mere 15 votes separate incumbent Joe Silva from challenger Charito Casanas in the race for Colma City Council....

NEWSWEEK Book Excerpt: 'American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House' by Jon Meacham

Nov 2, 2008 9:34 AM

...author of "The Ordeal of Integration" and professor of sociology at Harvard University, examines what a victory for Barack Obama would mean for the problem of race in America. On the one hand, ...

Kerry, Patrick making closing arguments for Obama

Nov 2, 2008 9:28 AM

...on Beacon Hill. But that didn't prevent either from taking to the airwaves Sunday to make a last minute pitch for Barack Obama. Kerry appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" to defend Obama and crit...

Conversation can't happen without you - roanoke.com

Nov 1, 2008 9:35 PM

...have not ignored the campaign, however. We've addressed issues and criticized the conduct of the campaign, hitting Barack Obama for going back on his pledge to accept the limits of public finan...

McCain, Obama battle into last weekend

Oct 31, 2008 8:46 PM

COLUMBUS/OHIO: Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Friday seized on California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's star power in Ohio, a state critical to his hopes of clawing back Democrat Ba...

Americans halt spending

Oct 31, 2008 4:57 AM

...records dating back to 1947. The dismal news came just days before the nation picks the next president. Whether Democrat Sen. Barack Obama or Republican Sen. John McCain wins the White House, h...

McCain predicts late-night win on Election Day

Oct 31, 2008 4:57 AM

...presidential candidate John McCain predicted that he intends to surge ahead of his rival Barack Obama in the final hours of his underdog presidential campaign "I hope it peaks out at just about...

"My Chats With Bill Kristol Were Never Like This"

Oct 30, 2008 2:10 PM

...any more. My world will have a lot less laughter, I fear. It is worth remembering the words of Colin Powell when he endorsed Barack Obama on Meet the Press: -- I'm also troubled by, not what Se...

Palin faces new ethics complaint over childrens' travel

Oct 29, 2008 9:07 PM

...gain. The latest complaint was filed by Frank Gwartney, an Anchorage Democrat who supports Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Gwartney, 60, said he is fed up with "all the corruption...

Obama Campaign: Put Down Those Wii-motes And Vote! [Politics]

Oct 28, 2008 8:26 PM

...In a get-out-the-vote ad from presidential hopeful Barack Obama, the candidate is reminding voters that they need to make sure they actual do vote on Election Day, November 4. This new ad point...

Police claim to uncover Obama assassination plot

Oct 27, 2008 6:16 PM

...authorities claim to have disrupted a plot to assassinate the Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama. Court documents reveal that Federal Agents arrested men in the state of Tennesse...

Broken Securities Industry Still Has $20 Billion To Pay In Bonuses

Oct 27, 2008 6:09 PM

...Yorker)... I am reading on this site that many of my comedic friends are panicked that something will go haywire... Barack Obama drew a crowd of over 100,000 at a rally in Denver on Sunday,...

McCain, Obama Eye Swing States

Oct 26, 2008 5:01 AM

...N.M. -- Nine days and counting before Election Day and the candidates are busy stumping in swing states. Sen. Barack Obama will hold rallies in Colorado on Sunday. Sen. John McCain plans a sto...

A new era for campaign finance

Oct 24, 2008 7:57 PM

...some ways, yes. Barack Obama, the first major-party nominee to forgo federal funds since the advent of the system in 1976, has raised more money than even his own campaign thought imaginable. T...

Scholar will address rise of Obama and other black leaders

Oct 22, 2008 9:18 AM

...Democratic presidential candidate. His theme: ``The Challenge of Leadership in America: Race, History and the Emergence of Barack Obama.'' 'It's more about Americans' history on the issue of ra...

Television's forgotten candidates

Oct 21, 2008 7:56 PM

...-- that elections should be about and Barr and Nader would have injected some. The intellectual exhaustion of Barack Obama and John McCain was painfully obvious during their three televised deb...

Joe Biden's Words: Marked

Oct 21, 2008 7:51 PM

...and over during this campaign," he said. "It has to mean that Joe Biden continues to harbor serious doubts about whether Barack Obama is prepared to be commander in chief," Giuliani said. As I ...

Americans Stream To Polls Early

Oct 21, 2008 7:59 AM

...That would be up from 22 percent in 2004 and 16 percent in 2000. Florida, where Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama are locked in a close race, accounts for 10 percent ...

Powell and Obama: Rehabilitation but no Mea Culpa?

Oct 20, 2008 8:20 AM

...a new secretary of state or for a new national security adviser, based on your own experience? Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama is a big deal--but it ought to be difficult for Obama-...

Racial Preference on the Ballot

Oct 19, 2008 8:24 PM

...choosing between tickets featuring Barack Obama or Sarah Palin this November, voters in Colorado and Nebraska will also be able to bury the that blacks and women in America still need special h...

Nafta-Plus

Oct 19, 2008 8:24 PM

...Obama's promise to unilaterally rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement if Canada and Mexico won't go along with his on labor and the environment has not gone unnoticed in Ottawa. If Ca...

Tom Bradley Didn't Lose Because of Race

Oct 19, 2008 8:24 PM

...that white voters lie to pollsters when they claim to support a black candidate, because of prejudice. Every time Barack Obama lost a primary to Hillary Clinton, someone offered race as an expl...

AP IMPACT: Mortgage firm arranged stealth campaign

Oct 19, 2008 8:14 PM

...really the match that lit this fire" of the global credit crisis. McCain has accused Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama of taking advice from former executives of Fannie Mae and Fre...

Orlando Sentinel endorses Barack Obama for president

Oct 19, 2008 10:17 AM

...-- uninsured Americans -- while strengthening the current system of employer-based care. Mr. McCain would unravel that system. Mr. Obama also would be more aggressive in curbing America's dirty...

Charles Krauthammer: Obama's Betrayed Message

Oct 16, 2008 9:57 PM

...mind you -- but worse: guilty according to The New York Times of "race-baiting and xenophobia." But should you bring up Barack Obama's real associations -- 20 years with Jeremiah Wright, worki...

McCain, Obama offer final remarks in debate

Oct 15, 2008 7:59 PM

...NEW YORK John McCain says America needs a new direction in his closing remarks at the last presidential debate. Rival Barack Obama says the biggest risk for the nation would be to adopt the sam...

ABC Censors Pro-Life Ad Exposing Barack Obama's Pro-Abortion Record

Oct 13, 2008 8:33 AM

...ABC television network is coming under fire from a leading pro-life group for censoring a political radio ad that criticizes Barack Obama's pro-abortion voting record. National Right to Life ho...

Hitting Obama on the Iowa floods

Oct 13, 2008 8:33 AM

...the smell of GOOP desperation in the morning.... "While John McCain took time from campaigning to survey the damage caused, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid sent Congress home for summ...

House readies for rematches

Oct 13, 2008 1:31 AM

...time, it's a 10 this time. That's what's bringing those who traditionally call themselves Republicans over to vote for Barack Obama and Democrats," Massa said. The other former Republican lawma...

McCain facing a Republican mutiny

Oct 13, 2008 1:28 AM

...party are reportedly in open mutiny against John McCain's presidential campaign, after a disastrous period which has seen Barack Obama solidify his lead in the opinion polls. McCain is being t...

McCain weighs proposal to cut taxes on investments

Oct 12, 2008 12:27 PM

...financial crisis, national polls and those in contested states have found Sen. McCain trailing his Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama, especially on the question of which candidate would be a ...

Bush to sign US-India nuclear deal law

Oct 8, 2008 12:18 PM

...also attend the signing ceremony, according to Bush spokesman Carlton Carroll. Neither Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama nor Republican rival John McCain were expected to break from ...

Obama camp on Ayers timing

Oct 7, 2008 12:43 PM

...NBC/NJ's Athena Jones ON FLIGHT TO NASHVILLE -- Reporters pressed Barack Obama's chief strategist David Axelrod on when the senator became aware of William Ayers' radical past during the fligh...

Blasts From the Past

Oct 7, 2008 7:18 AM

...about the voters' future, not his past. That's not the case at this moment in Campaign '08. "Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama entered their general election contest this summer deno...

CNN does expose on Barack Obama/Bill Ayers?

Oct 6, 2008 11:44 PM

...the relationship between Obama and Ayers went much deeper, ran much longer, and was much more political than Obama said. According to this, tonight's Anderson Cooper show on CNN included a segm...

Dana Milbank/WaPo's dangerous smear of Sarah Palin, supporters

Oct 6, 2008 11:44 PM

...tries to give the impression that Palin doesn't renounce bloodthirsty yahoos, and c) most importantly, raises the specter of Barack Obama being assassinated by a Palin supporter. Discussing a s...

As Palin Brings Up Ayers, Obama Team Cites Keating

Oct 6, 2008 11:39 PM

...and Ayers at stops in Florida, saying, "This is about the truthfulness and judgment needed in our next president, and Barack Obama doesn't have it." Raising the Keating scandal fulfilled a prom...

Palin, Biden stake out differences

Oct 3, 2008 10:43 AM

...looking backwards, and pointing fingers, and doing the blame game," she told Biden at one point, attacking him and Barack Obama for trying so hard to tie the GOP nominee to President Bush. Bide...

Did Biden, Palin score with voters? You betcha

Oct 3, 2008 10:43 AM

...much on the past. "Say it ain't so, Joe. There you go again, pointing back," she said. Biden used a flood of policy changes that Barack Obama wants, summarizing many of them in a sentence that ...

Venue changed for Obama registration concert

Oct 3, 2008 10:43 AM

...York band Vampire Weekend will not be playing the voter registration concert for Barack Obama at CMU tomorrow, as was originally announced. Instead, the local bands scheduled for the event -- L...

Biden and Palin talk energy and environment

Oct 3, 2008 10:40 AM

...is, how are we going to get there to positively affect the impacts?" Democratic veep pick Biden, like running mate Barack Obama, agrees with most scientists that humans are the major cause o...

Organizations promote importance of election, register voters

Oct 2, 2008 6:46 PM

...money this year to run a voter registration drive," Metzli said. "College Republicans, College Democrats and Students for Barack Obama have helped with the drive. Anyone who wanted to help was ...

Barack Obama says Congress has no choice but to pass bailout

Oct 2, 2008 11:08 AM

...of the workers of America). Saying there is "something un-American" about a president who ignores job losses month after month," Obama criticized McCain for supporting $200 billion in tax cuts ...

Bruce Springsteen to perform at Obama rally at EMU

Oct 1, 2008 8:49 PM

...Mich. -- Rock star Bruce Springsteen will perform Monday at an Eastern Michigan University rally for Democrat Barack Obamas presidential campaign. The Obama campaign was announcing Thursday tha...

Maryland's top attorney slams GOP

Oct 1, 2008 8:32 PM

...intelligence. The biennial dinner is a fundraiser for the Labor Council, president Teresa Griffin said. Gansler, an early Barack Obama supporter, called the upcoming presidential election the ...

Candidates Have Negotiators Wary

Sep 24, 2008 7:55 PM

...with tempers still flaring, Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, appeared to quiet the controversy with his announcement last night that after consulting with President Bush, he, too, wil...

New McCainiac Rothschild Weighs In On "Rednecks"

Sep 17, 2008 7:24 PM

..."bitter" remarks, but added a twist of her own -- describing the small-town voters Obama was talking about as "rednecks." "Barack Obama went and called the people who have guns and cling to the...

Jewish Voters Report Calls Disparaging Obama

Sep 15, 2008 7:52 PM

...voters in Florida and at least one other state are being targeted by a telephone survey tying Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to Palestinian causes, an advocacy group alleged Monda...

Winding Down on Bravo's Million Dollar Listing, Plus Tyler Perry Pays Out

Sep 7, 2008 8:30 PM

As Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing" winds down its second season this week, super real estate agent Madison Hildebrand -- and hands down this season's most popular star -- says that the program ha...

McCain Names Alaska Gov. Palin As Running Mate

Sep 3, 2008 8:47 AM

Main Category: Abortion Article Date: 03 Sep 2008 - 5:00 PDT email to a friend   printer friendly   view / write opinions   rate article Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ari...

Obama, McCain up with new ads, new field

Sep 2, 2008 3:48 PM

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Barack Obama and John McCain punched up the themes that will drive the fall presidential campaign in new and expanded commercial spots airing Tuesday. Obama, the Democratic...

Sexist? Really?

Sep 2, 2008 3:45 PM

In a comment sent out by the Arizona Republican's aides, adviser Carly Fiorina said she was "appalled by the Obama campaign's attempts to belittle Governor Sarah Palin's experience. The facts are ...

Obama emulating Kennedy speech at DNC

Aug 28, 2008 9:43 AM

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is trying to invoke the passion of President John F. Kennedy for his Democratic National Convention speech, officials say. Obama supporter Theodore Sorensen, who wo...

Clinton, Michelle Obama appear together

Aug 26, 2008 8:55 PM

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama made their first joint appearance Tuesday in Denver, commemorating the anniversary of women's suffrage. Clinton, the former first lady who lost the De...

Who knew Kristol was such a feminist?

Aug 24, 2008 10:23 AM

Will the Democratic party, which is committed (to say the least) to gender equity, and which in fact has a 50 percent quota for female delegates, accept Obama's imposition of a glass ceiling at it...

Clinton supporters split over Biden as VP

Aug 23, 2008 8:57 PM

Hillary Rodham Clinton's supporters had mixed reactions Saturday to the selection of Joe Biden as the Democrats' vice presidential candidate. Some realized a long time ago that Barack Obama, the p...

The buzz: The scum also rises

Aug 23, 2008 8:44 PM

The scum also risesWe didn’t notice this before, but the day John McCain said, “I don’t think our campaign is negative in the slightest. … We think

McCain campaign already trying to turn Biden choice against Obama

Aug 23, 2008 10:08 AM

Republican John McCain's campaign is wasting no time trying to turn Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden against him. It's already come out with an ad featuring Biden's previous praise for McCain an...

UIC library reverses course on Obama documents

Aug 22, 2008 8:56 PM

Documents related to U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's service for a nonprofit education project started by former 1960s radical William Ayers will be released Tuesday from an archive at the University of ...

Obama VP intro to be Saturday; Kaine, Bayh are out

Aug 22, 2008 8:51 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) - Delaware Sen. Joe Biden emerged as a leading contender Friday to become Barack Obama's vice presidential pick as two running mate rivals learned they had been eliminated. However...

Bumper sticker hints at Bayh as Obama's VP pick

Aug 22, 2008 8:45 PM

Indianapolis - It's the day before Senator Barack Obama names his running mate and there are some hints the Democratic ticket will include Evan Bayh. New developments indicate the decision may be ...

Nervous Nellie Denver revs up for Dem convention

Aug 22, 2008 9:49 AM

DENVER (AP) -- Like a Cinderella deciding to pass up the ball, Denver said no thanks to an invitation in 1976 to host the Olympic Games. Now the Mile High City is off to the dance of the Democrats...

Bush education law: shift ahead?

Aug 21, 2008 9:31 AM

This could be the last back-to-school season for No Child Left Behind. President Bush's signature domestic law took effect in 2002 with bipartisan support. It was a watershed in American educatio...

Barack Obama Set to Announce Running Mate

Aug 20, 2008 1:00 PM

Sen. Barack Obama Photo by: Bryce Vickmark / ZUMA Presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama is poised to name his running mate, according to The New York Times. While the paper r...

On Barack Obama's to-do list? Coalesce Democrats

Aug 20, 2008 7:02 AM

When the curtain rose on Campaign '08, one storyline seemed set in stone: Democrats, bonded by their disdain for President Bush, would remain uncommonly united; Republicans, lacking a clear heir a...

Patriotic U.S. country star Toby Keith praises Senator Barack Obama

Aug 19, 2008 2:54 PM

Keith has said in the past that the 2002 song - which courted controversy for its call for vengeance and lines aimed at the Taliban like "we lit up your world like the Fourth of July" - was more p...

Barack Obama calls a 9/11 truther who wants Bush impeached part of "the Bush/Cheney Attack Machine"

Aug 15, 2008 6:53 PM

As my friend and colleague streiff detailed Friday morning, the Obama campaign was apparently so spooked by the case Jerome Corsi makes against The One in his book "Obama Nation" that they releas...

Barack Obama Beach Pictures!

Aug 15, 2008 11:12 AM

Celebrities, music, videos, tv, Hollywood gossip, photos, rumors, and more, right now on lalate.com, breaking and exclusive direct from Hollywood! Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson, Michael Phelps, to ...

New Yorker Magazine Depicts Obama In Turban With Burning American Flag

Jul 14, 2008 1:04 AM

...was up for grabs, John McCain proposed a highly unpopular and risky path, which he accurately predicted could lead to success. Barack Obama proposed a popular and politically safe route that wo...

Sometimes It Doesn't Work Out

Jul 11, 2008 1:27 AM

...giant spoon. Barack Obama voted to protect telecom immunity, and it hurts. It hurts really really badly. Most notably, for Barack Obama. His online community -- a fantastic social networking co...

Bush, presidential candidates prepare for first wartime transfer of power in 40 years

Jul 3, 2008 4:03 AM

WASHINGTONThe Bush administration and the two major presidential campaigns are beginning an unprecedented attempt to prevent the transfer of power in January from disrupting military and counterte...

RNC: How Can We Trust Obama?

Jun 29, 2008 8:02 PM

No data currently available. No data currently available. This report, from the Institute for Supply Management, is among the most-watched economic surveys by stock and bond traders because a) it...

New York GOP Leader Won't Run Again

Jun 24, 2008 9:21 AM

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)  -- Calling public service ``a tough ball game'' that he loves, New York Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno confirmed Monday that he won't seek re-election in the fall to the ...

George Noory Plots Run for President

Jun 22, 2008 8:28 PM

Kevin Horrigan, St Louis Post-Dispatch: Radio host George Noory may run for president in 2012 because he's convinced that it's going to be a "threshold year" for the nation's future. If John McCai...

Obama in the lead - poll

Jun 21, 2008 9:04 AM

Washington - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has surged to a 15-point lead over Republican John McCain in the latest Newsweek poll out on Friday, by far the biggest margin of any recen...

Bush approval ratings reach 70-year low

Jun 18, 2008 8:39 AM

Posted online: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 02:14:31 Updated: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 03:45:52 Washington, June 18: Approval rating of US President George W Bush, now on the last le...

Prague Czech Republic

Jun 17, 2008 9:56 PM

Time for a history lesson. It's not Czechoslovakia any more. In 1992, it officially was divided into two republics: The Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. Prague just happens to be the seat o...

County democrats plan big event on June 26

Jun 17, 2008 9:52 PM

You can win this house CASA is selling tickets for a drawing to be held on July 4 at Shannon Springs Park tow in the CASA playhouse shown above. CASA Voices for Children, an important program in G...

Clinton asks top donors to meeting with Obama

Jun 17, 2008 9:51 PM

Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton plan to meet next week with some of her top contributors in what a senior Clinton fundraiser said Tuesday was an attempt to calm donors who remain...

The iraqi difference

Jun 16, 2008 8:21 AM

REP. CARDIN: It's going to look a lot better than it looks today, because... THOUGH IT was hardly noticed in Washington, Iraq's Shiite-led government sent a powerful message to Iran and to the Mid...

Europeans resoundingly back Obama over McCain

May 30, 2008 8:56 AM

...30 May 2008 LONDON - Voters in five major European countries resoundingly chose Barack Obama as their favourite candidate for the United States presidency, a poll published Friday showed. In th...

The Orange Grove: Keep preachers, politicians separate

May 30, 2008 8:49 AM

...backfired, and McCain was compelled to disavow Hagee's support. Although the Rev. Jeremiah Wright didn't formally endorse Barack Obama, there was an implied imprimatur based on their long relat...

The Olympian boys athlete of the week Miles Coats, River Ridge track and field

May 29, 2008 9:02 AM

...probably buy a 2008 Honda CBR 1000RR. It's a bike." I'd buy a ticket to watch? "I'd fly out to see the Washington Redskins play." If you could change places with anyone for a day, who would it ...

Fox News highlighted RNC accusations following Obama's WWII comments, ignored McCain's numerous foreign policy errors

May 28, 2008 9:08 PM

...the GOP has a different take, and you'll hear it in three minutes. HEMMER: All right, back on the trail right now, the Barack Obama campaign trying to fend off accusations from John McCain's ca...

vineet gupta Created a Personal Lifestream on Dipity

May 20, 2008 7:23 PM

Latino turnout could hold key to White House

Dec 31, 1969 4:33 PM

...he said. Maria Echaveste, former deputy chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, warned Democrats that if Sen. Barack Obama is the party's nominee, he'll have to focus more on Latino voters th...

These days politics steal sports' lingo

Dec 31, 1969 4:33 PM

...loss in the North Carolina primary to the death of Eight Belles. The paper's editor has apologized. Presidential candidate Barack Obama was quoted by The New Yorker as telling a supporter, "It'...

Obama inching ever closer to nomination

Dec 31, 1969 4:33 PM

...Obama is inching ever closer to locking up the Democratic presidential nomination despite another resounding loss to Hillary Rodham Clinton, this time in Kentucky. Clinton beat Obama by 35 perc...

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