Recent Posts Tagged With 'barack'

• The Case for Obama’s Readiness

  Posted on Monday March 10th, 2008 at 17:42 in republican, commentary, policy, campaign, primary, National Security, vote, barack

  By Dylan Loewe Hillary Clinton's success in Texas and Ohio suggest that questioning Barack Obama's readiness to lead may be a tactic that can resonate with voters. Though exit polling data from Wisconsin and other recent state primaries ...

• Barack Obama Isn’t Interested in VP Slot

  Posted on Monday March 10th, 2008 at 17:36 in President, Democrat, clinton, hillary, vote, barack, delegates, vice-president

  Democrat Barack Obama ridiculed the idea of being Hillary Rodham Clinton's running mate Monday, saying voters must choose between the two for the top spot on the fall ticket. The Illinois senator used his first public appearance of the week to kn...

• Obama gets Vermont superdelegate

  Posted on Thursday March 6th, 2008 at 15:11 in Democrat, vermont, clinton, campaign, hillary, primary, barack, delegate

  Despite his losses on Tuesday, Barack Obama continues to pick up support from superdelegates, narrowing the gap with Hillary Clinton among the group who could decide the Democratic nominee. The latest is Ian Carleton, chairman of the state Democratic...

• Obama Campaign Raised $55 Million in February

  Posted on Thursday March 6th, 2008 at 14:52 in process, clinton, campaign, hillary, primary, barack, donors, contributions

  Barack Obama’s campaign said Thursday that it had set a new campaign fundraising record, raising $55 million in February – roughly $20 million more than rival Hillary Clinton during the same time period. Nearly all of the money came in th...

• Obama Slams Clinton on Homestrech

  Posted on Monday March 3rd, 2008 at 06:15 in texas, jesus, christian, ohio, Democrat, muslim, clinton, hillary, barack

  By Tom Raum  Democrat Barack Obama worked to fend off an intensified attack on his foreign policy credentials from rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday as their paths crossed two days ahead of a potentially race-ending showdown in Ohio and Tex...

• Hillary Get Out: Obama Backers Urge Clinton to Exit if She Loses

  Posted on Sunday March 2nd, 2008 at 17:57 in texas, ohio, cbs, clinton, campaign, hillary, vote, barack, delegates

  By Brian Knowlton Top supporters of Senator Barack Obama, joined by at least one prominent Democrat yet to endorse a candidate, put pressure on Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday to bow out of the presidential race unless she scores clear victo...

• Barack Obama Says Hillary Clinton Trying To ‘Scare Up Votes’

  Posted on Friday February 29th, 2008 at 18:39 in texas, Democrat, clinton, fears, hillary, national, vote, barack, scare, red phone

  Democrat Barack Obama accused his rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday of trying to "scare up votes" with a television ad showing sleeping children and asking who would be more qualified to answer a national security emergency call at 3 a.m...

• Obama has small lead in Texas, close in Ohio

  Posted on Friday February 29th, 2008 at 14:33 in clinton, hillary, presidential, poll, nomination, senator, barack, election democrat

  Barack Obama holds a slight lead on Hillary Clinton in Texas and has almost pulled even in Ohio before contests that could decide their U.S. Democratic presidential battle, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released on Friday. The ...

• Michelle Obama: name Hussein is ‘the fear bomb’

  Posted on Friday February 29th, 2008 at 07:29 in President, fear, Senate, senator, barack, hussein, michelle obama

  By Mark Sliva Michelle Obama, who often has decried "the fear bomb'' that opponents have used against her husband for his middle name — Barack Hussein Obama — said in Canton, Ohio, today that it is happening again and shows wh...

• Presidential Obama Winner of Key Debate

  Posted on Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at 11:44 in Democrat, Debate, clinton, hillary, presidential, primary, victory, vote, barack, rodham, caucus, louis farrakhan

  By Charles Hurt Devoid of any real fireworks, last night's debate was a victory for Barack Obama. With the momentum behind him from 11 straight primary and caucus victories, Obama was confident, gracious and even presidential....

• Rove: Don’t “Hussein” Obama

  Posted on Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at 09:01 in President, clinton, hillary, gop, Karl Rove, senator, barack, hussein

  From Marc Ambinder.com No less an authority figure than Karl Rove has warned Republican operatives from demagoguing Barack Obama's middle name. At a closed door meeting of GOP state executive directors in late January, Rove said the safest way to...

• Dodd nod for Obama adds connected party leader

  Posted on Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at 17:38 in President, clinton, hillary, barack, christopher dodd, candidate, superdelegate

  By Mike Dorning Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) today became the first former Democratic presidential candidate who shared the debate stage over the past year to endorse a rival, urging Democrats to unify behind Barack Obama’s candidacy and warning ...

• General: Obama’s story is believable

  Posted on Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at 15:28 in Army, afghanistan, weapons, Soldiers, barack, ammunition, platoon, humvee, george casey

  Gen. George Casey, the Army's chief of staff, said Tuesday he has no reason to doubt Barack Obama's recent account by an Army captain that a rifle platoon in Afghanistan didn't have enough soldiers or weapons. But he questioned the assert...

• Chris Dodd Endorses Barack Obama

  Posted on Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at 09:27 in President, Democrat, campaign, connecticut, barack, dodd

  Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut has endorsed Barack Obama, his former rival in the Democratic presidential race. "He's ready to be president and I am ready to support him in this campaign" Dodd said at a joint news confernece with O...

• Obama’s Real Experience: His Campaign

  Posted on Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at 09:26 in President, bush, clinton, campaign, experience, hillary, black, Kennedy, barack, dick morris, jfk, candidate

  By Dick Morris & Eileen McGann The best evidence of Obama’s readiness to lead the nation is displayed through his ability to run for president. After all, what is more difficult, complicated, or challenging than getting elected president? W...

• Obama livid at Clinton ‘racial’ slur

  Posted on Monday February 25th, 2008 at 19:25 in texas, ohio, Democrat, muslim, kenya, clinton, campaign, hillary, primary, barack, somali, drudgereport

  The Obama campaign has accused the Clinton camp of "the most shameful, offensive fear-mongering" after the news website, Drudge Report, published a photo of Barack Obama in full Somali traditional dress, which it said had been sent by a Clint...

• Obama slams smear photo

  Posted on Monday February 25th, 2008 at 09:03 in african, Democrat, kenya, clinton, Somalia, barack, smear, fear-mongering, wajir, hilolary

  Obama Campaign Manger David Plouffe accused the Clinton campaign of "shameful offensive fear-mongering" by circulating a photo as an attempted smear. Plouffe was reacting to a banner headline on the Drudge Report saying that aides to Sen. Hil...

• Barack Obama: Hillary taking false credit for 90’s

  Posted on Sunday February 24th, 2008 at 18:48 in President, NAFTA, clinton, experience, hillary, barack, rodham, co-president

  By Christina Bellantoni  Sen. Barack Obama said today Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton presents herself as if she was "co-president" from 1993 to 2000. Mr. Obama, holding a town hall forum at a wall board manufacturing plant here, said ...

• Obama makes better commander than McCain, Clinton

  Posted on Sunday February 24th, 2008 at 09:51 in President, Debate, clinton, hillary, poll, vote, barack

  By Les Payne  Near the end of the 19th debate, Hillary Rodham Clinton scanned her years with the 42nd U.S. president and admitted a personal truth that for once didn't serve the righteous cause of returning the couple to the White House for ...

• Obama suggests Clinton’s anger is theater

  Posted on Sunday February 24th, 2008 at 09:04 in insurance, ohio, NAFTA, clinton, campaign, hillary, healthcare, barack

  Barack Obama today suggested that a passionate denunciation Hillary Clinton delivered this morning assailing his campaign for “Karl Rove” tactics may have been just so much performance art for the cameras. Clinton blasted the Obama campai...

• Hillary Clinton Can’t Land A Punch

  Posted on Saturday February 23rd, 2008 at 17:25 in Democrat, clinton, hillary, msnbc, barack, candidate

  No one outside Texas had ever heard of Kirk Watson before Tuesday night when, in a two minute, 30 second nationally televised car wreck of political punditry, he became Hillary Clinton's best campaign asset. The fact that he was on live televisio...

• African Americans Worry About Obama’s Safety

  Posted on Friday February 22nd, 2008 at 14:32 in President, safety, barack, candidate

  For many black Americans, it's a conversation they find hard to avoid, revisiting old fears in the light of bright new hopes. They watch with wonder as Barack Obama moves ever closer to becoming America's first black president. And they ask t...

• Police concerned about order to stop screening at Obama Texas Event

  Posted on Friday February 22nd, 2008 at 07:03 in texas, Democrat, presidential, barack, candidate

  Security details at Barack Obama's rally Wednesday stopped screening people for weapons at the front gates more than an hour before the Democratic presidential candidate took the stage at Reunion Arena. The order to put down the metal detectors a...

• Obama Began February With $10 Million Cash Advantage

  Posted on Thursday February 21st, 2008 at 20:00 in President, Democrat, clinton, hillary, barack

  By Kristin Jensen and Jonathan D. Salant Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama began February with about $10 million more to spend than rival Hillary Clinton as they prepared for a slew of primary and caucus battles, regulatory filings show....

• Obama campaign urges Clinton to concede

  Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 18:03 in texas, ohio, Democrat, clinton, campaign, hillary, primary, nomination, barack, defeat, concede

  By Suzanne Goldberg Barack Obama's campaign, riding a wave of 10 straight victories in the contest for the Democratic nomination after wins in Wisconsin and Hawaii, today urged Hillary Clinton to bow to the inevitable and accept defeat. Obama'...

• Obama camp slams Clinton ‘lunacy’

  Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 15:59 in texas, ohio, Democrat, clinton, campaign, hillary, primary, barack, lunacy, delegate

  By Mike Allen  Obama campaign manager David Plouffe argued to reporters Wednesday that the Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign has virtually no hope of moving ahead in the delegate count after the climactic Texan and Ohio primaries two weeks from no...

• Obama wins Hawaii in a landslide

  Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 08:53 in hawaii, clinton, hillary, nomination, senator, landslide, barack, caucus

  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%, to U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton's 8,835 votes, or 24%, with 100% of the prec...

• Obama says Clinton’s housing plan helps rich

  Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 08:48 in housing, clinton, hillary, senator, vote, barack, candidate

  Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama accused rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday of rewarding the rich and hurting future mortgage seekers with her plan to end the U.S. housing crisis. Clinton, a New York senator and former first lady, and Obama...

• Obama Opens Up 14 Point Lead

  Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 07:27 in President, Democrat, clinton, hillary, wisconsin, primary, barack, reuters, zogby

  Barack Obama has surged past Hillary Clinton to open a big national lead in the Democratic presidential race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. Obama also leads Republican front-runner John McCain in a potential November elect...

• Wisconsin exit poll shows Obama won healthy support from whites, women

  Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 06:40 in Democrat, Liberal, clinton, hillary, wisconsin, primary, vote, barack

  Barack Obama claimed major pieces of Hillary Rodham Clinton's usual coalition as his own Tuesday, winning a majority of white and working-class people while splitting women's votes in Wisconsin's Democratic presidential primary, according...