Barack Obama

Barack Obama

All about Barack Obama and his campaign for the presidency. Whether you love him or you hate him, you can't deny that he is shaping the debate! His full name is Barack Hussein Obama. His middle name and family religious background... [more]

All about Barack Obama and his campaign for the presidency. Whether you love him or you hate him, you can't deny that he is shaping the debate!
His full name is Barack Hussein Obama. His middle name and family religious background have already come under scrutiny.

He is the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois.

According to the U.S. Senate Historical Office, he is the fifth African American Senator in U.S. history and the only African American presently serving in the U.S. Senate.

Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. In November 2004, he was elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat.

Recent opinion polls show that Barack Obama is the most popular choice among Democratic voters for their party's nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

He is married to Michelle Obama and he has two daughters.

 
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Senator Barack Obama will declare victory after the Kentucky and Oregon votes later this month if as expected they push him across the 50 per cent mark for pledged delegates, his team said yesterday.  
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Senator Barack Obama waves to tourists from Illinois as he is followed by the news media through the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, 08 May 2008 in Washington U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has ...  
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AP - Barack Obama's sprint to the Democratic nomination received another boost Friday as two more superdelegates pledged their support, including one who dropped his backing for Hillary Rodham Clinton's faltering White House bid.  
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The movement of Democratic superdelegates to presidential hopeful Barack Obama gained steam Friday, with endorsements expected from two more congressmen.  
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On Wednesday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was under a lot of pressure to drop her bid for the Democratic nomination, allowing Barack Obama to focus on Republican candidate John McCain. Tuesday was not a good day for Clinton as the North Carolina and Indiana primaries forced...  
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Even as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's chances to win the Democratic presidential nomination seem to have slipped further away this week, her backers in Hollywood aren't jumping ship just yet. But privately, several of her supporters are starting to look at how to help Sen. Barack Obama once she...  
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In what some Democratic Party insiders are calling a particularly ominous sign for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, former president Bill Clinton today became the latest superdelegate to switch from Sen. Clinton to her rival, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill). Sources close to the former...  
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Sen. Barack Obama is speaking at a Beaverton high-tech workplace this morning, while his main competitor for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, Sen.  
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NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams sat down with Senator Barack Obama today at the Newseum in D.C., and cut to the chase: Does he consider himself the presumptive nominee? Have their been discussions with Clinton about a ticket? Did she meet the Obama "criteria" for a running mate? Here's...  
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) on Tuesday won the North Carolina primary with 56% of the vote, compared with 42% for opponent Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), CNN.com reports. In the Indiana primary, Clinton won with 51% of the vote, compared with 49% for Obama...  
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