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PHOTOS: In Illinois, It's All About The Delegates

AP | By THOMAS BEAUMONT | Posted 05.16.2012

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CHICAGO -- After two Deep South losses, Mitt Romney is intensifying his campaign efforts in the economically challenged Midwest – a friendly reg...

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Obama: Maybe 'Some Lincoln Will Rub Off' On GOP Candidates In Illinois

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 03.16.2012

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CHICAGO -- Four days before the Illinois primary, President Barack Obama says he hopes the moderation of the Land of Lincoln will "rub off" on the Rep...

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Obama Joins GOP Candidates In Illinois As Primary Nears

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 03.16.2012

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President Barack Obama is embarking on a concentrated one-day fundraising trip, with a stop in his hometown of Chicago and another in Atlanta for a bi...

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WATCH: Obama Explains Political Ideology In 2000

Posted 02.09.2012

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In 2000, Barack Obama, then a state senator, sat down with his two Democratic opponents in a race for the 1st Congressional District in Illinois and d...

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Obama Speaks About Jobs, Economy

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 10.15.2011

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DECORAH, Iowa — Hitting back against an emboldened GOP, President Barack Obama launched a rare direct attack Monday on the Republican presidenti...

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Obama Requests Absentee Ballot To Vote In Illinois Races

Posted 05.25.2011

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Yes, he spends most of his time at an address on Pennsylvania Avenue, but Barack Obama will be casting his vote as if he still lived in Hyde Park. Th...

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WATCH: Obama Shows Giannoulias Some Love In Quincy

Posted 05.25.2011

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A double-back-pat man-hug during President Obama's speech in Quincy Wednedsay was loud enough to silence an army of media doom-prognosticators. For d...

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Obama Welcomes Senate Breakthrough On Finance Bill During Illinois Visit

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

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QUINCY, Ill. — President Barack Obama says he's pleased that Senate Republicans are agreeing to allow debate on a financial overhaul bill after ...

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Obama, Alexi Giannoulias To Appear Together In Quincy On Wednesday

Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama will be stopping in his adopted home state of Illinois on Wednesday, as part of a whistle-stop "White House to Main Street Tour" that ...

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Obama To Visit Illinois In Rare Swing Through Home State

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama will visit Iowa, Missouri and Illinois next week to discuss the economy and his adminis...

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GOP Candidate For Illinois Governor: I Could Beat Obama If He Were Running Against Me

Posted 05.25.2011

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It's no secret in Illinois that Democratic Governor Pat Quinn has a bit of a popularity problem. With the budget mess, and his proposal to raise taxes...

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Obama Endorsed Sheila Simon In 2007 Mayoral Race (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama's old Senate seat looks to be one of the most hotly contested races in 2010. But the President was keeping his distance from the state of...

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Illinois Campaigns Could Be Bigger Headache For Obama Than Massachusetts

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — If the Massachusetts special election was a kick in the shins for President Barack Obama, the political turmoil in Illinois, his home ...

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Obama: Illinois Ready To Move Forward After Blagojevich

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - President Barack Obama says Illinois is ready to move forward now that Rod Blagojevich has been removed as governor. In an interv...

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Obama Team Dragged Down By Press And Blagojevich

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eight days after Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on charges of attempting to sell Illinois' vacant Senate seat, much of the media is still consumed ...

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Obama Reserves Old State Capitol In Springfield For Saturday At 12

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama team, in the run-up to the Democratic convention, will showcase the new Obama ticket Saturday in Springfield at the Old State Capitol, where...

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Inauguration Tickets Already Selling Fast In Illinois

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Like Cubs or White Sox fans booking their World Series seats at the All-Star Break, Illinois residents are snapping up tickets to celebrate Barack Oba...

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Barack Obambi? Not Quite; Just Ask Alice Palmer

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 1995, deciding to run for an open congressional seat, state senator Alice Palmer anointed Obama as her successor. It was from that relatively lowly position that Obama launched his incredible political career.

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Obama, Lincoln and The Encouraging Double Ds

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Advisers with the same initials a century-and-a-half apart persuaded their gifted but obscure Illinois senator friends to run for the highest office in the land. The Obama and Lincoln Parallels multiply!

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Obama Avoids Gun Control In Comments On Illinois Tragedy

Political Radar | David Wright, Ursula Fahy and Sunlen Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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After another campus shooting, this time in his home state of Illinois, Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama offered thoughts and prayers for the vi...

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Paid Clinton Staff Heading To Obama's Home Turf Illinois

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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With hopes of wringing some Democratic presidential convention delegates out of Barack Obama's home state, officials for Hillary Clinton's campaign sa...

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Obama Snags San Francisco Chronicle And St. Louis Post-Dispatch Endorsement

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the San Francisco Chronicle are endorsing Barack Obama in the upcoming Feb. 5 Democratic presidential primary. The O...

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