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Obama Team Starts Work On Presidential Transition

Marc Ambinder | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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With less than six months to go before he would be sworn in as the nation's 44th president, Sen. Barack Obama has directed his aides to begin planning...

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Obama Plans "Unbelievable" Push To Win Missouri

Kansas City Star | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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How much would Barack Obama love to win Missouri? Let us count the staffers... 148, 149, yes, 150 ... The Democrat's campaign said Tuesday it is tri...

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Dean, Sebelius Discuss Obama's Acceptance Speech at Invesco Field

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 07.07.2008 | Home

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WHO: Democratic National Committee Chairman Governor Howard Dean and Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius WHAT: Press conference call to discuss the ...

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Obama focuses on turning red states blue

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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FARGO, N.D. — It will be a red-state Fourth of July for Barack Obama, who hopes to find votes as well as fireworks in places that blue-state Dem...

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Obama Campaign Press Call 7.2 AUDIO: Ambassador Gelbard and Senior Advisor Restrepo on Obama's Latin America Policy

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home

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WHO: Ambassador Robert Gelbard and Senior Policy Advisor Dan Restrepo WHAT: Press conference call to discuss Barack Obama's Latin American polic...

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Attention To Detail: Obama's General Election Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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On Wednesday, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, gave a lengthy presentation on general election strategy to members of the press. I...

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Barack Obama: The Audacity Of Being Human

Peter Birkenhead | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

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Obama seems to be the only one of the three Presidential candidates who does not defiantly hold himself above moral imperfection, and who, ironically, likely seems aloof to his critics precisely because he is the most at peace with his own flawed humanity.

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Dukakis: Obama Likely To Win, But Needs To Improve Campaign

New York Observer | Steve Kornacki | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

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The Massachusetts Democratic primary, along with nearly two dozen other primaries and caucuses, was held on Feb. 5. Hillary Clinton won it by 15 point...

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Yes They Can: CBS Goes Behind The Scenes With The Obama Campaign

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media

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This is interesting: Last night, Katie Couric ran a behind-the-scenes look at the campaign of Barack Obama on the "CBS Evening News," featuring such ...

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Obama To Launch General Election Strategy

Washington Post | Shailagh Murray | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Pivoting to general election mode, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign announced a 50-state voter registration drive that will kick off four days after the M...

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Is YrMomma4Obama?

Catherine Geanuracos | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

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Our goal is to get young people who are already supporting Barack's candidacy to talk directly to their parents and convince them to support him.

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So Much for Making Good, Snap Decisions at 3 A.M.

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

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By not blasting and firing Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary is taking away the outrage against Republicans when they trot out the same seedy arguments during the general election.

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Is Geraldine Ferraro Right?

Carlotta Cooper | Posted 03.12.2008 | Home

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When you add Obama's many gifts and abilities as a candidate to the fact that he has a special appeal to many in the black community, I don't think it's difficult to see why Rep. Ferraro called him "lucky."

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Power Proves All Is Fair

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 03.11.2008 | Home

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Power's candid comments sent the Obama campaign scurrying and invited the Clinton campaign and the media to rain a storm of fire on their heads, and underscores the reason for the paucity of candor in our political process.

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Obama's Problem, He Happens to Be Black

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

Hispanic community leader Adelfa Callejo, 84, said yesterday that Barack Obama would have trouble gaining Latino support because Black politicians hav...

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Viva Revolution!

Beth Arnold | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

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Obama could co-opt a cache of Republican voters and beat the GOP candidate in November, when Hillary and the Clinton baggage would be stuck in their own mud.

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Obama Volunteers Transform San Fran Bong Shop To New HQ

Off The Bus | Posted 01.18.2008 | Home

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An OffTheBus tipster in San Francisco noticed that Obama volunteers have set up shop in the former home of West Coast Growers, your one-stop-shop for...

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Looking Past Primary Season, Obama Foreshadows National Campaign Themes

Amanda Michel | Posted 01.07.2008 | Home

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Lebanon, NH -- With recent polls showing him firmly ahead of his Democratic rivals, a confident Barack Obama seems to be looking past the primary seas...

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A New Year's Eve With Barack And Hillary: Different Crowds, Same Night, Same Reason To Celebrate

Reilly Center For Media & Public Affairs | Posted 01.01.2008 | Home

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The crowds were immensely different. Hillary was an older, seemingly more sophisticated crowd. Obama's crowd was younger and more energetic.

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Obama Sings Like A Bollywood Star

CamPain2008 | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

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Watch video by CampPain2008 of Obama signing like a Bollywood star. Read more about the video here. ...

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Role Reversal: Obama Plays Top Dog In Iowa While Hillary Scrambles

Politico | Mike Allen and Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

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In a reversal of fortune, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is barnstorming Iowa with a front-runner's swagger while Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) scr...

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Barack the Vote: One Girl's Recap of the Rally in Washington Square Park

Carolyn Castiglia | Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics

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Barack, my friend Marie and I both cried at your rally. If you can make girls cry, you're as big as The Beatles.

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