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Obama: Illinois Ready To Move Forward After Blagojevich

AP | Posted 03.16.2009 | Chicago

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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 01.17.2009 | Politics

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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 09.19.2008 | Chicago

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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 07.28.2008 | Politics

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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 07.09.2008 | Politics

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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 05.19.2008 | Home

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

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 03.28.2008 | Politics

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

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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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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Paid Clinton Staff Heading To Obama's Home Turf Illinois

Chicago Tribune | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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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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