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America: At the edge of history once again?
Jun 9th, 2008 | By administrator | Category: US Politics - AP

One day this past January, Mary Kim Titla’s parents left their home on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in southeastern Arizona and drove across the desert to Phoenix with a single purpose in mind - getting an up-close glimpse of a long shot named Barack Obama….
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Franken wins endorsement for Senate in Minnesota
Jun 9th, 2008 | By administrator | Category: US Politics - AP

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — Al Franken won a resounding endorsement for the U.S. Senate on Saturday from Minnesota Democrats, quickly dispatching with concerns about jokes that offended some and promising a tough challenge to Republican Sen. Norm Coleman….
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McCain deploying staff, expanding advertising
Jun 9th, 2008 | By administrator | Category: US Politics - AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election….
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Clinton ending candidacy, supporting Obama
Jun 5th, 2008 | By administrator | Category: US Politics - AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton will end on Saturday her historic bid to become the first woman president but Barack Obama said he won’t be hurried into a decision on whether to make her his running mate….
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For Obama, the pros and cons of picking Clinton
Jun 5th, 2008 | By administrator | Category: US Politics - AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Memo to Barack Obama: Now that you’ve named three people to help you pick a running mate, they surely will list the pros and cons of Hillary Rodham Clinton. And no doubt some kibitzers will do the same without your encouragement….
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McCain: Don’t call me Bush
Jun 5th, 2008 | By administrator | Category: US Politics - AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama is fond of using a four-letter word to describe John McCain: Bush….
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Obama names a Kennedy to help pick vice president
Jun 5th, 2008 | By administrator | Category: US Politics - AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Barack Obama turned to the hunt for a running mate Wednesday, with Hillary Rodham Clinton’s supporters urging him to put her on the ticket now that she’s decided to back his inevitable nomination….
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McCain challenges Obama on town hall meetings
Jun 5th, 2008 | By administrator | Category: US Politics - AP

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — John McCain asked Barack Obama to join him in 10 town hall meetings with voters in the coming months, and their campaigns began negotiations to make it happen. McCain, the Republican nominee-in-waiting, made the request Wednesday, the day after Obama clinched the Democratic nomination….
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Clinton open to VP nod
Jun 4th, 2008 | By administrator | Category: US Politics - AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Angling for a vice presidential nod, Hillary Rodham Clinton refused to bow out of the Democratic race Tuesday, hoping to maintain leverage as Barack Obama clinched the delegates needed to secure the party’s nomination….
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Obama proclaims himself the Democratic nominee
Jun 4th, 2008 | By administrator | Category: US Politics - AP

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Barack Obama claimed the Democratic presidential nomination in a long-time-coming victory speech Tuesday that taunted Republicans on their own turf and reached out to heal Democratic wounds with lofty praise for his rival….
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