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Peoria Journal Star - CHICAGO - Barack Obama emerged the morning after winning a U.S. Senate seat in November 2004 and flatly declared, "I am not running for president in 2008." The once-obscure state legislator from Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood exploded onto the
Washington Post - Barack Obama (D-Ill.). And probably a few applications to restaurants and bars, so they can pay a little something for that couch-surfing. Robert Primus, chief of staff for Rep. Michael E. Capuano (D-Mass.), said he has received at least 100
FOX News - Or, the surprising surge of perceived-moderate Senator Barack Obama into second place in the Democratic field? The conservative right is trailing ignominiously in the polls for the Republican nomination, while Hillary is tied with the combined vote
Chicago Tribune - Look for the longest, costliest and, quite likely, nastiest presidential contest ever to roll out in 2007. The early favorites (Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and John McCain of Arizona) square off against phenomenons such as Sen. Barack
Town Hall - HONOLULU _ As Barack Obama decides if he'll seek the Democratic nomination for president, the Illinois senator has stayed out of the public eye in Hawaii this week. Obama didn't make an appearance at a small rally FEC Imposes Record $6.2M in Fines
Chicago Sun-Times - It is with clenched teeth that we in the news business report polls showing a third of the nation has never heard of Barack Obama or that 44,000 news industry jobs have been lost in the last five years. News? Who needs it? But as Glenn revealed to a
Wilmington Morning Star - By the end of 2007, John Edwards' presidential campaign will be: (a) Overtaken as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama get going; (b) Out ahead in polls in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, but in the middle of the pack elsewhere; (c) One of seemingly
Slate - A piece questions whether Barack Obama has the substance to match his style. Despite his popularity, Obama is "an empty vessel, with vulnerabilities that have been obscured by his blinding, meteoric ascent," writes John Heilemann. Comparisons to RFK
Eagle-Tribune - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is on a roll. Democrats in New Hampshire recently welcomed the first-term senator with all the hoopla and praise reserved for presidential contenders. Obama has yet to announce his plans for the 2008 presidential contest