Change in primary date could aid Obama (Barack obama)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The powerful speaker of the Illinois House said Wednesday he wants to help U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's possible campaign for president by moving up the state's 2008 primary election, figuring it will give the Democrat an early win.
Hawaii's senior senator, Daniel Inouye, says it is too soon for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., to run for president. Inouye, 82, who has served in the Senate since 1963, is the third most senior member of the Senate and is considered a national leader of the Democratic Party.
Democrats are voicing their deep skepticism over U-S President Bush's plan for a troop buildup in Iraq. Illinois Senator Barack Obama says the Democratic-controlled Congress will not undercut troops already in Iraq, but he adds the U-S is "not going to baby-sit a civil war."
WASHINGTON - A Capitol Hill coffee and doughnut breakfast that for years has been a regular event for Illinois' senators and their constituents turned Thursday into a forum highlighting the influential lawmakers' criticism of the Iraq war.
Hawaii's senior senator, Daniel Inouye, says it is too soon for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., to run for president. Inouye, 82, who has served in the Senate since 1963, is the third most senior member of the Senate and is considered a national leader of the Democratic Party.
Democrats are voicing their deep skepticism over U-S President Bush's plan for a troop buildup in Iraq. Illinois Senator Barack Obama says the Democratic-controlled Congress will not undercut troops already in Iraq, but he adds the U-S is "not going to baby-sit a civil war."
WASHINGTON - A Capitol Hill coffee and doughnut breakfast that for years has been a regular event for Illinois' senators and their constituents turned Thursday into a forum highlighting the influential lawmakers' criticism of the Iraq war.
