Summary
Barack Hussein Obama is a U.S. Senator from Illinois and a Democratic candidate for president in 2008. He was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. Obama graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a political science degree, and he entered Harvard Law School in 1988. Obama published an autobiography in 1995--"Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance". He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. In 2000, Obama ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but lost to incumbent Bobby Rush. In 2004, Obama won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. That summer, he delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. His opponent in the senate race was suppose...
Barack Hussein Obama is a U.S. Senator from Illinois and a Democratic candidate for president in 2008. He was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. Obama graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a political science degree, and he entered Harvard Law School in 1988. Obama published an autobiography in 1995--"Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance". He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. In 2000, Obama ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but lost to incumbent Bobby Rush. In 2004, Obama won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. That summer, he delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. His opponent in the senate race was supposed to Jack Ryan. However, Ryan withdrew from the race amid sexual allegations by his ex-wife. Alan Keyes replaced Ryan on the ballot, and in the general election, Obama won easily, grabbing 70 percent of the vote.
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Obama arrives in Germany
From the Associated PressDemocratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama landed in Berlin on Thursday, kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations. The German capital is the first stop on a whirlwind tour that will take the presumptive Democratic...Tags: Government, John F. Kennedy, Political Candidates, Elections, Bill Clinton
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Correction
Sen. Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East included a stop in Jordan, not Lebanon, as an editorial stated Tuesday. The Sun regrets the error. -
And the legislature?
After watching a TV ad for Sen. Barack Obama a number of times to catch the terminology, his narrator definitely says that he, Obama, had personally passed laws (plural) for something or other. I, as a layman, thought that it was Congress or the...Tags: Barry Gardner, Williamsburg
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Barack, the Olympian
Herbert Hoover once described Franklin D. Roosevelt as "a chameleon on plaid." Well, isn't that the perfect description of Barack Obama? He has changed his mind on so many issues, an Olympic gymnast couldn't flip or flop better than he does. So, Senator,...Tags: John McCain, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Barack Obama could set good example of eating right
With reference to Maureen Dowd's comment regarding Barack Obama's food issues, it would be a good example for him to be eating healthy foods as he campaigns for president. The TV was saturated during previous times with photos of candidates consuming...Tags: Boynton Beach
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Federal lawmakers to fight promotion of VA official
ST. LOUIS — Federal lawmakers are challenging the promotion of a regional Veterans Affairs official who they say didn't do enough to prevent surgical deaths at an Illinois hospital. Peter Almenoff is in line to head the national VA's quality and...Tags: Richard Durbin, Illinois, John Shimkus
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Calm dignity
The bizarre and flawed logic in Steven Calabresi's attack on Barack Obama is unworthy of a law professor. Calabresi claims that the three youngest presidents (Teddy Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Bill Clinton) made serious "serious rookie blunders because...Tags: George Bush, John F. Kennedy, John McCain, Bill Clinton
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Covering candidates
Greater media coverage does not always equal fair or balanced coverage. Instead of comparing the number of minutes of media coverage of the respective presidential candidates, the media should analyze the tone and accuracy of its coverage. No doubt Barack...Tags: Wilmette, John McCain, Elections, Political Candidates
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