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Barack obama — Wed, 23 May 2007 12:40:03 GMT

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Obama's Wife Quits Post On TreeHouse Foods Board
CNBC - Englewood Cliffs,NJ,USA
The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama resigned Tuesday from the board of a food supplier for retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, ...
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Barack obama — Wed, 23 May 2007 08:55:10 GMT

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Michelle Obama: I'm his wife, not adviser
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City,IA,USA
Barack Obama, Michelle Obama talked with people at a suburban coffee shop and toured a residential program for women being treated for substance abuse. ...
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No ‘Rush’ to Judgement - Limbaugh’s Racist Taunt at Obama Backfires
MetroPost - New York,NY,USA
When asked about the taunt, Barack Obama responded simply by saying that he expects such attacks and in any event doesn’t even listen to Rush Limbaugh. ...
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Barack obama — Wed, 23 May 2007 04:15:02 GMT

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Obama's wife quits Wal-Mart supplier
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
Barack Obama. TreeHouse supplies pickles and other foods to Wal-Mart, a frequent target of union leaders who say the company treats its workers unfairly. ...
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Barack Obama Makes Fundraising Stop In The City
CBS 3 - Philadelphia,PA,USA
(CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA Presidential Candidate Barack Obama was in Philadelphia rallying with supporters. The Democratic Senator from Illinois raised money for ...
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Obama's presidential tour makes stop at Philly concert venue
phillyBurbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
PHILADELPHIA - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama took the stage of a city rock venue Tuesday, telling hundreds of cheering supporters that the US ...
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Barack Obama coming to Seattle next week.
KING5.com (subscription) - Seattle,WA,USA
SEATTLE - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is scheduled to campaign in Seattle on June first. He's holding his Seattle kickoff at the Qwest ...
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GMA’s Roberts Touts ‘Strong,’ ‘Warm,’ ‘Professional’ Michelle Obama
NewsBusters - USA
Back in November, GMA’s Diane Sawyer queried Barack Obama as to whether Americans were "secretly" more racist or sexist. Ms. Roberts seemed to be posing the ...
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Barack obama — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:30:06 GMT

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Michelle Obama Opens Up About Her Husband's White House Bid
AHN - USA
While the Illinois Senator and Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama has called his wife his closest advisor, the outspoken Michele Obama has a slightly ...
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Barack Obama visits Philadelphia; Tamaqua ex-PTO treasurer facing ...
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
PODCAST: The Morning Call News Minute for Tuesday, May 22 (MP3): Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama hosts his first public Pennsylvania campaign ...
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Barack obama — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:40:09 GMT

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Michelle Obama: 'I've Got a Loud Mouth'
ABC News - USA
Barack Obama, D-Ill., told "Good Morning America" that she is a strong, professional woman and that her husband's ability to deal with her is one of the ...
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Weekend Canvas for Obama a Success
Campaigns & Elections (press release) - USA
“As someone who got his start as a community organizer, Barack Obama inspires people to believe that they can have an impact, and that together we can ...
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Barack obama — Tue, 22 May 2007 11:55:02 GMT

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Obama's wife targets Iowa's female voters
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
Barack Obama of Illinois, one of the frontrunners for the Democratic presidential nomination, last month helped launched "Women for Obama. ...
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Campaign notebook
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
Barack Obama and 21 percent for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to the May poll. WAUKEE, IOWA — Who is Sen. Barack Obama's closest adviser? ...
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Barack obama — Tue, 22 May 2007 08:05:09 GMT

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American Dream Team: Draft Gore-Obama
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A ticket of Al Gore for President and Barack Obama for Vice President would create an electricity and enthusiasm that would transform American politics and ...
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Barack obama — Tue, 22 May 2007 00:25:04 GMT

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National Poll: Hillary Clinton 35% Barack Obama 25%
Hillary Project - Newport Beach,CA,USA
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows Clinton at 35%, Senator Barack Obama at 25%, and former Senator John Edwards at 18%. ...
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Michelle Obama Meets Iowans During Waukee Visit
KCCI.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
WAUKEE, Iowa -- The wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama made a campaign stop Monday in central Iowa. Michelle Obama, 43, had a simple goal ...
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Some Say Obama Parody 'Insulting'
NBC5.com - Chicago,IL,USA
Barack Obama, who is running for the Democratic nomination for president. The song, a parody of the folk song "Puff The Magic Dragon," contains the line, ...
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: Tennessee Voices: It's not a question of Clinton or Obama, not ...
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) - USA
In other words, the success or failure of Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama says nothing about the willingness of the country to place its fate in the hands ...
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Trivia

Barack obama — Thu, 17 May 2007 20:15:30 GMT

His first name comes from the word that means "blessed by God" in Arabic.
Has a beer named after him in the Kenyan town where his father was born.
U.S. Senator from Illinois (2005- ).
2006: Won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word for the CD version of his autobiography "Dreams From My Father"

Run for the House

Barack obama — Thu, 17 May 2007 19:59:21 GMT

This is a summary of Barack's candidate run so far, it's provided as backdrop by wikipedia.

In February 2007, standing before the Old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois, Obama announced his candidacy for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.^[4] Describing his working life in Illinois, and symbolically linking the event to Abraham Lincoln's 1858 House Divided speech, he said: "That is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a house divided to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America."^[100]

The announcement followed months of speculation on whether Obama would run in 2008. Speculation intensified in October 2006 when Obama first said he had "thought about the possibility" of running for president, departing from earlier statements that he intended to serve out his six-year Senate term through 2010.^[101]opinion polling organizations added his name to surveyed lists of Democratic candidates. The first such poll, taken in November 2006, ranked Obama in second place with 17% support among Democrats after Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) who placed first with 28% of the responses.^[102] Following Obama's statement,

Through the fall of 2006, Obama had spoken at political events across the country in support of Democratic candidates for the midterm elections. In September 2006, he was the featured speaker at Iowa Senator Tom Harkin's annual steak fry, an event traditionally attended by presidential hopefuls in the lead-up to the Iowa caucus.^[103] In December 2006, Obama spoke at a New Hampshire event celebrating Democratic Party midterm election victories in the first-in-the-nation U.S. presidential primary state.^[104]^[105] Addressing a meeting of the Democratic National Committee one week before announcing his candidacy, Obama called on Democrats to steer clear of negative campaigning, saying: "This can't be about who digs up more skeletons on who, who makes the fewest slip-ups on the campaign trail. We owe it to the American people to do more than that."^[106]

Obama's campaign reported raising US$25.8 million between January 1 and March 31 of 2007. The donations came from 104,000 individual donors, with US$6.9 million raised through the Internet from 50,000 of the donors.^[107] US$24.8 million of Obama's first quarter funds can be used in the primaries, the highest of any 2008 presidential candidate.^[108] In early May 2007, the U.S. Secret Service announced that Obama had been placed under their protection. The protection was not in response to any specific threat, but the campaign had received "hate mail, calls and other 'threatening materials'" in the past, and officials felt that the large crowds and increased campaign activity warranted the order.^[109]

Tracking a candidate

Barack obama — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:08:30 GMT

I'm tracking Obama on his trail to the White House. While I like the fellow I want this to be an independent site - not run by a campaign manager or anyone else, for that matter, that's got a stake in the outcome.

This site will automatically update for any Barack News so drop by anytime, or just subscribe and you'll know when we do.

So, comments, suggestions for videos, recent speeches, it's all good, and I'll do my best to get them up. I'll also post all new feeds that will keep this current.

Anyone want to help? Just leave me a comment and we can collaborate.

Aaron