(5/7/2008) Barack Obama Wins More Delegates Tuesday Sen. Barack Obama won the most delegates in Tuesday's primaries.
Obama is 184.5 delegates shy of the 2,025 needed to secure the Democratic nomination.
Delegate Count
Obama's delegate total reached ...
(5/7/2008) Barack Obama wins N.C. primary, Clinton Narrowly Wins Indiana Barack Obama won North Carolina 56-42 Tuesday night and declared he was closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination.
Hillary Rodham Clinton narrowly won Indiana, 51-49.
Obama Comments
Obama said, "Tonight ...
(5/7/2008) Clinton Aides Doubtful About Future After failing to win the decisive sweep in North Carolina and Indiana, disappointed aides to Sen. Hillary Clinton conceded it would be difficult for her to catch Sen. Barack Obama ...
(5/7/2008) Clinton lends her struggling campaign $6.4 million Sen. Hillary Clinton has lent her presidential campaign $6.4 million over the past month.
$11.4 Million Borrowed This Year
The money more than doubles Clinton's personal investment in her bid ...
(5/7/2008) McGovern, former Clinton backer, endorses Obama Former Sen. George McGovern, an early supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton, urged her to drop out of the Democratic presidential race and endorsed her rival, Barack Obama.
McGovern Says Impossible to ...
(5/7/2008) Sen. Clinton pledges to press ahead after loss in N.C. Hillary Clinton pledged to keep going full throttle for the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday after losing North Carolina and facing a strong challenge from Barack Obama in Indiana.
With thousands of ...
(5/6/2008) 230 Economists Oppose Gas Tax Holiday More than 230 economists and 4 Nobel Prize winners signed a letter Monday opposing proposals by Hillary Clinton and John McCain to suspend the 18-cent federal gas tax for the ...
(5/6/2008) Bernanke: Foreclosure woes require action Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, said the wave of foreclosures sweeping the nation are driven in part by a nearly unprecedented decline in home prices and require a ...
(5/6/2008) Gas Tax Holiday Doesn't Mean Lower Taxes Suspending federal and state gas taxes, does not necessarily lead to a proportionate drop in gas prices.
4 State Enacted Gas Tax Holiday
Since 2000, four states have enacted gas ...
(5/6/2008) Oil hits record $120.93 on fear of tight supply Oil futures rose to an all-time high near $121 a barrel Tuesday with new concerns about a threat to supply and a weaker dollar.
Light, sweet crude for June delivery rose ...
(5/5/2008) Gas price break may not last After a two-week climb in gasoline prices, there appeared to be some short-term moderation Monday.
But another run at the record high set last week seems likely, 2 surveys indicated. ...
(5/5/2008) Obama: Change in ethanol policy might be needed Sen. Barack Obama said Sunday the federal government might need to rethink its support for corn ethanol because of rising food prices.
It is a stance similar to John McCain's, ...
(5/8/2008) Obama picks up superdelegates Barack Obama's march toward the Democratic presidential nomination picked up support from 4 more superdelegates Wednesday.
Obama is picking up support of another superdelegate today.
That pushes him ever closer ...
(5/9/2008) Obama picks up 5 superdelegates and union endorsement Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday.
Obama also won fresh labor backing as the Democratic Party began uniting around him for ...
(5/9/2008) McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development. ...
(5/9/2008) Obama: I'm not taking nomination for granted Barack Obama is trying to win over superdelegates and says he's not taking the Democratic presidential nomination for granted.
Obama Visits House
Obama created a stir Thursday in an unannounced visit ...
(5/8/2008) Obama plans to declare victory May 20 After the polls close in the May 20 Kentucky and Oregon primaries, Barack Obama plans to declare victory in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
And, until at least ...
(5/8/2008) Terry McAuliffe Predicts Race over by June Democrat Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman said today he believes the Democrats will have a presidential nominee in June.
Terry McAuliffe said that if it is not Clinton, she will campaign ...
(5/8/2008) Clinton touts support from White Americans Sen. Hillary Clinton suggested Wednesday that "White Americans" are increasingly turning away from Barack Obama’s candidacy.
Clinton said in an interview with USA TODAY, said, "I have a much broader base ...
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