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Obama launches 2008 White House bid
Jan 16 2007 11:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Barack Obama launched a presidential campaign Tuesday that would make him the first black to occupy the White House, and immediately tried to turn his political inexperience into an asset with voters seeking change.
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Tancredo forms exploratory committee
Jan 16 2007 10:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Colorado Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo, an outspoken opponent of illegal immigration, said Tuesday he will form an exploratory committee this week for a possible presidential campaign.
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McCain to make amends with Dobson
Jan 16 2007 9:59PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Sen. John McCain said Tuesday he hopes to patch things up with conservative Christian leader James Dobson, who recently said he wouldn't support the Republican's presidential bid under any circumstances.
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Obama vaults into Democratic top tier
Jan 16 2007 9:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Barack Obama's entry into the presidential race vaults him into the Democratic top tier, heady company that invites comparisons to two battle-tested veterans _ Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards.
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Remember Lincoln, Obama allies say
Jan 16 2007 5:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - For all those historians and political naysayers, Sen. Barack Obama's allies like to point out that Abraham Lincoln served just two years in the House before becoming president.
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Popular vote movement makes headway
Jan 16 2007 1:19PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A movement to essentially junk the Electoral College and award the presidency to the winner of the nationwide popular vote is making some headway in states large and small _ including, somewhat improbably, North Dakota.
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Rep. Tancredo forms '08 bid committee
Jan 16 2007 10:36AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Colorado Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo, an outspoken opponent of illegal immigration, said Tuesday he will form an exploratory committee for a possible presidential campaign.
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Are Bill's friends Hill's friends, too?
Jan 16 2007 8:26AM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton didn't reveal whether she plans to run for president when she called Anita Freedman a few weeks ago. "I didn't give her a chance," said Freedman, 79, who displays pictures of the Clintons all over her Portsmouth, N.H., home. "As soon as she said, 'Hi, this is Hillary Clinton,' I said, 'Oh, great! Tell me what we need to do.'"
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Giuliani hires ex-congressman as adviser
Jan 16 2007 8:14AM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has hired prominent Iowa Republican Jim Nussle to advise him on his possible presidential run.
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Democrats hail civil rights leader King
Jan 16 2007 7:59AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Joseph Biden said Monday he thinks the Confederate flag should be kept off South Carolina's Statehouse grounds.
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