We all saw it. Indeed, that was the whole point. In the US, the networks stopped regular programming so we had little choice. The White House wanted to make sure we caught the full dramatic impact of the US president landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln in a navy jet against a backdrop of a […]
After declaring the Democratic nomination “within reach” following the Kentucky and Oregon primaries, Barack Obama today began walking the delicate line of uniting the party without appearing to force Hillary Clinton out of the presidential race.
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Barack Obama drew within 70 delegates of outright victory in his protracted battle with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination today after the Oregon and Kentucky primaries.
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The language of the internal party memo was stark and brutally honest. Sent out by Republican congressman Tom Davis last week after a stunning congressional by-election loss in the Deep South, it warned colleagues of a potential disaster ahead.
The result, in which the Democratic party won a Mississippi House of Representatives seat that had […]
Barack Obama today buttressed his Democratic nomination frontrunner status with four morning superdelegate endorsements.
The announcement came after Hillary Clinton’s landslide win in the West Virginia primary renewed questions about his ability to win over white working-class voters in the November presidential election.
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Hillary Clinton won the West Virginia primary by a landslide last night, renewing questions about Barack Obama’s ability to win over white working-class voters in the November presidential election.
With all the votes counted, she was winning by a margin of more than two to one, with 67% (239,062) of the vote compared with 26% (91,652) […]
Barack Obama took a rare day off to spend time with his family at home in Chicago after Tuesday’s primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. But he fitted in one trip to his campaign headquarters, to call the most-courted group in the US today, the 250-plus undeclared super delegates who could settle the Democratic race.
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Hillary Clinton failed to close the gap on Barack Obama in their marathon race for the Democratic nomination early today in the last two big primaries, Indiana and North Carolina.
Clinton needed to win big in both states to stand a chance of reining him in.
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Barack Obama was showing signs of campaign fatigue. Sitting on a picnic bench in a park on Pagoda Street, Indianapolis, in discussion with a group of 30 supporters, he told a story about the “modest” background of himself and his wife, Michelle. And 10 minutes later, seemingly having forgotten, he told them it all again.
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Barack Obama is to mount the biggest advertising blitz of the presidential campaign this weekend ahead of Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary in an attempt to force Hillary Clinton out of the race.
With pressure mounting among senior Democratic figures to bring the contest to an early close, Clinton needs a large margin of victory in Tuesday’s primary […]