Archive for January, 2008
Democrat Obama raises $32 million in January
Posted on January 31, 2008 - Filed Under America, Political News, U.S. Elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama raised $32 million for his Democratic presidential nominating campaign in January, a huge haul that aides said will give him the ability to compete in a potentially long and costly race.
The one-month fundraising total essentially matched Obama’s biggest three-month haul during 2007 and reflected the heightening intensity of a hard-fought […]
Romney accuses McCain of “dirty tricks”
Posted on January 30, 2008 - Filed Under America, Political News, U.S. Elections
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Republican Mitt Romney accused John McCain of using dirty tricks by suggesting the former Massachusetts governor wanted a deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, in a spirited debate Wednesday night that underscored the intensity of their presidential rivalry.
Coming 24 hours after McCain defeated him in Florida, Romney vented his frustrations […]
Edwards suspends presidential campaign
Posted on January 30, 2008 - Filed Under America, Political News
NEW ORLEANS - Democrat John Edwards bowed out of the race for the White House on Wednesday, saying it was time to step aside “so that history can blaze its path” in a campaign now left to Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
“With our convictions and a little backbone we will take back the White […]
Giuliani to exit presidential race
Posted on January 30, 2008 - Filed Under America, Political News, U.S. Elections
ORLANDO, Fla. - Rudy Giuliani was always a long-shot for the Republican presidential nomination, a brash New Yorker who backed gun control, abortion and gay rights in a party dominated by Southern conservatives.
The only surprise was that he lasted as long as he did as the national front-runner.
The former New York mayor planned to exit […]
Bush urges econ action, Iraq patience
Posted on January 28, 2008 - Filed Under America, General, International, Political News
President Bush, standing before Congress one last time, urged the nation Monday night to persevere against gnawing fears of recession and stay patient with the long, grinding war in Iraq. He pressed Congress to quickly pass a plan to rescue the economy.
“We can all see that growth is slowing,” Bush said in a blunt acknowledgment […]
Kennedy endorses Obama - ‘change in air’
Posted on January 28, 2008 - Filed Under America, Political News, U.S. Elections
WASHINGTON - Summoning memories of his slain brother, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy led two generations of the First Family of Democratic politics Monday in endorsing Barack Obama for the White House, declaring, “I feel change is in the air.”
Obama is a man of rare “grit and grace,” Kennedy said in remarks salted with scarcely veiled […]
Sen. Kennedy backing Obama for president
Posted on January 28, 2008 - Filed Under America, Political News, U.S. Elections
WASHINGTON - Two generations of Kennedys — Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy and his son, Rep. Partrick Kennedy of Rhode Island — are endorsing fellow Democrat Barack Obama for president.
Obama’s campaign said the senator planned to attend midday event at American University along with his niece, Caroline Kennedy, who announced her support for Obama over the […]
US campaign broadens after Obama’s South Carolina win
Posted on January 27, 2008 - Filed Under America, Political News, U.S. Elections
MACON, Georgia (AFP) - White House hopeful Barack Obama took his message of unity on the road Sunday one day after trouncing rival Hillary Clinton in a race-tinged battle in South Carolina’s Democratic primary.
The African-American senator from Illinois said his two-to-one margin over Clinton in Saturday’s contest in the heavily black southern state demonstrated that […]
Ted Kennedy expected to endorse Obama
Posted on January 27, 2008 - Filed Under America, Political News, U.S. Elections
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is expecting Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy to endorse Barack Obama for president.A Clinton campaign source tells CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux the campaign was told “that Ted Kennedy is endorsing Obama and expecting it.”
Meanwhile, a Massachusetts Democratic source close to the senator tells CNN’s John King that Kennedy has indeed committed to endorse […]
Barack Obama wins South Carolina
Posted on January 26, 2008 - Filed Under America, International, Political News, U.S. Elections
Barack Obama will win the South Carolina Democratic primary by a substantial margin, CNN projects based on exit polls.
Sen. Hillary Clinton was expected to finish second, ahead of former Sen. John Edwards, according to CNN projections.
With 67 percent of precincts reporting, Obama had 54 percent of the vote. Clinton was second with 27 percent, followed […]