Home|
Obama's Life Shaped by His Hawaii Upbringing No politician in American history has traveled farther -- literally -- than Barack Obama to be within reach of the White House. Home > Rss Directory > General > WashingtonPost |
|
Obama's Grandmother Dies Sen. Barack Obama's grandmother, "a central figure in his life who helped raise him during his teen-age years, died in Hawaii on Monday morning," the New York Times reports.Obama announced the death in a statement. Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
|
Obama Wins Hawaii in Landslide Sen. Barack Obama "won a landslide victory in the state of his birth last night as an unprecedented turnout at the Hawaii Democratic caucus overwhelmed precinct volunteers and party officials," the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports. Obama beat Sen. Hillary Clinton, 76% to 24%, for his te Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
|
Glimmer of Obama's Character as He Visits Grandma - ABC News Times OnlineGlimmer of Obama's Character as He Visits GrandmaABC News - 4 hours agoBy RUSSELL GOLDMAN Sen. Barack Obama has made the very personal decision to leave the campaign trail for two days this week to visit his ailing 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii.Obama Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
|
Obama's Speech Sen. Barack Obama will give his acceptance speech tonight at Invesco Field -- previously known as Mile High Stadium -- on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech." Aboard a campaign plane to Denver yesterday, Obama's chief strategist told Politico that Obam Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
|
Obama family heads to Hawaii, campaign stays home SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - It's not a battleground state and it's unlikely to tip the U.S. election in November, but White House hopeful Barack Obama headed to Hawaii on Friday - minus, largely, his presidential campaign. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
|
Obama family heads to Hawaii, campaign stays home
(Reuters) Reuters - It's not a battleground state and it's unlikely to tip the U.S. election in November, but White House hopeful Barack Obama headed to Hawaii on Friday - minus, largely, his presidential campaign. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
|
Obama will leave trail to visit ailing grandmother Barack Obama will take a break from campaigning later this week to visit his ailing grandmother in Hawaii, an Obama spokesman said Monday. Obama's team made the announcement after a day of trading jabs with Sen. John McCain, who painted Obama as unready to handle a crisis. The Illinois senator earli Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
|
Insiders Suggest Obama's Pick Not Coming Soon Obama aides tell the Financial Times that "it is unlikely a running mate will be selected before the candidate returns from a week's holiday in Hawaii, which starts this Friday. That leaves about 10 days until the start of the Democratic party convention in Denver."They also say it's Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
|
Obama's grandmother dies hours before election Barack Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died following a bout with cancer, Obama and his sister said today. She was 86. Obama, who spoke about his grandmother often on the stump, left the campaign trail for two days in late October to visit Dunham in Hawaii. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
|
Obama's grandmother dies a day before election
(AP) AP - Barack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Democratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced Monday, one day before the election. Madelyn Payne Dunham was 86. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
|
Obama's Story Sen. Barack Obama "understands as well as any politician the power of a well-told story," the New York Times observes in a must read front pager today."He has risen in politics less on his track record than on his telling of his life story -- a tale he has packaged into two hugely su Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
|
Obama arrives for vacation: 'Surf's up?' - San Diego Union Tribune Boston GlobeObama arrives for vacation: 'Surf's up?'San Diego Union Tribune - 1 hour agoBy Mark Niesse AP HONOLULU - Barack Obama preached to the hometown choir Friday, rallying Hawaii supporters around alternative energy, preserving the world for the next generation an Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
|
Obama's Well-Oiled Machine - Washington Post RushPRnews.com (press release)Obama's Well-Oiled MachineWashington Post - 11 hours agoBy David S. Broder CHICAGO -- While Barack Obama and his family were sunning on the beach in Hawaii last week, it was full speed ahead at his headquarters here.Even in Sweden, Hill Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
|
Obama's grandmother dies after battle with cancer - CNN Obama's grandmother dies after battle with cancerCNN - 2 hours ago(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died following a bout with cancer, Obama and his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, said Monday.Barack Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham dies Chicago T Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
|
Obama Lists Requests for Pet-Project Funding - Washington Post EarthtimesObama Lists Requests for Pet-Project FundingWashington Post - 1 hour agoBy Matthew Mosk Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) disclosed yesterday the more than half a billion dollars' worth of pet projects, or earmarks, he sought to fund during his first two years in th Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
|
Obama turns back the economy - MSNBC Boston GlobeObama turns back the economyMSNBC - 1 hour agoRENO, NV -- After spending a leisurely week in Hawaii and stopping by a southern California mega-church to talk about faith in politics, Obama was back on the campaign trail today -- and back on the message he ho Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
|
Sept. 4, 1957: Short, Unhappy Life of the Edsel 1957: It's E-day, as Ford Motor Company introduces its newest make, the Edsel. In an industry celebrated for its spectacular failures, the Edsel still takes the cake. Although as mechanically sound as other Ford products, the car was criticized from Day One for being too ugly, too expe Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
|
Sept. 4, 1957: Short, Unhappy Life of the Edsel 1957: It's E-day, as Ford Motor Company introduces its newest make, the Edsel. In an industry celebrated for its spectacular failures, the Edsel still takes the cake. Although as mechanically sound as other Ford products, the car was criticized from Day One for being too ugly, too expe Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
|
Obama Did Register for the Selective Service Pajamas Media swats down the rumor circulating on the Internet for months that Sen. Barack Obama did not fulfill his Selective Service obligation. It turns how he registered at a post office in Hawaii on September 4, 1980."It is difficult to determine why no one had confirmed Obama's Sel Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |