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4 days ago · After trailing Republicans for many election cycles in their use of micro-targeting, the 2008 Obama campaign was the first Democratic presidential campaign to benefit from the existence of a national voter file.
2 days ago · His 2008 presidential campaign was progressing smoothly until a news story surfaced revealing that Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the pastor at the Chicago church Obama had attended for twenty years, had repeatedly execrated America in his sermons.
2 days ago · Barack Obama dominated in fiercely Democratic New York City, taking 2,074,159 votes to John McCain's 524,787, giving Obama a 79.29%–20.06% landslide victory citywide. Excluding the votes of New York City, Obama still would have carried New York State, but by a smaller margin.
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4 days ago · In February 2007 he announced at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln had served as a state legislator, that he would seek the Democratic Party ’s presidential nomination in 2008. (For coverage of the 2008 election, see United States Presidential Election of 2008 .) Recent News. June 21, 2024, 3:19 PM ET (AP)
2 days ago · Seven years ago, Joe Biden became emotional when Barack Obama surprised him with a Presidential Medal of Freedom during Obama's last few days in office. Between the lines: Despite her initial resistance, Michelle Obama did participate in the 2020 campaign after Democrats privately argued to her that the stakes were too high for her to sit out.
4 days ago · Barack Obama (born August 4, 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.) is the 44th president of the United States (2009–17) and the first African American to hold the office. Before winning the presidency, Obama represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate (2005–08).
1 day ago · On Saturday, August 16, 2008, both McCain and Obama appeared at Pastor Rick Warren 's Saddleback Church in California. Similar to the Compassion Forum held in the Democratic debates, each candidate appeared separately, answering similar questions from Warren for one hour. Obama appeared first, followed by McCain.
