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14 Apr 2009, 3:04 pm
President Barack Obama is breaching a key campaign promise of government transparency, according to Jim Harper, the director of information studies at the Cato Institute. [read post]
22 Oct 2008, 10:02 pm
Time/CNN just released a new poll: Senator Barack Obama has held or increased his lead in four key states won by President George W. [read post]
23 Jun 2007, 2:44 pm
Senator Barack Obama gave another speech on faith and politics. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 9:03 am
This, in my view, is an unfortunate provision, and not only because, but for Patrick Fitzgerald, it would have empowered Rod Blagojevich to fill Barack Obama's former seat. [read post]
10 Dec 2008, 2:24 pm
Rod Blagojevich to benefit from his appointment of a new senator to the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama....Federal prosecutors in Chicago would not discuss the identity of Candidate 5 and would not comment on whether Mr. [read post]
3 Mar 2008, 3:45 pm
It's crunch time for the Democrats, and supporters of both senators Hillary Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois are out in force on the campaign trail. [read post]
20 Sep 2007, 2:24 am
State Department has now joined forces with Illinois Senators Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and David Durbin (D-Ill.) in seeking to convince the French government to allow Hans Peterson, the suspected killer of Chicago-area dermatologist Dr. [read post]
9 Dec 2008, 9:49 am
In the ongoing comedy known as California's CIRM, the head of California's Democratic Party, Art Torres, has been nominated by State Treasurer Bill Lockyer as a candidate for the vice chairmanship of the state's $3 billion stem cell agency [CIRM] to succeed Ed Penhoet.The "news cycle" timing is impeccable, with the announcement coinciding with the arrest of the Governor of Illinois for trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat.What… [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 7:41 pm
Barack Obama's first run for the Illinois State Senate was launched at a 1995 gathering at Mr. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 1:42 am
David Cornbleet.[1] Illinois Senator and 2008 presidential hopeful Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and fellow Illinois senator David Durbin (D-Ill.) have joined forces in aiding efforts to return Peterson from the French territory of St. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 4:58 pm
In the fight for their party's nomination, Clinton has a 46 percent to 41 percent edge over Obama, the Illinois senator. [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 2:39 pm
The slumlord--also a close friend of the Illinois senatorâ€â [read post]
22 Jun 2009, 10:39 am
As a state senator in Illinois, Obama pressed for death penalty reforms, including a requirement that interrogations in capital cases be audio- or videotaped. [read post]
27 Aug 2008, 6:00 pm
"I move that Senator Barack Obama of Illinois be selected by this convention by acclamation as the Democratic nominee for president of the United States. [read post]
9 Dec 2008, 3:37 pm
Sure, Chicago politics has had a bad rap for a long time, but the name of the first Mayor Richard Daley might get invoked less in light of this news -- Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been taken into federal custody on charges that he was trying to sell or take favors in exchange for the Senate seat being vacated by Barack Obama.According to NPR, Blagojevich was heard on a wiretapped phone conversation saying that he wanted to make money from the appointment… [read post]
22 Dec 2007, 7:33 am
The AP reports on Barack Obama's changed opinions on issues over time. [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 3:54 pm by Jeralyn
Former Illinois Senator George Ryan, 76, serving a 78 month prison sentence, is seeking clemency (not a pardon) from President Barack Obama. [read post]