John Kerry Endorses Barack Obama

January 11, 2008

The Democratic presidential nominee who narrowly lost to George W. Bush in 2004 has cast his support for Senator Barack Obama.  The Senator from Massachusetts voiced his support for the Senator from Illinois at a rally in Charleston, South Carolina Read more

Obama Takes the Lead in Iowa

November 20, 2007

As of this week (Thanksgiving 2007) Senator Barack Obama (Ill.) is leading the Democratic polls over Senator Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) in Iowa.  The new poll shows 30% of likely Democratic caucus-goers voting for Obama, compared to 26% for Clinton Read more

Candidate Profile: Barack Obama

November 9, 2007

Barack Obama, the junior Senator from Illinois, is one of the front-runners among Democrats running for president in 2008. If elected, he would be the first African-American to hold the nation’s highest office. Read more

Obama Would Talk with Iran

November 2, 2007

Peter Wynn Thompson/New York TimesSenator Barack Obama, speaking today with a New York Times reporter, said that if he were elected president he would hold direct talks with Iran about their nuclear program and terrorist activities in Iraq. Read more