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Presidential candidate Obama to sponsor Cup car at Pocono race
SI.com has learned that for the first time in history, a major presidential candidate may sponsor a race car in NASCAR’s premier series. According to sources, Barack Obama’s campaign is in talks to become the primary sponsor of BAM Racing’s No. 49 Sprint Cup car for the Pocono race on August 3. Details of the [...]
Obama to McCain: We Don’t Need Another Dr. Phil
It is not just Senator Barack Obama’s advisers (see: Jackson, Jesse) who wander off the reservation. Former Senator Phil Gramm, a prominent economic adviser to Senator John McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee, weighed in today with some not-so-well-considered remarks on the economy.
Mr. Gramm, in an interview with the Washington Times, seemed to minimize the [...]
Barack Obama now wears his patriotism on his lapel
Tired of having his patriotism questioned, the Democratic candidate has made Old Glory a major visual element of his campaign.
By Peter Nicholas
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 5, 2008
BUTTE, MONT. — Barack Obama, who once considered flag pins a shallow symbol, can’t surround himself with enough patriotic trappings these days.
At the [...]
Obama Camp Disputes Report on Discounted Home Loan
Barack Obama secured a loan on his $1.65 million Chicago mansion at a discounted rate that could have saved him more than $300 per month, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
The newspaper reported that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee locked down a $1.32 million loan from Northern Trust at an interest rate of 5.625 percent in [...]
Obama celebrates nation’s, daughter’s, birthday
Associated Press - July 4, 2008 7:43 PM ET
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - On this Fourth of July, Barack Obama is paying tribute to a nation in which the son of a single mother could find himself to be a potential president.
At what was described as a “family picnic” for hundreds of people in Butte, [...]
Poll: Some Clinton supporters still not embracing Obama
One week after Sen. Hillary Clinton made a public show of unity with Sen. Barack Obama, a new survey suggests supporters of the New York senator are increasingly less likely to follow her lead.
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama appear at a unity rally in Unity, New Hampshire, in June.
A growing number of Clinton supporters [...]
