Bill Clinton fires up the Democrats for Obama
September 6th, 2012 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) It was clearly Bill Clinton's day as the former president drew from the successes of his own presidency to make a strong case for the ... Read more...
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Mexican protests block TV studios amidst election scandal
July 29th, 2012 - 1:24 am ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- Protests in Mexico continued on Thursday and Friday against the recent presidential election results, as thousands formed a 'human blockade' around the country's main TV station.Controversial allegations ... Read more...
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Obama poll campaign raises $29 mn in January
February 18th, 2012 - 8:52 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 18 (IANS) US President Barack Obama raised over $29 million in January for his re-election campaign and the Democratic Party, it was announced Friday.The number once again ... Read more...
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Wall Street protests taking on a political hue
October 23rd, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) With the 2012 election scene warming up, the snowballing wall street protests against corporate greed are slowly but surely taking on a political hue as ... Read more...
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Obama to launch 2012 re-election campaign this week
April 3rd, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 3 (ANI): US President Barack Obama intends to file his re-election papers as early as this coming week with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for 2012 Presidential campaign, Democratic ... Read more...
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US Republicans disappointed at Palin’s ‘blood libel’ rant over attack on Giffords
January 13th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 13(ANI): Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin missed a prime opportunity to demonstrate that she can play on the presidential stage when she delivered a video statement on the attack ... Read more...
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Obama considering moving 2012 Presidential election campaign base to Chicago
December 28th, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 28 (ANI): US President Barack Obama is trying to win re-election by apparently risking, for the first time in history of the country, to move the campaign base to ... Read more...
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Obama visit: Relief unlikely in outsourcing sector: Official
November 1st, 2010 - 7:33 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.1 (ANI): The forthcoming visit of the US President is unlikely to provide any relief to India in the area of outsourcing of jobs, feels a former Obama campaign chief ... Read more...
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Clinton Palin 2008 prez campaigns affected by overt sexism, says new book
September 27th, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sept.27 (ANI): A new book about the 2008 campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin has opined that both were targets of overt sexism-related attacks and got a raw ... Read more...
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Blair says George W. Bush was no ‘dumb idiot’
September 2nd, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 2 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has claimed in his memoir 'A Journey' that ex-US President George W. Bush was no 'dumb idiot'.In his new book, he has ... Read more...
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MSNBC anchor David Shuster suspended over his CNN gig
April 10th, 2010 - 8:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Apr 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) MSNBC has suspended one of its anchors David Shuster, because he appeared on the pilot of a CNN show. His suspension came as no surprise, as ... Read more...
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Washington Post’s Sally Quinn On Sarah Palin
July 10th, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by GD
It seems that the resignation of Alaskan governor Sarah Palin from her post two years before her term actually ends, came as quite surprising to many. Among them some didn't quite like ... Read more...
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McCains daughter says Republican Party not tech savvy
February 20th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.20 (ANI): Arizona Senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCains daughter Meghan has said that the GOP is not tech savvy, and therefore continues to lag behind the Democrats ... Read more...
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Barack Obama won”t makeover Oval Office
January 20th, 2009 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 20 (ANI): Change was Barack Obamas Presidential campaigns theme, but that is one thing he doesnt want to see as far as the interiors of Oval Office are ... Read more...
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Obama, Cruise, Winfrey make it to 2008s Unscientific Shame list
December 27th, 2008 - 12:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 27 (ANI): When it comes to science, Barack Obama is no better than many other people the would-be US leader has joined Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey in the ... Read more...
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Obama drowned McCain with his money power, says McCain ally
December 5th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec.5 (ANI): A close ally of Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain has charged US President-elect Barack Obama with having followed his predecessor Richard Nixons 1972 path to victory drowning ... Read more...
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Obama unlikely to be probed on campaign funds
November 12th, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov.12 (ANI): The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is unlikely to conduct a potentially embarrassing audit of how Barack Obama raised and spent his presidential campaigns record-shattering windfall, despite allegations of ... Read more...
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South Asian NGO galvanized community to vote in US elections
November 7th, 2008 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashVirginia, Nov 7 (ANI): South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), an NGO which advocates for civil rights and immigrant rights issues facing the community in the United States, played ... Read more...
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South Asian NGO played big role in Obama’’s victory
November 5th, 2008 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
By Smita Prakash
Virginia, Nov 5 (ANI): South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), an NGO which advocates for civil rights and immigrant rights issues facing the community in the United States, has ... Read more...
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US voters throng polling stations in historic election
November 5th, 2008 - 1:22 am ICT by IANS
Washington/Chicago, Nov 4 (DPA) Tens of thousands of US voters waited patiently in serpentine queues Tuesday to vote in the country's historic election. Many had started lining up before dawn and some ... Read more...
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Voting underway in historic US election
November 4th, 2008 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 4 (DPA) Voting started at 1100 GMT in several states Tuesday in historic US elections to elect the country's 44th president.Officials braced for an unprecedented turnout and massive lines at ... Read more...
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Bandwagon effect may decide fate of Obama, McCain on Election Day
October 31st, 2008 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 31 (ANI): Republican presidential hopeful John McCains supporters are hoping for a Bradley effect bounce on the Election Day, but some pollsters and strategists say they may have another ... Read more...
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Obama’’s record donation haul prompts questions about collecting via Internet
October 27th, 2008 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 27 (ANI): Senator Barack Obama''s record-breaking 150 million dollar fundraising performance in September has for the first time prompted questions about whether presidential candidates should be permitted to collect ... Read more...
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Celebrity endorsements really do motivate younger voters
October 26th, 2008 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 26 (ANI): A new study by researchers at Washington State University has found that celebrity endorsement during presidential campaigns is an effective political strategy to get younger voters to ... Read more...
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Press wants Obama to win White House race: Survey
October 25th, 2008 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 25 (ANI): Seventy percent of voters say that the media wants Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to win the presidential election while just nine percent said the press favored ... Read more...
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Obama, McCain banking on early votes in battleground states
October 20th, 2008 - 11:05 am ICT by ANI
< img src="/newsportal/images/Barack Obama-80321.jpg" alt="Barack Obama" title="Barack Obama" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="2" width="180" height="198" align="right" >Washington, Oct.20 (ANI): Both Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and his republican rival John McCain are reportedly ... Read more...
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Paris Hilton seeks Martin Sheens advice to become fake US Prez!
October 9th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): With the current presidential campaigns in the US going on, socialite Paris Hilton has come up with a fake presidential campaign video in which she seeks the ... Read more...
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Obama campaign video features McCain win as bad news
September 29th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 29 (ANI): Senator Barack Obamas new campaign video features a Bad News picture of a Senator John McCain victory.According to the Washington Times, the YouTube video shows a ... Read more...
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Presidential debates are mostly positive and emphasize policy: Researcher
September 25th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept.25 (ANI): William Benoit, one of the nation''s leading experts on political campaigns at the University of Missouri, says presidential debates have become an important part of presidential campaigns since ... Read more...
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Obama under fire for ignoring seniors”advice on how to beat McCain
September 15th, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept.15 (ANI): Barack Obama and his senior advisers are under fire for ignoring the advice of Democratic senators and governors on how to beat Republican rival John McCain.
Obama has never ... Read more...
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Obama would have been better off picking Hillary Clinton than me: Biden
September 11th, 2008 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept.11 (ANI): Democratic vice-presidential nominee and Delaware Senator Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Barack Obama would have done better to pick Hillary Clinton as his running mate than him.
Responding ... Read more...
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