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Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk hʊˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2008 United States presidential election. Obama is the first African American to be nominated by a major political... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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Place of Birth: Honolulu
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Malia Ann Obama, Natasha Obama
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Party: Democratic Party
Offices: Illinois State Senator, United States Senator

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Barack Obama said something about system

US missile defense complex in Poland Barack Obama said he supported shifting federal resources away from an “unproven missile defense system” to proven technologies.

US missile defense complex in Poland I will slow our development of future combat systems,” Obama said.

Foreign policy of the United States Barack Obama said he's supported shifting federal resources away from an “unproven missile defense system” to proven technologies.

Health care To tackle the problems of the perpetually increasing number of uninsured, and costs associated with the US health care system, President-elect Barack Obama says he favors the creation of a universal health care system .

Barack Obama said something about if

Public image of Barack Obama Obama said, "we're still locked in this notion that if you appeal to white folks then there must be something wrong."

Joe the Plumber Obama said, "If you're a small business, which you would qualify, first of all, you would get a 50 percent tax credit so you'd get a cut in taxes for your health care costs.

Barack Obama said something about Obama

Daniel Pipes He alleged that Obama falsely claims that he had never been a Muslim, and that "the campaign appears to be either ignorant or fabricating when it states that Obama never prayed in a mosque."

I Got a Crush... on Obama Obama told the Associated Press that the Obama Girl video had upset his daughters and said, "You do wish people would think about what impact their actions have on kids and families."

Barack Obama said something about year-and-a-half

Bill Ayers Obama said in September 2008 that he hadn't "seen him in a year-and-a-half."

Barack Obama said something about Clark

Wesley Clark However, Clark has received the backing of several prominent liberal groups such as MoveOn.org and military veteran groups such as VoteVets.org; Obama ultimately stated that Clark's comments were "inartful" and were not intended to attack McCain's military service.

Barack Obama said something about McCain

Wesley Clark However, Clark has received the backing of several prominent liberal groups such as MoveOn.org and military veteran groups such as VoteVets.org; Obama ultimately stated that Clark's comments were "inartful" and were not intended to attack McCain's military service.

Barack Obama said something about Social Security

Social Security debate (United States) As of September 14, 2008, President-elect Barack Obama indicated preliminary views on Social Security reform.

Barack Obama said something about candidate

United States Senate election in Delaware, 2008 On August 23, 2008, Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama announced that he had selected Joe Biden to serve as his vice presidential candidate.

Barack Obama said something about appointee

United States Senate elections, 2010 Ken Salazar has been mentioned as a possible cabinet appointee by Barack Obama, but downplayed such speculation before the 2008 election.

Barack Obama said something about bailout

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said any bailout must include plans to recover the money, and protect working families and big financial institutions and be crafted to prevent such a crisis from happening again.

Barack Obama said something about Secretary of the Treasury

Warren Buffett During the second 2008 U.S. presidential debate, candidates John McCain and Barack Obama, after being asked first by presidential debate mediator Tom Brokaw, both mentioned Buffett as a possible future Secretary of the Treasury.

Barack Obama said something about framework

United States presidential election debates, 2008 On August 21, 2008, McCain and Obama announced they had agreed to the general CPD framework for the three scheduled presidential debates and the one vice presidential debate.

Barack Obama said something about CPD

United States presidential election debates, 2008 On August 21, 2008, McCain and Obama announced they had agreed to the general CPD framework for the three scheduled presidential debates and the one vice presidential debate.

Barack Obama said something about Joe Biden

United States Senate election in Delaware, 2008 On August 23, 2008, Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama announced that he had selected Joe Biden to serve as his vice presidential candidate.

Barack Obama said something about Americans

Health care reform in the United States Obama went on to say that he believed that it was wrong that forty-seven million Americans are uninsured, noting that taxpayers already pay over $15 billion annually to care for the uninsured.

Barack Obama said something about Red

Red states and blue states In his keynote address before the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama rejected the division of the United States into red states and blue states, saying, "We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States.

Barack Obama said something about God

Red states and blue states In his keynote address before the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama rejected the division of the United States into red states and blue states, saying, "We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States.

Barack Obama said something about Blue States

Red states and blue states In his keynote address before the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama rejected the division of the United States into red states and blue states, saying, "We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States.

Barack Obama said something about Internet

I Got a Crush... on Obama When asked about the video by the Des Moines Register on June 18, 2007, Obama said, "It's just one more example of the fertile imagination of the Internet.

Barack Obama said something about video

I Got a Crush... on Obama Obama told the Associated Press that the Obama Girl video had upset his daughters and said, "You do wish people would think about what impact their actions have on kids and families."

Barack Obama said something about Girl

I Got a Crush... on Obama Obama told the Associated Press that the Obama Girl video had upset his daughters and said, "You do wish people would think about what impact their actions have on kids and families."

Barack Obama said something about Associated Press

I Got a Crush... on Obama Obama told the Associated Press that the Obama Girl video had upset his daughters and said, "You do wish people would think about what impact their actions have on kids and families."

Barack Obama said something about credit

Joe the Plumber Obama said, "If you're a small business, which you would qualify, first of all, you would get a 50 percent tax credit so you'd get a cut in taxes for your health care costs.

Barack Obama said something about Clinton

People United Means Action On August 14, 2008, Senators Clinton and Obama issued a joint news release stating that Senator Clinton's name would be put into nomination and a roll-call vote held at the convention, in response to calls from Clinton supporters.

Barack Obama said something about States

Red states and blue states In his keynote address before the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama rejected the division of the United States into red states and blue states, saying, "We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States.

Barack Obama said something about Biden

Joe Biden On August 22, 2008, Barack Obama announced that Biden would be his running mate.

Barack Obama said something about Stevens

Ted Stevens Obama said that Stevens needed to resign to help "put an end to the corruption and influence-peddling in Washington."

Barack Obama said something about Washington

Ted Stevens Obama said that Stevens needed to resign to help "put an end to the corruption and influence-peddling in Washington."

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Barack Obama won election

Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008 On November 4, 2008, projections indicated that Obama won the election, making him the president-designate.

United States presidential election in Missouri, 2008 However, since Barack Obama has already won the election, it is highly unlikely either he or John McCain will call for a recount.

United States Senate elections, 2008 On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the presidential election, making Biden the next VP.

Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008 President-Elect Barack Obama, the Democratic winner of the 2008 United States Presidential Election, was endorsed or supported by some members of the Republican Party and by some political figures holding conservative views.

Carole King She also expressed that she would have no issues if Barack Obama were to win the election.

David Plouffe After winning the election on November 4th, Obama credited Plouffe in his acceptance speech, calling him "the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best -- the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America."

Robert Byrd Obama went on to win the 2008 presidential election.

A Change Is Gonna Come (song) After winning the 2008 United States presidential election, Barack Obama declared to his supporters in Chicago that, "It's been a long time coming, but tonight, ... change has come to America."

United States After winning the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama will be the first African American president.

Barack Obama won District

President of the United States Neither state had split electoral votes between candidates as a result of this system in modern elections until 2008, when Barack Obama won Nebraska's Omaha district (1 electoral vote).

Nebraska's 2nd congressional district For the 2008 United States presidential election, Democratic Party presidential candidate (and US President-Elect) Barack Obama won the District's electoral vote, with 1,260 more votes cast for him than for his key general-election challenger, Republican candidate John McCain.

Barack Obama won votes

Maryland Barack Obama easily won the state's 10 electoral votes in 2008 by a margin of 23 percentage points with 61.4% of the vote.

United States presidential election in Indiana, 2008 Barack Obama narrowly edged John McCain in the state, winning Indiana's 11 electoral votes.

Barack Obama won majority

Grand Rapids, Michigan Both of its representatives in the Michigan State House of Representatives are Democrats, and in the four most recent presidential elections Democratic candidates Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, and Barack Obama won the majority of votes in the city of Grand Rapids.

United States presidential election, 2008 Barack Obama was the first Democratic nominee to win an absolute majority (>50%) of the popular vote since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Barack Obama won state

United States presidential election, 1996 Although he hailed from Arkansas, Clinton carried just four of the eleven states of the American South, tying his 1992 run for the weakest performance by a winning Democratic presidential candidate in the region (in terms of states won) until Barack Obama's win in 2008 where Obama only won three southern states.

Oregon Democrat Barack Obama won the state in 2008 by a margin of fourteen percentage points, with 56% of the popular vote.

Barack Obama won caucus

Kathleen Sebelius Obama won the caucus easily, with 74% support.

Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008 Obama won the Iowa caucuses with 38% of the vote, over Edwards, 30%, and Clinton, 29%.

Barack Obama won proportion

Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008 However The Economist cited a poll in late October 2008 that indicated Obama was "winning 22% of self-described conservatives, a higher proportion than any Democratic nominee since 1980."

United States presidential election, 2008 Obama won a larger proportion of the national popular vote than any Democrat since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

Barack Obama won number

United States presidential election, 2008 Obama won the number of electors necessary to be elected President.

Barack Obama won conservatives

Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008 However The Economist cited a poll in late October 2008 that indicated Obama was "winning 22% of self-described conservatives, a higher proportion than any Democratic nominee since 1980."

Barack Obama won percent

Hispanic and Latino Americans Barack Obama won 75% of non-Cuban Hispanics and 35% of traditionally conservative Cuban-Americans that have strong presence in Florida and the changing demographic of Florida to more non-Cuban Hispanics also contributed in him carrying the state of Florida by 57% over McCain.

Barack Obama won Hispanics

Hispanic and Latino Americans Barack Obama won 75% of non-Cuban Hispanics and 35% of traditionally conservative Cuban-Americans that have strong presence in Florida and the changing demographic of Florida to more non-Cuban Hispanics also contributed in him carrying the state of Florida by 57% over McCain.

Barack Obama won North Carolina

Southern United States But as a sign of changing demographics, in the 2008 Presidential Election Democratic candidate Barack Obama won North Carolina in a tight race.

Barack Obama won Palin

Sarah Palin Palin was the Republican Party's vice-presidential nominee for the 2008 United States presidential election together with Senator John McCain, which was won by Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

Barack Obama won nomination

Cher After Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination, Cher supported his candidacy on radio and TV programs, including a November 3 appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show.

Barack Obama won presidency

Washington Redskins In 2008, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Redskins on the eve of Election Day 23-6, and Barack Obama won the presidency the following evening at 11:02 EST.

Barack Obama won White House

James Carville (Carville on Obama winning the White House)

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Barack Obama carried state

United States presidential election in Washington, 2008 Democrat Barack Obama of Illinois carried the state by double digits.

Wisconsin However, in 2008, Barack Obama carried the state by 381,000 votes and with 56%.

Ocean County, New Jersey In the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, John McCain carried the county by an 18.5% margin over Barack Obama, with Obama carrying the state by 14.4% over McCain.

Barack Obama carried Oakland County

Joe Knollenberg Knollenberg was likely swamped by a heavy Democratic tide in the Detroit area; Barack Obama carried Oakland County by 15 points.

Barack Obama carried North Carolina

Electoral geography of the United States Obama also carried North Carolina, which had not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1976.

Barack Obama carried Iowa

Red states and blue states In 2008 Obama carried Iowa and New Hampshire by more than 9 points, and New Mexico by double digits.

Barack Obama carried New Hampshire

Red states and blue states In 2008 Obama carried Iowa and New Hampshire by more than 9 points, and New Mexico by double digits.

Barack Obama carried Marion County

Indianapolis Barack Obama carried Marion County in the 2008 presidential election by a much larger scale of 237,275 votes to John McCain's 131,459 votes, 64 percent to 35 percent respectively.

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    Barack Obama

    Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk hʊˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the President-elect of the United States and the junior United States Senator from Illinois.
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    Congressional endorsements for the 2008 United States presidential election

    ↑ U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen endorses Barack Obama for presidential nomination
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    Statewide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2008/Archive

    | Rasmussen Reports | May 6 2008 | Barack Obama | 39% | John McCain | 53% |
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    Family of Barack Obama

    Barack Obama first met Onyango in 1988 during his first trip to Kenya.
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    Political positions of Barack Obama

    Barack Obama has declared his position on many political issues through his public comments and his senatorial voting record.
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    International reaction to the United States presidential election, 2008

    I want to congratulate Barack Obama for the election victory and look ahead for a continued more profound dialog between our countries".
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    Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008

    Barack Obama, the junior United States Senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Springfield, Illinois, on February 10, 2007.

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