Barack Obama News

John McCain's efforts to define Barack Obama have been well cataloged in recent days, from the substantive (calling Obama a tax raiser slow to offer an energy plan) to the silly (comparing the Illinois senator to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.)

What's less apparent are McCain's efforts to define himself.

The GOP presidential hopeful has adopted a new campaign slogan, 'Country First,' a paean to his years in the military and decades in Congress. He's begun speaking more openly about his years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. And despite his wealth and elite legacy as the scion of admirals, McCain has tried to cast himself the embodiment of middle-class, middle-American values.

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive in Honolulu today for what has been billed as a week's vacation, but he plans to kick it off with a campaign rally at Keehi Lagoon Beach Park.

They're not exactly rooting for Barack Obama, but prominent white supremacists anticipate a boost to their cause if he becomes the first black president.

American labor leaders are urging their white working class members to put aside racial biases that could undermine Barack Obama's union-backed bid to become the United States' first black president.

Barack Obama said Thursday that the controversy over how whether Hillary Clinton’s delegates would be able to vote for her at the Democratic convention in Denver was a media creation — and that he hopes his upcoming vacation helps cure any “Obama fatigue” among voters.

Maybe Barack Obama is wrong in insisting that John McCain is the darling of Big Oil.

A man who allegedly threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is being held by federal authorities.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, flush from a silk-stocking fundraiser the night before that ended with a $28,500-a-plate dinner of beef medallions, stopped off for a meet-and-greet at a St. Paul cafe on Thursday that ended with a $3 order of pancakes to go.

The diverse culture of the nation's 50th state - and the island nature of Hawaii itself - shaped Barack Obama's view of the world and the politics he would practice.

Holy politicking, Batman. Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama have unmasked their favorite pop culture icons, including superheroes, with McCain favoring Batman and Obama choosing Spider-Man ...

Two months after grudgingly admitting defeat, Democrat Hillary Clinton and her ex-president husband are causing new headaches for Barack Obama as he tries to focus on Republican rival John McCain.

More than half of the 75,000 tickets for Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic convention will go to residents of Colorado, a battleground state critical to the party's hopes of winning the White ...

Yesterday's New York Times described the various moguls, real estate investors and hedge fund executives who are giving big bucks to Barack Obama's candidacy.

Everyone seems ready for Sen. Barack Obama to take a vacation - his family, foreign leaders, even a fair number of voters.

St. Paul, Minn. - Hundreds of supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama attended a private fundraising event in downtown Minneapolis last night.

John McCain's campaign has spent the summer complaining about Barack Obama's dominance of the news cycle.

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, a top supporter of Sen. Barack Obama, said Wednesday that while he's not running for Obama's vice president, he will do everything he can to help the presumptive Democratic presidential ...

A Barack Obama spot ready to air at Florida gas stations that have pumps topped with TV screens was nixed at the last minute because the advertising company's chief said it reflected poorly on the oil industry, according to the presidential candidate's campaign.

Michelle Obama told military wives faced with their husbands' multiple tours of duty, low military pay and health care concerns that help is on its way Wednesday, as the Democratic presidential candidate ...

With rumors flying about whether Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will seek to include her name in a roll call vote of delegates at the Democratic convention, the Clinton and Obama campaign teams ...