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Obama, Spending Time With Family, Tries To Maintain Routine

New York Times | PETER BAKER | Posted 11.14.2008 | Home

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CHICAGO -- A couple of weeks ago, Barack Obama headed to the Hyde Park Hair Salon for a trim. He greeted the staff and other customers and plopped dow...

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Obama, Giannoulias Clash On The Court

Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago

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Barack Obama's favorite campaign stress reliever, basketball, was a source of tension between the candidate and his friend and frequent playing partn...

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Obama's Election Day Basketball Game (VIDEO)

Posted 11.04.2008 | Chicago

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Senator Barack Obama continued his election day ritual Tuesday with a two-hour basketball game on Chicago's West Side. Among the players in Obama's g...

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WSJ: Obama May Be Too Thin To Be President

Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

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The Wall Street Journal's Amy Chozick warns Barack Obama of another potentially elitist personal trait -- he's too thin: Speaking to donors at a San...

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How Much Did McCain Pay for the Hillary Handbook?

Trey Ellis | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics

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Trey Ellis

And whatever it was he was ripped off. Not since the NAACP convention has McCain made a single non-vituperative comment about Obama.

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Obama Goes To Doctor For Sore Basketball Hip

AP | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics

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CHICAGO — Barack Obama, back in his home town after a tour of Afghanistan, the Middle East and Europe, saw a doctor at the University of Chicago...

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CitizenTube's Monday Campaign-Video Hotlist

John Tomasic | Posted 07.21.2008 | Home

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The list includes Obama in Kuwait (the audio is as off as his jumper is on!), an answer to Michelle Obama's expression of national pride and MoveOn's mockery McCain's psychological economics.

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Obama finds refuge, identity in basketball

AP | JAYMES SONG | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

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HONOLULU — Confined to the bench back in his high school basketball days, Barack Obama felt the fierce urgency of now. The scrappy "Obomber," n...

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Obama's Medical Records Released: He's In "Excellent Health"

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

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Obama Bruised In Election Day Basketball Game

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Tuesday continued his election day tradition of playing basketball--only to get battered after accidently getting knocke...

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Jump Ball in Indiana Will Decide It

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

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In Indiana, if Obama grabs the ball and takes it to the hoop, he'll win the nomination and put himself on track to win the presidency. If he doesn't, he better watch out for flying chairs.

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Pennsylvania Campaign Journal: Obama Hams It Up, Flirts, And Gets A Bit Cocky

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.02.2008 | Home

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Mayhill Fowler

Hillary is going to give it everything she's got, but an Obama spring is in the air. You could feel it on the bus tour.

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Obama's Got Game

Chip Collis | Posted 04.02.2008 | Home

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Consider Hillary's half-court strategy. Drawn up on the DLC-chalkboard, it consists of anchoring the major blue states, conceding the basic red states, and fighting over the swing states.

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