Jan 20

Jan. 20: The Democratic frontrunners are now campaigning in South Carolina, where the African American vote will be critical. NBC’s Lee Cowan reports. (Nightly News)Speaking at the Atlanta church of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the weekend of the civil rights icon's birthday, Sen. Barack Obama reached gingerly for the mantle of King, trying to tie King's legacy to the call for change that has driven Americans to the polls in record numbers this election season.


Jan 17
A new Barack Obama ad misuses an AP story to represent the candidate in a more favorable light.
Jan 15

Jan. 14: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continued to spar over two of American politics' most explosive issues—race and gender. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.  (Nightly News)As the Democratic presidential candidates court Hispanic voters, Sen. Barack Obama confronts a history of often uneasy and competitive relations between blacks and Latinos.


Jan 14
Barack's father is a member of the Luo tribe and Kenya's would-be Luo president calls Barack his brother. A look at how Obama is revered in Kenya.
Jan 13

Jan. 13: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., a candidate for president, speaks with NBC’s Tim Russert of “Meet the Press” about Sen. Barack Obama’s readiness for the presidency. (Meet the Press)Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Sunday on NBC's 'Meet the Press' that Barack Obama's campaign had injected racial tension into the presidential contest.


Jan 13
Amid growing worries about a worsening of the U.S. economy, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama proposed a $75 billion economic stimulus plan on Sunday.
Jan 12
Obama poses a serious threat to Clinton's claim to New York's rich delegate lode, allies of both candidates say.
Jan 11
Fact-checking the validity of the e-mail campaigns claiming either that Obama's a Muslim or a racist Christian.
Jan 10

The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, endorsed the Illinois senator in a timely slap at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as well as his own vice presidential running mate.


Jan 09

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama addresses a crowd at a primary election results rally in Nashua, 08 January 2008. According to US media reports, Obama lost the state to rival New York Senator Hillary Clinton. AFP PHOTO/Michal CZERWONKA (Photo credit should read Michal Czerwonka/AFP/Getty Images)Presidential candidate Barack Obama has won the support of the 60,000-member Culinary Workers Union in Nevada, a coup for the Democrat that could boost his candidacy against Hillary Rodham Clinton.


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