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Barack obama's candidacy has helped make African-american radio personalities sought after presences

When Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker travel to Capitol Hill tomorrow, they might be the ones before the microphones, but the cameras will be trained on three of their inquisitors: Sens. john mccain, Hillary Rodham clinton and Barack obama.

ALBUQUERQUE, April 6 -- Mark J. Penn quit Sunday as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's chief strategist, the second shake-up in her campaign's top ranks since the onetime front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination began trailing Sen. Barack obama (D-Ill.).

AP - Sen. john mccain raised more than $15 million in March for his presidential campaign, a top performance for the likely republican nominee that still falls far short of the cash gathered by rival Democratic Sens. Barack obama and Hillary Rodham clinton.

Sen. john mccain raised more than $15 million in March for his presidential campaign, a top performance for the likely republican nominee that still falls short of the cash gathered by rival Democratic Sens. Barack obama and Hillary Rodham clinton.

If Sen. Barack obama's presidential campaign were a business, it would be a franchise: It has grown fast, harnessing the energy of independent operators -- activists around the country -- allowing good ideas to come from grassroots places.

Utah's Democratic caucuses were dominated by Sen. Barack obama, but two of Utah's six superdelegates have been formally committed to Sen. Hillary clinton. Now Helen Langan, inundated with voicemail and e-mail, is a superdelegate under super pressure.

Barack obama, who informs campaign audiences that he taught constitutional law for 10 years, might be expected to weigh in on the historic Second Amendment case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices are pondering whether the 1976 District of Columbia law effectively prohibiting personal gun ownership in the nation's capital is constitutional. But Sen. obama has not stated his position.

After a series of incidents that prompted questions about his patriotism, Democratic presidential candidate Barack obama is peppering speeches with explicit statements on his love of country.

Every Democrat in the U.S. Senate is a superdelegate. That makes the chamber the most intimate of all primaries or caucuses. Two of the Senate's own -- Hillary clinton and Barack obama -- are competing for superdelegates leading up to the party's convention in Denver. obama has a narrow lead.