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Barack obama's presidential campaign said Wednesday that Jim Johnson, the head of obama's vice-presidential selection team, resigned. Presumptive GOP presidential nominee john mccain has said Johnson was the type of Washington insider the Illinois senator promised to campaign against.

In a week in which john mccain and Barack obama have gone at each other over tax policy, health care and Iraq, the buzz in the blogosphere concerns a very different subject.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrat Barack obama's campaign said Thursday that Michelle obama never used the word 'whitey' in a speech....

(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Barack obama (D-Ill.) supports the Democrats' Freedom of Choice Act, putting him in line with the american Civil Liberties Union on abortion and in conflict with pro-life groups.

Labor union leaders criticized the hiring of Jason Furman, an economist closely associated with Robert E. Rubin, saying that 'Rubinomics' focused too much on corporate America.

The Democratic candidate is turning to the Web to disprove the rumors about his faith, his family and his patriotism

Johnson resigns from team vetting possible vice presidential candidates for Barack Obama

Sen. john mccain and his aides have gone out of their way to praise Sen. Hillary Rodham clinton in recent days, and by the end of the week his most prominent female supporter, former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina, will embark on a female-focused speaking tour in Ohio and Pennsylva...

James A. Johnson, a consummate Washington insider and former Fannie Mae chief executive, resigned yesterday from Sen. Barack obama's vice presidential search committee, just four days after he was caught up in controversy over low-interest home loans and lucrative business deals.

The candidates' opening salvos reveal widely different views. obama calls current policy "the most fiscally irresponsible in our history"