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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.

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.

AP - Barack obama wants to make something clear: He loves America.

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.

In his courtship of Pennsylvania voters during his bus tour, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack obama had a wingman: Sen. Bob Casey Jr.

Mayor Nutter has a message for anyone still dogging him about why he endorsed Hillary Rodham clinton over Barack obama. 'There are no automatics in life that all black people are going to support a single black candidate in a race,' Nutter said. 'All black folks don't eat fried chicken or eat watermelon. When do we make some progress here?'

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Add this to the divisive debate over race in the presidential campaign: Whites who said race was important in picking their candidate have been about twice as likely to back Sen. Hillary Rodham clinton than Sen. Barack obama....