WASHINGTON: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president Sunday, describing the Illinois senator as a “transformational figure.” Powell said both Obama and Republican John McCain are qualified to be commander in chief. But he said Obama is better suited to handle the nation’s economic problems as well as help improve its

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama and Joe Biden won the endorsement Monday of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The group is named after Jim Brady, the press secretary to former President Reagan, who was gravely wounded by a gunman who tried to assassinate Reagan in 1981. Read Full Story

... his sick white grandmother in Hawaii this week. Obama used his grandmother on the campaign trail this year including ... last week. The Washington Post reported: Democrat Barack Obama is cancelling nearly all his campaign events Thursday ... health has deteriorated to the point where her situation is very serious. Gibbs said Obama would return to the campaign trail on Saturday, though he was unsure ...

Barack Obama Soars at Fundraising! As he rejected public financing, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been able to raise a seemingly unlimited amount of campaign funds. Thalia Assuras follows the money. Democrat Barack Obama more than doubled his fundraising record with a mammoth September haul of more than 150 million dollars for the final

With an announcement coming this morning, former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell has oficially endorsed Barack Obama, even though he has had a good friendship with John McCain for 25 years. From My Way News: WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Democrat Barack Obama

... carry racial tinge By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists" and doesn't see the U.S. like other Americans, ... Ayers' day 40 years ago. With Obama a relative unknown when he began his campaign, the Internet ... candidate.Whether intended or not by the McCain campaign, portraying Obama as "not like us" is another potential appeal to racism. It suggests that the Hawaiian- ...