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ABC News: Obama on Clinton VP Talk: 'Settle Down'
Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English
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Barack Obama kicked off his general election campaign yesterday by heading into the heart of Appalachia on a quest to win over the white working-class voters who backed Hillary Clinton overwhelmingly during their epic nomination battle. (article 8)
Barack Obama has been turning his attention to winning over traditionally Republican-voting US states in his campaign to be the next US president. (article 5)
Days after gaining enough delegates to win the Democratic Party nomination, Mr Obama held big rallies in Virginia - last won by a Democrat nominee in 1964. (article 5)
Now that Barack Obama has become the Democrats' presumptive nominee for the presidential election, he has begun the search for a running mate. (article 7)
Democratic voters from the final primary states to vote, Montana and South Dakota, react to Barack Obama's victory in the delegate count and give their opinion on what Hillary Clinton should do next. (article 6)
Her press people said the BBC would not buy any favours with the Clinton team by shoving a microphone under the former first lady's nose. (article 1)
The man who was born around a time when blacks had to sit at the back of the bus has become the first African-American who could sit in the Oval Office. (article 11)
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Obama, Clinton, McCain, campaign, Democratic |
Source articles
- Clinton the 'insider' swept aside (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 668 words)
- Obama claims Democratic victory (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 691 words)
- Clinton 'open' to joining Obama (BBC News, 06/03/2008, 584 words)
- Clinton will quit and back Obama (BBC News, 06/05/2008, 450 words)
- Obama targets 'Republican' states (BBC News, 06/06/2008, 431 words)
- US voters' views: Montana and S Dakota (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 1337 words)
- Obama's potential running mates (BBC News, 06/05/2008, 1232 words)
- Barack Obama sets out to win swing states (timesonline.co.uk, 06/06/2008, 160 words)
- in the blogosphere (timesonline.co.uk, 06/06/2008, 534 words)
- Kenya's 'national hero' (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 615 words)
- Obama now has a mountain to climb (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 1223 words)
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