Vice president short-listers mix positives and negatives - pantagraph.com UPDATED 7:05 a.m. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When Barack Obama shows up Saturday in Springfield on his way to the Democratic Convention, he'll have his new running mate grinning beside him. But that man or woman is still unknown, even as speculation rises
Kansas governor drops in on Iowa to stump for Obama - qctimes.com DES MOINES Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat who has been rumored to be on the short list of Democrat Barack Obama s potential running mates, will hit central Iowa on Thursday for a series of campaign appearances. The events include a brown
Joining 'Colbert Nation' may give real-world benefits to Democrats - pantagraph.com WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nation, many of you have heard about the satirically pompous late night TV comedian who claims that politicians who brave an appearance on his show will be swaddled in electoral mojo. Well, in all truth (or truthiness, for that ma
In Chicago this summer, 'Where's Waldo?' becomes 'Where's Barack?' - pantagraph.com CHICAGO -- As the annual Bud Billiken Parade wound down Martin Luther King Drive last weekend, some in the crowd waited eagerly to glimpse Sen. Barack Obama. Never mind that the city s biggest political celebrity wasn t penciled in to march in this y
Obama camp says embattled Detroit mayor unwelcome in Denver - pantagraph.com LANSING, Mich. -- Democratic candidate Barack Obama doesn't want the embattled mayor of Detroit on hand when Obama accepts the party's presidential nomination in Denver. | In Chicago, 'Where's Waldo?' becomes 'Where's Barack?' | Ex-Virginia gov
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