2008 US Presidential Election
 

 

 

Obama leads McCain by 6 points - poll

Democrat Barack Obama has a 6-point lead over Republican John McCain in the presidential race as a growing percentage of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday.


New Yorker magazine under fire for Obama cover

Barack Obama's campaign is condemning as "tasteless and offensive" a New Yorker magazine cover that depicts Obama in a turban, fist-bumping his gun-slinging wife.



 

Surging Obama whacks Clinton, McCain on economy

Boosted by eight straight wins in the White House nominating race, Barack Obama Wednesday pinned partial blame for an economic malaise stalking America on stalling Democratic foe Hillary Clinton.


 

Obama wins South Carolina primary

US Democratic candidate Barack Obama has easily won South Carolina's bitterly contested presidential primary.