The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA - Presidential Primary

Election pits McCain vs. Obama
Change is coming, that much Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama agree on as they plunge into a five-month campaign for the White House.
Long primary season ends with Obama ahead
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton heaved toward the finish line in their exhaustive Democratic presidential odyssey with Obama poised to claim victory and Clinton facing the prospects of having to abandon a quest that once seemed a sure shot but became one of long odds.
Clinton seeks to go after Obama superdelegates
As Barack Obama turns to concentrate on his general election challenge, his rival Hillary Rodham Clinton is mounting a last ditch campaign to stay relevant in what is left of the Democratic presidential contest.
Officials say Fla., Mich. delegates will get half-votes
Democratic Party officials agreed Saturday to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half-votes, ruling on a long-running dispute that has threatened the party's chances in November and maintaining Barack Obama's front-runner status as he moves closer to the nomination.
Democratic panel considers delegate plans
The fate of nearly 2.3 million Democratic presidential primary votes belongs to 30 party activists. The activists sit on the Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee, which was to meet today to decide what role Michigan and Florida should play at the national convention in August.
Obama distances himself from another clergyman after speech
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that he was "deeply disappointed" by a supporter's sermon at his church that mocked Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Obama, Clinton in close battle for South Dakota
The voters of South Dakota look a lot like those who have favored Hillary Rodham Clinton in presidential primaries this year, but her rival, front-runner Barack Obama, has plenty of friends in high places in this rural state.
Obama competitive against McCain with key voters
Barack Obama has done poorly in the Democratic primaries with women, Catholics and others who will be pivotal in this fall's presidential election. Yet early polling shows that with several of these groups, he's competitive when matched against Republican John McCain.
Obama signaling he will fight for Western states
It's the first event on the first day of a campaign swing through three Western states, and Barack Obama is covering all his bases.
Obama picks up three superdelegates
Barack Obama inched closer to securing the Democratic presidential nomination Sunday after picking up three superdelegate votes in Hawaii.
Obama criticizes McCain on veterans' benefits
Barack Obama told veterans Saturday that he can't understand why Republican John McCain opposes legislation that would provide college scholarships to people who have served in the U.S. military.
Clinton regrets RFK assassination remark
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly apologized Friday after citing the June 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in defending her decision to keep running for the Democratic presidential nomination despite increasingly long odds.
Obama tries to reassure Jewish voters
Barack Obama on Thursday promised "an unshakable commitment to Israel's security" as he sought to reassure doubtful Jewish voters. He also said he hopes to help improve relations between American blacks and Jews.
Dem candidates adopt boisterous Puerto Rican style
Forget placards, stoic bodyguards and formal rallies. To win Puerto Rico's presidential primary, both the Clinton and Obama camps are campaigning in the boisterous, face-to-face "boricua style" favored on this Caribbean island.
Obama inching ever closer to nomination
Barack Obama is inching ever closer to locking up the Democratic presidential nomination despite another resounding loss to Hillary Rodham Clinton, this time in Kentucky.
Oregon, Kentucky primaries latest to shape race
Barack Obama is reaching for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday — a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest.
In multiracial Hawaii, Obama faced discrimination
Growing up as a young man of mixed race, Barack Obama benefited from the spirit of tolerance that defined Hawaii's racial climate.
Obama seeks focus on end of primary campaign
Attempting to lay a symbolic claim to his party's presidential nomination, Democrat Barack Obama will mark the latest round of primary voting with a rally in Iowa, where his solid win in January caucuses propelled him to his status as the front-runner.
Obama criticizes McCain for 'naive' foreign policy
Barack Obama laid into John McCain on Friday for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible," serving notice that he's ready to launch a full-throttle challenge to the Republican presidential contender on international relations in the general election campaign.

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