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  • June 2008

    • Workers Bar Muslim Women From Obama Backdrop

      Politico  |  Jun 18, 08 2:53 PM CDT

      Workers Bar Muslim Women From Obama Backdrop

      (Newser) - Two Muslim women were barred from sitting behind Barack Obama during a rally Monday, with campaign volunteers concerned about headscarves appearing on TV and in pictures, Politico reports. One woman was told the "political climate" made her presence problematic; another was told headwear of any kind was off-limits in the assiduously assembled backdrop. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • Muslim women  • American Muslims  • headscarves  • campaign rally  • hijabs

    • Gore: 'We Need Change'

      Detroit Free Press  |  Jun 17, 08 5:48 AM CDT

      Gore: 'We Need Change'

      (Newser) - Al Gore endorsed Barack Obama for president at a Detroit rally last night, saying the 2008 election “matters more than ever before,” the Detroit Free Press reports. “After 8 years of lost jobs, we need change,” the former Democratic nominee said. “After 8 years of the worst, most serious foreign policy mistakes, we need change.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Detroit  • endorsement  • Al Gore  • Jennifer Granholm  • campaign rally

  • May 2008

    • Obama Rallies 75K in Portland

      Oregonian (Portland)  |  May 19, 08 8:37 AM CDT

      Obama Rallies 75K in Portland

      (Newser) - Barack Obama drew an estimated 75,000 people to the Portland waterfront yesterday, in the largest political rally Oregon has ever seen. The gates were filled to capacity at 60,000, another 12,000 crowded outside the gates, and some even gathered on boats in the Willamette River and on jetties on the opposite bank. Obama’s speech focused primarily on John McCain, with occasional Oregon-specific flourishes, and big anti-war applause lines. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • Oregon  • Oregon primary  • campaign rally  • Portland, Oregon

  • February 2008

    • Officer Dies Escorting Clinton

      Dallas Morning News  |  Feb 22, 08 11:45 AM CST

      Officer Dies Escorting Clinton

      (Newser) - A Dallas police officer escorting Hillary Clinton's motorcade to a rally died today when he lost control of his motorcycle and slammed into a viaduct pillar, the Dallas Morning News reports. The officer, whose name was not being released, was rushed to a nearby hospital but died shortly afterward. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • Dallas  • motorcycle crash  • campaign rally  • police officer  • motorcade

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