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Sun-Times Washington Bureau Chief Lynn Sweet will be on hand to discuss all things politics today at 12:30 p.m.
WASHINGTON--Barack Obama will meet with British, French and German leaders as part of overseas travel this summer that will also include stops in Iraq and Afghanistan. On Saturday morning, the Obama campaign, confirming the visits to Europe, said Israel and Jordan will also be part of the swing.
Presumptive presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will meet with British, French and German leaders as part of overseas travel this summer to also include stops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. On Saturday morning, the Obama campaign,confirming the visits to Europe, said Israel and Jordan will also be part of the swing.
Lynn Sweet: Penny Pritzker, national finance chairwoman for the Obama campaign, knew that if she was going to ask other people to help retire Sen. Hillary Clinton's primary debt, she would have to fork over some cash herself.
WASHINGTON —- After I raised the issue of opening the closed Obama-Clinton Thursday evening meeting with donors and fund-raisers to the press, the Obama campaign on Thursday afternoon agreed to allow a pool reporte to cover the event.
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said Wedneday Obama's organization is so strong he will not be dependent on any key state -- such as Florida -- to win.
WASHINGTON -- "I'm a victim of sexism myself all the time, but I just think it goes with the territory," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday. Prompting Pelosi's comment at a breakfast with reporters was the question of whether sexism played a significant role in Sen. Hillary Clinton's defeat by presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama.
The Obama campaign didn't see it coming-catching flak for creating a mock presidential, seal with the Obama "Yes we can" slogan in Latin last Friday. The campaign unveiled it at a meeting Obama had with Democratic governors in Chicago. On Monday, the Obama campaign announced that the seal was for one-time viewing only and was retired from duty. To read more about this entry, go to Lynn Sweet's blog.
WASHINGTON -- Hours after Sen. Barack Obama rejected public financing for his campaign on Thursday after failing to negotiate with rival Sen. John McCain as he said he would, Obama made a stop not publicly disclosed by his campaign: He visited with some of his elite corps of fund-raisers on his National Finance Committee who were meeting in Chicago for briefings and to map fund-raising strategy for the general election.
Lynn Sweet: Michelle Obama climbed into her charter jet Friday and flew here from Chicago for lunch and a speech -- I clocked it at seven minutes -- before an influential women's group whose board includes key supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Michelle Obama climbed into her charter jet Friday and flew here from Chicago for lunch and a speech -- I clocked it at seven minutes -- before an influential women's group whose board includes key supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Lynn Sweet: During a Feb. 27 debate, Sen. Barack Obama was asked about a pledge he made -- with some escape clauses -- to accept public campaign financing. Obama replied, "at the point where I'm the nominee, at the point where it's appropriate, I will sit down with John McCain and make sure that we have a system that works for everybody."
Lynn Sweet: Michelle Obama, guest hosting on ABC's "The View," Wednesday revealed that she wrote a thank-you note to first lady Laura Bush after Bush defended her when she got in a jam with her quote about being "really proud" of her country for the "first time."
Lynn Sweet: Michelle Obama is billed as a guest host on ABC's "The View," but at the beginning of the show, she is cast in the role of a news maker guest. Obama, the subject of a front page New York Times Tuesday story brushed aside the suggestion on "The View" that she went on the show to "soften" her image. Earlier Tuesday, chief Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" said the suggestion in the story--that Michelle was undergoing a subtle makeover--was wrong. Click here to continue reading the live blog.
Lynn Sweet: McCain advisers on Tuesday portrayed presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama as "extremely naive" and "delusional" when it comes to terrorist threats. Obama rebutted that the critics have no standing since they supported the Iraq war, a diversion from hunting 9/11 terrorists.
WASHINGTON -- Michelle Obama is studying up on actor Matthew Broderick to be ready for her stint as a co-host of ABC's "The View" today.
Lynn Sweet: Chicago native Patti Solis Doyle, former Clinton campaign manager jettisoned in the final months of the primary, joins the Obama team as the chief of staff to Sen. Barack Obama's eventual running mate, as Michelle Obama beefs up her operation with a new chief of staff.
Lynn Sweet: The Obama family has a tradition of going to church on Father's Day; that's what Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, told Jimmy Kimmel when he taped an interview with the talk show host Friday. But the Obama family recently quit Trinity United Church of Christ, in the wake of divisive comments by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the Rev. Michael Pfleger. Where to go?
The Obama family has a tradiiton of going to church on Fathers Day; that's what Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the presumptive Democratic nominee told Jimmy Kimmel when he taped an interview with the talk show host on Friday.
Lynn Sweet: When I phoned the Obama press shop a few times in recent weeks to check out rumors about whether there was a videotape with Michelle Obama using the word "whitey," the campaign declined to issue a denial.
Lynn Sweet: Presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama -- after first downplaying questions about the ethics of his chief vice presidential vetter Jim Johnson, the former Fannie Mae chief -- on Wednesday accepted his resignation.
Lynn Sweet: Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama huddled privately Tuesday with a group of influential Christians in downtown Chicago -- not all supporters -- to help shape conversations Obama wants to have with voters as he heads toward the general election.
