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Barack Obama’s choice of a prominent evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration is a conciliatory gesture toward social conservatives who opposed him in November, but it ...

In-depth coverage of the 2008 presidential election, Democratic and Republican candidates, ... January 23, 2009 • Although many Americans heard Barack Obama's inauguration speech, ...

Barack Obama branded his 2012 campaign kickoff speech Saturday in Ohio a “Ready to Go Rally.” For the uninitiated, this is a reference to something that happened five years ago in Greenwood ...

The Road to Inauguration Day March 10, 2008 March 4: Arizona Senator John McCain wins four Republican primaries, gaining enough delegates to clinch his party's presidential nomination.

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There is just one small problem with The Free Press columnist’s analysis: TARP was signed into law by then-President George W. Bush on October 3, 2008 — a full month before Obama was elected ...

There are about 240,000 total inauguration tickets, Florman said. Smith said this would be the first time the Tuskegee Airmen were recognized as a group since President Harry Truman did it in 1949.

December 19, 2008 View read count Aretha Franklin will sing, the Rev. Rick Warren will pray and more than 11,000 U.S. troops will be watching over inauguration ceremonies in case of an attack during ...

Inauguration mania is turning Congressional offices into ticket brokers as constituents rush to snag passes to the biggest event of the year. Members of Congress - routinely given a few hundred ...

Professors predict Obama landslide The panel, led by Wilson School professor Larry Bartels, discussed the probably reasons for Obama’s likely advantage on election night. The 2008 election centered on ...