John McCormick

by John McCormick, updated With Sen. Barack Obama continuing to directly challenge Sen. Hillary Clinton today -- both in South Carolina and in a Tribune interview -- his presidential primary...

by John McCormick, updated It is a long way to go to raise money, but Sen. Barack Obama is headed to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico...

by John McCormick If you haven't already read enough profiles about Sen. Barack Obama, The Atlantic weighs in with one more. At more than 6,300 words, the piece by Andrew...

by John McCormick The Washington Post's always interesting "The Fact Checker" feature has reported out the details about the viral e-mail of recent days that shows Sen. Barack Obama with...

by John McCormick A man with close ties to several members of Sen. Barack Obama's senate office and campaign staff, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, will campaign for the...

Sen. Barack Obama at North Carolina Central University during a visit to Durham, N.C., Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) by John McCormick, updated at 10 a.m. Eastern Sen....

by John McCormick It must be city elected official endorsement day over at Obama campaign headquarters. First, the announcement arrived earlier this morning of an endorsement by the mayor of...

by John McCormick We don't know yet whether Sen. Barack Obama will be smiling or frowning following his performance in tonight's Democratic presidential primary debate in Philadelphia, where all eyes...

by John McCormick and Christi Parsons IOWA CITY -- The epicenter of political activism in Iowa's largest college town is the retail level of a four-story brick apartment building at...

By John McCormick CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – There were no boxer vs. briefs moments. But Sen. Barack Obama told a college audience here Monday that if he were filming a...