AP - Thirteen hours after his former pastor startled some with a defiant performance that was televised nationwide, Barack Obama urged 18,000 supporters to stay calm and shrug off such “distractions.”
AP - Barack Obama angrily denounced his former pastor for “divisive and destructive” remarks on race, seeking to divorce himself from the incendiary speaker and a fury that threatens to engulf his front-running Democratic presidential campaign.
Bloomberg - April 30 (Bloomberg) — Democratic presidential hopeful
Barack Obama promises to bridge the ideological divide between
Red states and Blue states, bringing Republicans and independents
into a post-partisan coalition.
AP - Senate candidate Al Franken, dogged by accusations that he failed to file tax returns in California, said Tuesday he will pay about $70,000 in back income taxes in 17 states dating to 2003.
AP - Michigan Democrats working to get the state’s delegates seated at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday suggested splitting them 69-59 between presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
AP - Chelsea Clinton campaigned for her mother Tuesday in Puerto Rico, where the marathon race for the Democratic presidential nomination has brought new importance to a U.S. island that typically has scant say over national affairs.
AP - Key dates in the relationship between Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright:
AP - For months, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have dominated political advertising. Increasingly, they are not alone.
Politico - The White House mounted a last push for more reforms in a pending Farm Bill Tuesday with President Bush accusing lawmakers of continuing subsidies to “multimillionaire” producers at a time of rising prices at the grocery store.
Reuters - Democratic Sen.
Barack Obama, trying to quell a political firestorm that has
roiled his presidential campaign, strongly denounced his former
pastor on Tuesday and called his racially charged comments
“appalling.”