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22/05/2008 21:39

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Officials say Obama starts search for running mate - Analysis: Party insider Clinton now on the outs - Candidates seek centrist answers in Iraq.



Officials say Obama starts search for running mate

Likely Democratic nominee Barack Obama has begun a top-secret search for a running mate, fresh signs that the general election campaign is well under way and the primary race against Hillary Rodham Clinton is basically over.

Analysis: Party insider Clinton now on the outs

After more than a decade as the ultimate Democratic Party insider, Hillary Rodham Clinton finds herself in a strange place: on the outside looking in, beseeching party leaders to help keep her White House bid alive.

Candidates seek centrist answers in Iraq

Hard-core advocates for and against the Iraq war are losing leverage as John McCain and Barack Obama, having virtually secured their nominations, appeal to centrist voters who will decide the fall presidential election.

Bush is dealt a defeat on Iraq bill

Senate Republicans have broken with President Bush to help Democrats add support for veterans and the unemployed to a bill paying for another year of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Drug industry contributing more to Democrats

In a sharp reversal, drug and medical device companies are giving more money to Democrats than Republicans this election season, one more sign of the campaign difficulties the GOP could face this November.

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