by Aaron Bruns FRANKFORT, KY – With the Democratic nomination all but wrapped up, Barack Obama has moved past his primary battle with Hillary Clinton,

I had one thing on my mind when I went to vote in the Pennsylvania Primary: Who can beat McCain more easily!!! The answer is Clinton!! If Obama was considered the stronger candidate and it was proven in all the polls I would have picked him. I am a Clinton fan to begin with, but I really want a Democrat in office and my personal bias toward Clinton did not affect how I voted. We simply need a Democrat in office.
I am astonished at how the media and the supporters of Barack Obama are disregarding the whole rust belt working class argument of the swing states. How can a 41 point win in WV be overlooked? Before I go on, I must state that I am a loyal democrat and will vote

ROSEBURG - Visiting a traditional Republican stronghold, Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama leveled harsh criticism at President Bush and took aim at likely GOP opponent John McCain, saying a vote for the candidate would be asking for four more years of Bush’s policy.
Standing before a crowd of about 1,500 that packed the Roseburg High School cafeteria, Obama focused on health care before fielding questions from the audience.
the drug companies in Washington who fight against making them affordable.

By MICHAEL C. BENDER Democrats and Republicans agree on at least one thing about presidential hopeful Barack Obama: He's got some work to do in Florida.

FRANKFORT, Kentucky (CNN) – After first targeting television pundits on Saturday for counting her out, Clinton zeroed in on John McCain and his economic

By Heidi Przybyla and Indira Lakshmanan May 17 (Bloomberg) - Barack Obama intensified his criticism of presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain with the approach of the May 20 Democratic presidential primaries that may allow him to claim he's locked up a majority of delegates picked by voters.
Campaigning in Oregon today and South Dakota yesterday, Obama linked McCain, 71, to President George W. Bush's record on everything from gasoline prices and the war in Iraq to tax cuts for the wealthy ``that never trickle down to you.''
at stake. Obama is leading in Oregon, which has 52. Obama is likely to take away more than the 23 he needs to claim a majority of pledged delegates under the party's apportionment rules.

ABC News' Eloise Harper reports: Reading from a lectern in Frankfurt, Ky., Sen. Hillary Clinton made attacks against the presumptive Republican nominee, point by point. Clinton glanced back and forth between her notes as she slammed Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for his plan concerning the home foreclosure crisis and his economic plan as a whole.
"In the end, Sen. McCain’s economic policy boils down to this: Don’t just continue driving our nation in the wrong direction. Put your foot on the accelerator and gun it."
n a year we had to try to find a solution to the home mortgage crisis."

PORTLAND, OR - Hillary Clinton criticized both John McCain and President Bush last night, saying that a McCain administration would be âmore of the same,â particularly when it comes to Iraq.
The New York senator took part in a town hall meeting organized by KGW-TV, answering questions about a host of familiar topics and recent events, including McCainâs recent speech outlining his goals in a first term.
t Obamaâs camp declined to participate. Clinton said she had hoped for a series of debates, âbecause I think thatâs the best way to judge people side by side.â Later, she was asked if she was concerned that pundits âscare voters awayâ by declaring the race over.

After weeks of being forced to consider whether Barack Obama's relationship with his ex-pastor might hurt him politically, we've lately moved to the issue of whether their connection is sufficiently poisonous that it might damage not just Obama but anyone who supports him. The North Carolina Republican Party was the agent of this particular shift, with a mischievous ad that tried to damage Obama's supporters along with the candidate himself.
The ad, released just days before that state's primaries, began with the requisite clip of the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. thundering his now-infamous denunciation of America. The narrator stated that "for 20 years, Barack Obama sat