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Obama Raised Nearly $750 Million, With Over $100 Million In Home Stretch Barack Obama's fundraising for the 2008 campaign has now come to a record-breaking $750 million , a demonstration of just how successful his fundraising model of seeking small donors and getting them to come back again ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Obama Briefed On Mumbai By Condoleezza Rice President-elect Obama spoke by phone yesterday with Secretary Rice to... get an update on the Mumbai situation, an Obama aide says. He also received an intelligence briefing on the attacks and is getting ... (more) Election Central Morning Roundup
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Obama Calls Indian Prime Minister The Obama transition office has announced that Barack Obama called Indiana Prime... Minister Manmohan Singh last night, offering his condolences for the people killed in the Mumbai terror attacks. The announcement is ... (more) Election Central Saturday Roundup
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Obama Rolling Out National Security Team Barack Obama and Joe Biden will be holding a 10:40 a.m.... ET press conference today in Chicago, where Obama will be rolling out his foreign-policy team: Hillary Clinton as Sec. of State, current Sec. of Defense ... (more) Election Central Morning Roundup
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Talking Points Memo — ... Obama's total haul for the 2008 elections: nearly $750 million. That and the day's other political news in the TPM Election Central Morning Roundup. ...

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