'They said this day would never come': the day Barack Obama spoke of was January 3, 2008, when he won the Iowa caucuses. Ten months tater, he's on his way to the White House as America's first Black President. A look at Obama's journey to the Oval Office.
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Four years ago, Barack Obama was a little-known Illinois state legislator running for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Then he delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. He spoke of his African father and of his mother, who was...

APHA's member groups come together at San Diego meeting.
APHA'S Sections, Special Primary Interest Groups, Caucuses and Forums held an array of events at the Association's 136th Annual Meeting in October in San Diego, sponsoring scientific sessions, hosting socials and holding award ceremonies. Section highlights included the 100-year anniversaries of the Health Administration Section and the...

Donkey days in Denver.
Byline: Robert Z. Nemeth COLUMN: ROBERT Z. NEMETH Party conventions these days are essentially stage-managed beauty contests because they no longer serve to select the nominees for president. That decision is made during seemingly endless primaries and caucuses, and the delegates merely rubber-stamp the choice....

Lawmakers' goals have some similarities.
Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - The Senate Democrats came out Monday with a to-do list that includes making college more affordable, health care more accessible and good jobs more plentiful. If that sounds familiar, it should. The Legislature's three other caucuses - the...

The road to the White House.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pennsylvania Avenue may look flat, but the road candidates take to the White House is anything but smooth! Presidential hopefuls campaign for up to two years, facing off in debates and meeting with voters. Here's a look at key steps in the process. ...

The road to the White House.
Pennsylvania Avenue may look flat, but the road candidates take to the White House is anything but smooth! Presidential hopefuls campaign for up to two years, facing off in debates and meeting with voters. Here's a look at key steps in the process. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Summoning superdelegates: the importance of superdelegates in this presidential election has been repeatedly referenced. Learn who these superdelegates are and how they are chosen.
Before Sen. Barack Obama secured enough delegates to assure his nomination for president, it appeared that the contest between Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, the early favorite of the Democratic party establishment, might be decided by the nearly 800 unelected "superdelegates," who make up roughly 20 percent of all...

Road to the white house 2008: presidential campaigns start long before Election Day. Candidates spend years cultivating the fight reputation and gaining public support before officially filing for candidacy. Here is a time line of the 2008 presidential race, starting with the first candidate to throw his hat in the ring.
Feb. 23, 2006 First Official Candidacy Nothing is official until a candidate notifies the Federal Election Commission (FEC). By law, each presidential candidate must file a statement of candidacy within 15 days of either receiving the first $5,000 in campaign contributions or of spending $5,000 campaigning. Republican...

Sign of the times: 108 the number of 2008 firefighter line-of-duty deaths at deadline.
Many fire departments have had to prepare and submit budget requests for 2009. While a majority of departments will undoubtedly have to do more with less, put off or reduce the number of firefighters to be hired, close stations and decrease manpower, some fortunate departments still are able to...

Why I'm voting for Barack H. Obama.
My mom was always way into politics and some of my earliest memories along that line are of the 1960 presidential contest between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Based I think pretty much entirely on photographs I'd seen of the two men, I favored Kennedy and would wait...