... Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's Senate successor on Monday and said they expect to swear in the new Illinois senator this week. "He is now the senator-designate from Illinois and, as such, will be accorded all the rights and ...

... collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age." With that, the 47-year-old former Illinois senator transformed himself from a candidate claiming his campaign is about the voters to a president promising to put the ...

... that former President George W. Bush, a strongly pro-gun president, has been replaced with Obama. The former Illinois senator gets an "F" rating from the group despite his stated support for Second Amendment rights. "Right now, they ...

... a firm majority in the Legislature. The state's top Democrats had campaigned around the state Obama, but the Illinois senator never stumped in the state himself. McCain campaigned in the state twice since clinching his party's nomination ...

... youngest presidents, and one of the least experienced in national political affairs. That wasn't what set the Illinois senator apart, though - neither from his rivals nor from the 43 men who had served as president since the nation's founding ...

... along with former President Clinton, campaigned for Obama, urging their loyal fans to throw their support to the Illinois senator. But Tuesday, about three out of 10 Democrats who said Hillary Clinton was their choice for president, voted for ...

... financial sector. Barack Obama already has tried to link today's economic insecurity to Hillary Clinton. The Illinois senator asks in a TV ad, without mentioning names or specifics, "Do you really believe that if we replace a crowd of corporate ...

... both races competitive, the outcomes extraordinarily unpredictable. - Advertisement - Among Democrats, Obama, an Illinois senator, is fighting with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York for the lead as former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina ...

... larger numbers than ever in Iowa caucuses normally dominated by the AARP-card set, delivering victory for the Illinois senator who promised to bring change to Washington. That's why after her third-place finish in Iowa, Clinton got off ...

... in political history, showing that a black candidate can appeal to voters of all colors and in all regions. The Illinois senator told a raucous crowd of more than 9,000 here that his big victory Saturday disproved the old notion "that if you ...