During his presidential election campaign, then candidate Obama stated that couples with incomes less than $250,000 would not be subjected to tax increases.

The article also stated that Downey indicated a preference for candidate Obama, "Mr. Downey said that he would definitely vote for him if he were nominated."

The candidate Obama wants to run against is Romney.

Once Obama became a candidate, Winfrey made her first endorsement of candidate Obama on Larry King Live in May 2007.

The magical Negro is an archetype which was first applied to presidential candidate Obama by movie and culture critic David Ehrenstein, in a Los Angeles Times op ed column of March 19, 2007.

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In May 2008, a campaign spokesman for presidential candidate Obama told the San Francisco Chronicle that he would end DEA raids on medical marijuana suppliers in states with their own laws.

The story of us connected the values and interests of the campaign worker and voter with candidate Obama.

In 2008, Jackson's father wrote an op-ed in the Chicago Sun-Times attacking presidential candidate Obama for his lack of activist involvement; Jackson responded sharply in the same paper with a defense of Obama.

In May 2007 Winfrey made her first endorsement of candidate Obama, and in December 2007, she made her first campaign appearances for him.