Analysis: Time to focus on candidates’ legacies AP – 2 hours, 14 minutes agoWASHINGTON – The Democratic presidential race is all but over. Barring a cataclysmic change of events, Barack Obama will win enough pledged and superdelegates to win the party’s nomination. The only real issue is whether he and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton leave the race with their futures — and their party — intact.

Obama, McCain hold cash while Clinton sees debt AP – Wed May 21, 3:31 AM ETWASHINGTON – The money tells the tale. Democrat Barack Obama entered May sitting comfortably atop more than $37 million in the bank. Republican John McCain had nearly $22 million in hand. Hillary Rodham Clinton, once the Democrats’ presidential front-runner, was in the red.

Obama plans general election team AP – Tue May 20, 10:00 PM ETWASHINGTON – Barack Obama is quietly planning to take over the Democratic National Committee and assemble a multistate team for the general election, the latest sign that he is putting rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and the nomination fight behind him.

Obama says he is “within reach” of a win AP – Tue May 20, 11:29 PM ETDES MOINES, Iowa – Barack Obama declared himself “within reach” of the Democratic nomination Tuesday and celebrated in the state where his win in the opening contest of the presidential primary season helped reshape the race.

Clinton calls victory in Kentucky a vote of confidence AP – Tue May 20, 11:24 PM ETLOUISVILLE, Ky. – Hillary Rodham Clinton cast her victory in Kentucky as an overwhelming vote of confidence Tuesday and said she’s still running for president not to demonstrate that she’s tough but to ensure that Democrats retake the White House.

Obama reaches delegate milestone AP – Wed May 21, 12:49 AM ETWASHINGTON – Sen. Barack Obama reached a majority of the pledged delegates at stake in the primaries and caucuses Tuesday, a symbolic milestone in his march toward the Democratic nomination for president.

Exit poll: Whites help Clinton in KY, not OR AP – Wed May 21, 12:32 AM ETWASHINGTON – White voters played a decisive role in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s lopsided victory Tuesday in Kentucky’s Democratic presidential primary. Barack Obama got the victory in more liberal Oregon, where race and the hard-edged rivalry between the two embattled candidates were muted.

McCain media consultant departs AP – Tue May 20, 9:56 PM ETMIAMI – A top adviser is leaving Republican John McCain’s presidential campaign because he doesn’t want to work against Democrat Barack Obama.

Obama moves closer to presidential nomination Reuters – 36 minutes agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Barack Obama passed a major milestone to move within reach of the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday but rival Hillary Clinton refused to surrender.

Ky., Ore. voters choose US Senate candidates AP – 2 hours, 33 minutes agoPORTLAND, Ore. – With the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination secure, the speaker of the Oregon House is turning his attention to defeating the sole GOP senator on the West Coast this fall.

Today on the presidential campaign trail AP – Wed May 21, 4:37 AM ETObama inching ever closer to nomination despite another big loss to Clinton … Obama and McCain build cash reserves while Clinton carries debt … Analysis: Democratic race all but over, time to focus on candidates’ legacies

Results from KY, OR Dem primary polls AP – Wed May 21, 12:43 AM ETResults from an exit poll conducted for The Associated Press and television networks in Kentucky’s Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, and data from a telephone poll during the past week in Oregon’s vote-by-mail primary:

Obama Raised $31 Million for Campaign in April Bloomberg – Tue May 20, 10:42 PM ETMay 20 (Bloomberg) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised $31 million last month for his primary election campaign, Federal Election Commission records show, putting him on the verge of becoming the biggest fundraiser in U.S. history.

Excerpts of Obama’s speech in Iowa AP – Tue May 20, 10:27 PM ETExcerpts of Barack Obama’s prepared remarks on Tuesday in Des Moines, Iowa, before the polls closed in Oregon’s Democratic presidential primary, as provided by his campaign:

McCain strategist keeps Obama vow, leaving campaign Reuters – Tue May 20, 10:16 PM ETFORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (Reuters) – A senior adviser to Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Tuesday that he was stepping down to keep a commitment he made not to campaign against Democrat Barack Obama.

Obama raised $31 million in April: campaign Reuters – Tue May 20, 9:04 PM ETWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama raised more than $31 million dollars in campaign donations in April, his campaign reported on Tuesday.

Large crowds and Obama trademark AP – Tue May 20, 6:42 PM ETNEW YORK – Barack Obama is well-known for his ability to draw a large crowd. But 75,000 in Portland, Ore.?

Unlike brothers, Ted Kennedy grew old in public AP – Tue May 20, 6:30 PM ETWASHINGTON – Unlike his brothers, Edward M. Kennedy has grown old in public, his victories, defeats and human contradictions played out across the decades in the public glare.

In Miami, McCain attacks Obama on Cuba Reuters – Tue May 20, 6:18 PM ETMIAMI (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate John McCain criticized Democratic front-runner Barack Obama on Tuesday for saying he was willing to meet with Cuban President Raul Castro and accused him of wanting to weaken the U.S. embargo against Cuba.

Obama, Clinton signal Florida boycott over AP – Tue May 20, 6:16 PM ETTALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The boycott is over.

McCain hammers Obama on national security AP – Tue May 20, 5:54 PM ETMIAMI – Republican John McCain, speaking to a raucous crowd on Cuba’s independence day, hammered Democrat Barack Obama for saying he would meet with President Raul Castro and called Obama a “tool of organized labor” for opposing a Latin American trade deal.

Records shed light on candidates’ ancestors AP – Tue May 20, 5:38 PM ETWASHINGTON – They were a sailor, a bookkeeper and a factory worker, men of humble roots and distant times whose kin would run for president in 2008.