http://www.citizensugar.com/ Breaking News, Together. en http://www.citizensugar.com/1703609 <p>Barack Obama's got a full plate this morning! A top aide quit, Muammar Gaddafi is after him, and his campaign has had to create a website to combat the negative messages swirling about him. That's a lot before 9 a.m.! Here are the scoops:<span class="inline left"><img src="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/10/104169/24_2008/81462195.preview.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image preview" height="345" width="550"></span></p> <ul> <li>James Johnson, the head of Obama's veep-search team <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/us/politics/12veep.html" target="_blank">resigned unexpectedly yesterday</a> in an effort to silence questions over his business activities, including favorable mortgage terms and his role on committees that awarded payouts to corporate executives. Obama said of the departure, “Jim did not want to distract in any way from the very important task of gathering information about my vice-presidential nominee, so he has made a decision to step aside that I accept.”</li> </ul> <p>To see what else is going on, </p> <p><a href="http://www.citizensugar.com/1703609">read more</a></p> http://www.citizensugar.com/1703609#comment 2008 Presidential Election Barack Obama Muammar Gaddafi Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:57:43 -0700 CitizenSugar http://www.citizensugar.com/1703609