On june nth Barack Obama hit his first reverse since securing the Democratic nomination the previous week. Following five days of bad publicity, he was forced to dispense with the services of the man he had chosen to help him select his running-mate. James Johnson allegedly received favourable treatment from a mortgage company while he headed Fannie Mae, a government-sponsored agency that was a big customer of the company in question. He denies any wrongdoing, but the row was hurting the candidate.rnThat bump aside, Mr Obama has been keeping up the pace. Hillary Clinton held out for four days before conceding, but finally did so gracefully on June 7th. Having spent months insisting Mr Obama is under-qualified for the Oval Office, she changed her mind and said that, on reflection, he would put the country back on the path to peace, prosperity and progress.
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