Presidential Campaign

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) responded to criticism Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) aimed at him for voting against the Iraq Supplemental funding bill in this speech at the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Convention in Chicago, Ill this weekend.

"Let me tell you something," the presidential hopeful said, "When I talk to mothers who are grieving for their lost children or I visit Walter Reed and see 18 and 19 and 20 year-olds who lost an arm or a leg I know the toll of this war. And what I know is that what our troops deserve is not just rhetoric; they deserve a new plan.

"Gov. Romney and Sen. McCain clearly believe the course that we're on in Iraq is working," Obama added, "I do not."

In this semi-serious campaign video, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) shares suggestions she's received from users helping her pick an official song for her presidential campaign.

In his latest presidential campaign ad expected to hit airwaves Thursday, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney (R) said his record as governor has "tested" and "proven" his conservative principles.

"This isn't the time for us to shrink from conservative principles," Romney said. "It's a time for us to stand in strength. Strong military, strong economy, strong families."

In this campaign video, former Sen. Mike Gravel (D-Alaska) said it's possible for the United States to adopt universal health care because technology can eliminate over 30 percent of costs relating to paperwork databases.

"This is something that can be obtained if we develop the right plans..." Gravel said. "I don't think we need to raise taxes in order to provide universal health care. All we need to do is consider to make it more efficient than it is right now."

In this presidential campaign video, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney (R) said he opposed granting amnesty to illegal immigrants and instead would like to implement an employment verification system to determine one's legal status.

"Legal immigration is great, but illegal immigration, that we gotta end," Romney said. "Thank you, and amnesty is not the way to do it."

In campaign videos he released in both English and Spanish, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) on Monday made a formal declaration on his bid for the White House.

"No more exploratory committees," Richardson said. "This is the real deal."

In a video titled "Educating Rudy," Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) expands his take on the causation of the Sept. 11 attacks, which drew fire from front-runner candidate Rudy Giuliani in last week's GOP debate.

"They say, 'We gotta go over there and fight them over there because we don't want them coming here," Paul said. "I think there's a great fallacy in that logic. Mainly because they came over here, because we were over there."

In this presidential campaign video, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) said she'd like to see the government provide health coverage to uninsured children in this country.

"Nothing keeps mothers up at night more than worrying whether their children will have the health care they need if they get sick," Clinton said. "We have a moral obligation to our children to give them a healthy start in life."

In this campaign video, former President Bill Clinton tells viewers his wife Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) will follow through on presidential campaign promises like universal healthcare and U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq.

"When she says those things, you know she'll deliver," Clinton said. "Because she spent a lifetime caring, working and delivering."