Here are some of the hottest and most current stories on Senator Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign:

Wesley Clark angling for Obama VP spot?
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
Wesley Clark now appears to by vying for a VP slot with Barack Obama. Obama needs someone with strong national security credentials, and few can match the expertise of Gen. Clark. I wonder, though, whether Clark will be able to explain his earlier criticisms of Obama (including to our editorial board) as someone too green and untested to qualify for the presidency. He'll have to do at least a little backtracking if he gains prominence as a potential running mate. In an interview with the Huffington Post, Clark now is questioning why everyone assumes John McCain will necessarily be better on national security affairs than Obama.

Obama to visit Iraq, Afghanistan before election
The Associated Press -
(AP) — Barack Obama says he is going to visit Iraq and Afghanistan before the November election. The presumed Democratic presidential nominee said he spoke with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Monday about the war and told him he looks forward to seeing him in Baghdad. Obama has said before he was considering a trip, but his comment to reporters Monday was his first firm declaration that he will be making the trip. He said more details will be announced shortly. He said he told Zebari that he was encouraged by the reductions of violence in Iraq, but that as president he will carefully move to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq.

Obama leads in 'who will win' poll
USA Today - USA
John McCain and Barack Obama are about even when it comes to voters' opinions about which candidate they want to win in November.But Gallup says this morning that when voters are asked about which candidate will win, Democrat Obama comes out well ahead of Republican McCain. According to Gallup, 52% of the 822 adults surveyed last week said they think Obama will win the race for the White House. McCain was the choice of 41%. The margin of error on each number: +/- 4 percentage points.

A majority thinks Obama will win
Boston Globe - United States
After the first full week of general election mode, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are statistically even in the latest Gallup poll. 44 percent to 42 percent in tracking surveys conducted June 12-14. But the Gallup survey, released this morning, shows that a clear majority of Americans believe Obama will win in November. He leads in the perception measure 52 percent to 41 percent, with 76 percent of Democrats and 50 percent of independents predicting an Obama victory. Two-thirds of Republicans believe McCain will win.

Obama Calls On Black Men To Be Better Fathers
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
Barack Obama's Father's Day speech before a "largely black church in Chicago," where he delivered "a rather blunt message to African-American men. He said too many black fathers are absent from their children's lives. 'We need fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at conception,' he said. Obama's words seemed aimed at not only at African-Americans, but also at white voters who might be uneasy about his candidacy." The CBS Evening News ran a much briefer report on the speech later in its broadcast, while NBC News was preempted by golf.