Barack Obama, the freshman senator from Illinois, on Wednesday shook up the Democratic presidential race when he announced that he had virtually matched Hillary Clinton's $26m fund-raising record in the last 10 weeks.
Mr Obama, 45, who only came to national attention in 2004 when he gave a widely lauded speech at the Democratic national convention, also announced that 100,000 people had donated to his campaign – almost twice the number of people donating to Mrs Clinton.
Maybe the coronation will have to wait for the voters?
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