By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama, now cast as the Democrats' standard-bearer, moved quickly to put his imprint on the national party Thursday, eager to reinforce its fundraising operation and pursue an aggressive general election campaign.

By MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS WASHINGTON Barack Obama, trying to quickly unify his fractured party, Thursday made a series of symbolic but significant changes aimed at showing him as an agent of change and in control of the Democratic machinery.