Iowa first step to next president
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Voters in Iowa begin the process of choosing the next U.S. president on Thursday, and a new poll showed Barack Obama leading John Edwards in the Democratic nominating contest -- with Hillary Clinton falling to a potentially disastrous third.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Sen. Barack Obama won the Iowa Democratic caucus on Thursday, dealing a setback to national front-runner Hillary Clinton in the first nominating contest of the 2008 U.S. presidential election, NBC News reported.
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As the campaign for the Iowa caucuses neared its climax, we rated the candidates based on how plausible their aspirations for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations appeared. The results of Thursday's caucus voting suggest that those ratings weren't bad for a first read on the nominating contests.
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In Iowa, Senator John McCain made clear that he might see an advantage in presenting himself to the first Republican voters in the presidential nominating process as an unapologetic advocate for the war in Iraq.
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The state's earliest caucus ever means that neither the candidates nor Iowa voters will get much of a holiday break
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Sen. Hillary Clinton placed  third in the Iowa Democratic caucus on Thursday, a big setback  for the one-time national front-runner in the first nominating  contest of the 2008 U.S. presidential election, CNN reported.
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Want an early hint how the Republican caucuses are going? Check Plymouth County Thursday evening in remote northwest Iowa Â chilly home of Blue Bunny ice cream and a hotbed of evangelical activists who could sway the first voting of the 2008 presidential campaign.
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MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa  - Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa on Thursday launched an underdog bid for the White House, promising to restore America's sense of community and optimism as he became the first Democrat to declare for the 2008 race.
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Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton on Saturday took her bid to become the first female US president to Iowa, where the party will hold its first election to pick the 2008 candidate.
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The first votes in the contest to elect the next president will be cast in 10 weeks and two days, and intensive campaigning continues this week in Iowa, the site of the kickoff caucuses, to make every moment until then count.
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First voters weigh in Thursday on the longest, most gruelling White House race in history, as top hopefuls aim to charge out of the blocks with victory in the too-close-to-call Iowa caucuses.
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Watch the presidential hopefuls react to the Iowa caucus results.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Voters in Iowa begin the process of choosing the next U.S. president on Thursday with two close nominating races, as a new poll showed Barack Obama leading John Edwards among Democrats -- with Hillary Clinton falling to a potentially damaging third.
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The arcane rules governing Thursday's Iowa Democratic caucuses will test even the most organized campaign, but mastery of the process could launch a candidate on a path to the White House.
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The US presidential election process is set to start with voters in Iowa choosing their party nominees.
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This yearâs caucuses are expected to draw new voters thoroughly unfamiliar with the process.
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NEW YORK  - When the Iowa caucuses take place Thursday, it not only will be the first vote in the nation but also TV journalism's first crack at its strategy for Election Night 2008.