Iowa poll kick-starts election year for networks
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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.
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This year's presidential election began with Iowa's caucuses back in January, and it could be determined by how Iowans vote Nov. 2.
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After a year of intensely covering the presidential campaign, TV news networks finally had actual votes to count Thursday Â and at times their Iowa caucus coverage felt like boarding a jet airplane to travel down the street.
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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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After months of campaigning, millions of dollars and mountains of media hype, just who'll come out on top in Iowa is still anybody's guess. And tomorrow morning, anybody's second guess
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Watch the presidential hopefuls react to the Iowa caucus results.
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Democratic presidential  candidate Barack Obama has widened his lead in Iowa over rivals  Hillary Clinton and John Edwards heading into Thursday's  caucuses, according to a poll by The Des Moines Register  released on Monday.
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Iowa Democrats voted Sunday to move their leadoff precinct caucuses to Jan. 3, the same date Republicans picked earlier this month, letting both parties continue the tradition of meeting on the same night.
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Variety - The 2004 presidential contest could prove to be a defining moment in the history of television news: For the first time, three full-fledged cable news nets are battling it out for the viewer's vote, even sucking life from the broadcast network news divisions.
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Voters in the heartland state of Iowa officially launched the 2008 White House race Thursday with cliffhanger battles among Republicans and Democrats vying to succeed US President George W. Bush.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Iowa.
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Do the outcomes of the Iowa caucuses offer clues to what will happen in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary? A look at the "entrance poll" taken Thursday night in the Hawkeye State offered five things to watch for next week:
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Republican Mike Huckabee  took a quick detour to TV host Jay Leno's studio on Wednesday  for a blast of national media exposure on the eve of Iowa  political caucuses that kick off the presidential selection  process.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a narrow lead in Iowa four days before the state opens the presidential nominating race, while Republicans Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are virtually tied, according to a Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll released on Sunday.
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DES MOINES -- With the final tally from Iowa, President George W. Bush has carried all three of the states still up in the air on election night.
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Political advertising  spending in this presidential primary season is on a record  track with TV stations in the early decision states benefiting  the most.
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A tight race for governor is under way in Iowa, with both national parties intent on capturing the top job in a state that plays a major role in setting the country's political agenda during the presidential campaign season.