Obama grabs Iowa lead from Edwards
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democrat Barack Obama surged to a four-point lead over John Edwards in Iowa, with Hillary Clinton fading to third just hours before the first presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Thursday.
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Iowa voters in two close  nominating races began the process of choosing the next U.S.  president on Thursday, as the first test in the Democratic  battle between Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards  came down to a nail-biting finale.
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Democratic presidential candidate  Barack Obama took a small lead over rival Hillary Clinton  before Nevada's caucus, the party's next contest, according to  a poll released on Monday.
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Democratic presidential hopeful  Barack Obama fired up thousands of supporters across Iowa on  Wednesday, one day before the first of state-by-state votes to  pick nominees for the 2008 White House race.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Democrat Barack Obama expanded his lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire to 13 points as voting began in the state's critical presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.
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Illinois Democrat Barack Obama and Arkansas Republican Mike Huckabee comfortably won the Iowa precinct caucuses Thursday night, giving their presidential campaigns early triumphs in the first voting of a wide-open 2008 White House nomination process that now moves to the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday.
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Democrat John Edwards placed second in Iowa, third in New Hampshire and faces even longer odds of pulling off a win in upcoming states.
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RENO, Nevada  - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took a small lead over rival Hillary Clinton in Nevada ahead of Saturday's caucus, according to a poll released on Monday.
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Sen. Barack Obama defeated Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in caucuses in Nebraska and led in Washington on Saturday night, hoping to chip away at her delegate lead in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The two rivals also contested a Louisiana primary.
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A new TIME poll shows the Democratic candidate leading Clinton and Obama in the important caucus state
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Sen. Barack Obama, bidding to become the nation's first black president, captured the Iowa caucuses Thursday night, opening test in the race for the 2008 Democratic nomination. Mike Huckabee rode a wave of support from evangelical Christians to victory in the Republican caucuses.
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Sen. Barack Obama won caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state and battled Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Louisiana primary Saturday night in a bid to chip away at her slender delegate lead in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Barack Obama won the Maine Democratic caucuses Sunday, defeating Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Rasmussen Reports - All year, Iowa has been a must-win state for Barack Obama and John Edwards. Now, with just two-and-a-half weeks to go until voters finally get a say in Election 2008, Iowa is becoming more and more important to Hillary Clinton. As we noted last week and the week before, the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination is getting closer and closer.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Iowa voters in two close nominating races began the process of choosing the next U.S. president on Thursday, as the first test in the Democratic battle between Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards came down to a nail-biting finale.
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DES MOINES, Jan. 1 -- With two days before Iowans go to the polls, significant support for Sen. Barack Obama from political independents has put rival Democratic campaigns on edge, challenging the traditional model of the state's caucuses as a low-turnout exercise dominated by partisan insiders.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards won labor union backing on Monday from steelworkers and mineworkers, putting him ahead of rivals in declared union support, his campaign said.