Candidates hone message and hunt voters in Iowa
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PERRY, Iowa  - White House hopefuls honed their closing messages and traded jabs over their records in Iowa on Monday, three days before the state opens the presidential nominating battle in a too-close-to-call race.
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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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Democratic party leaders and presidential candidates have been taking swipes today. Their targets? One another.
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The energized voters that candidates see on the campaign trail
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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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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton made one thing very clear to Iowa voters Friday: She's serious about campaigning in their state.
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Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards closed out a long, grueling Iowa caucus campaign Wednesday night with statewide television appeals, each seeking an early triumph in the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Leading Republicans exchanged routine unpleasantries on a final day of campaigning.
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Â· Huge crowds flock to hear victor of Iowa caucuses   Â· Hostility to Bush sways young voters
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - A clash between Christmas vacations and the U.S. election calendar has left presidential campaigns in Iowa struggling with a shortage of student volunteers to call voters, distribute pamphlets and drive people to the polls.
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In a state where presidential hopefuls are supposed to personally ask for your vote, Iowans have heard far more by mail, phone and TV from the Republicans this year.
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On the eve of the long-awaited and too-close-to-call first voting in 2008 White House nominating contests, top candidates will Wednesday zigzag across Iowa to plead for every last vote.
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White House hopefuls Wednesday beseeched the people of Iowa to take the first step to change America, on the eve of the state's dead-heat first nominating clash of the 2008 election.
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With Iowa just three weeks away, the end of indignities is near for third-tier candidates. And not a moment too soon
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DES MOINES, Jan. 1 It was the quintessential Iowa caucus scene: Supporters of Republican and Democratic candidates sat at Buzzard Billy's bar, holding campaign signs and chatting amiably. Democratic hopeful Bill Richardson shook hands, giving the Iowa voters the one-on-one attention they expect.
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Uplifting appeals largely replaced stinging insults Tuesday as Democratic and Republican candidates did the only thing left to do in Iowa races that are too close to call  -  encourage supporters to vote for them.
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Both candidates are making their final blitzes through several swing states in the waning hours of the campaign, delivering punchier and sharper critiques.
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The two main contenders for the presidency of the United States spent their Sunday trying to connect with voters in the all-important swing states.