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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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Ten White House hopefuls scoured the small towns of Iowa for undecided voters on Thursday, pleading for support one week before the state opens a too-close-to-call presidential nomination race.
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The race for the White House moved to New Hampshire on Friday marked by a clear call for change delivered by voters in Iowa's caucuses who backed newcomers Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee.
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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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Using humor, attitude and the occasional put-down, some presidential candidates are filling the airwaves with ads to stir activists and create an early, positive brand for their campaign.
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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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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 Â encourage supporters to vote for them.
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White House candidates Monday launched a New Year's eve blitz of Iowa, mining for last minute support three days before the state's nominating contests kick off the 2008 election race.
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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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Don't expect to hear much talk about farming from the presidential candidates who regularly tour Iowa, one of the nation's premier agriculture states.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Shotgun in hand, rising Republican candidate Mike Huckabee bagged a pheasant on Wednesday as U.S. presidential hopefuls hunted for votes just eight days before the first contest in a wide-open nomination 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 presidential candidates say they are reaching out to Hispanics &#151; a group that could play a key role in Iowa's caucuses.
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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.
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PERRY, Iowa  - White House hopefuls honed their closing messages and targeted undecided voters 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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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democrat Hillary Clinton touted her experience and rival Barack Obama made his case for change on Thursday as White House hopefuls scoured Iowa for support one week before the U.S. state's too-close-to-call nominating contest.
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DES MOINES -- In Sen. Barack Obama's Iowa headquarters, young staff members sit at computers, analyzing online voter data and targeting potential backers. They zip one e-mail to an undecided voter and zap a different message to a firm supporter.