Iowa Gov. Vilsack launches 2008 tour
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As soon as Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack arrived at his childhood home in the city's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Saturday, former neighbor Judith Perman reminded him of his fondness for orange Popsicles and pot pies.
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By Erik Robinson, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Mar. 8--Gov.
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DES MOINES -- In a land of corn and caucuses, where harvests are measured by bushels and buzz, the presidential campaigns march through the seasons in a curious rite of persuasion. First comes biography, then policy and, finally, a political pitch calibrated to the shifting climate.
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Democrat Tom Vilsack, the former Iowa governor who built a centrist image, abandoned his bid for the presidency on Friday after struggling against better-known, better-financed rivals.
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Democrat Tom Vilsack, the  former governor of Iowa, dropped his longshot 2008 White House  bid on Friday after he failed to keep pace with his big-name  rivals in raising funds.
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Democrat Tom Vilsack is abandoning his bid for the presidency after struggling against better-known, better-financed rivals, a senior campaign official told The Associated Press on Friday.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Tom Vilsack said Tuesday it's time for "tough love" in Iraq with a reduction in U.S. troops that would force the government to make the hard decisions about repairing the fractured country.
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White House candidates Monday launch 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 circus.
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Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani is planning his first campaign trip to Iowa next month, a sign that he is considering competing in the early voting state where social conservatives dominate the GOP caucuses.
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Iowa governor Tom Vilsack says he will run for the Democratic party's nomination for US president.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to boost her presidential campaign in the leadoff voting state of Iowa on Monday by embarking on a Fourth of July tour accompanied by one of the most popular figures in Democratic politics &#151; her husband.
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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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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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The president is planning a heavy travel schedule in '08, to promote his foreign-policy successes.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential contender John Edwards, who's hit all 99 Iowa counties in a year of campaigning, set out on a 36-hour marathon trek across the state today to make a final pitch for support in the Jan. 3 caucuses.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack withdrew from the 2008 presidential race after encountering difficulty in raising campaign donations in competition with Democratic rivals.
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After taking the first step in a presidential bid on Monday, Sen. Sam Brownback said he would start a 10-state tour with a traditional stop in Iowa. Then he's going to jail.