Candidates in overdrive, one week before Iowa
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With just one week to go before the Iowa caucuses, the Democratic presidential candidates are focusing on the Hawkeye state, working to clearly define the choices they are offering.
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With exactly a week until the American presidential election, the number of states that are considered marginal appears to be growing.
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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 eight days before the first contest in a wide-open nomination race.
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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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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton was accompanied by the governor of a key battleground state Saturday as she raced through the final weekend before Iowa's leadoff precinct caucuses, making the case that she's the candidate who can win in November.
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It has been well-known for some time that the 2008 presidential campaign will be heavily Ã¢ÂÂfront-loaded.Ã¢ÂÂ A compressed schedule of primary and caucus elections, held earlier than ever in the presidential year, will culminate in events in upwards of 20 states next Feb. 5; that is fully nine months before the November general election.
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On the eve of a presidential debate in New Hampshire, five Democratic candidates made a quick detour to Iowa to appeal to nearly 1,000 party activists.
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WATERLOO, Iowa  - With less than two weeks until Iowa kicks off the presidential nomination battles, several contenders took their campaigns to church on Sunday and a leading Republican tried to allay concerns about his health.
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Democratic presidential candidates marked the two-week countdown to the Iowa caucuses Thursday by sharpening their rhetoric against one another, with Hillary Rodham Clinton comparing her rivals to one of the most unpopular figures in their partisan universe Â the current commander in chief.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- As Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney started a three-day, 17-stop blitz through Iowa before tomorrow's pivotal nominating caucuses, rivals Rudy Giuliani and Ron Paul took time off from campaigning.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Iowa.
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Finance reports show that candidates are already building up operations in several states whose early primaries have forced a burst of spending.
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IOWA CITY, July 3 -- Despite ongoing and determined attempts to spread the early nominating process across several states, the top Democratic presidential contenders are converging this week on a familiar patch of land: Iowa.
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Democratic and GOP contenders gear up for most critical day of campaign: next week's "Super Tuesday" primaries and caucuses in two dozen states.
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With less than one week to go before the first major event of the 2008 US electoral season, Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls are engaged in a bitter war for votes in Iowa via advertising in the electronic news media.
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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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Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls on Sunday continue their intense campaign schedule ahead of the key "Super Tuesday" vote, even as millions in the United States turn their attention to the American football national championship game.