Iowa Dems declare neutrality in caucuses
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Iowa Democrats declared on Saturday the party would remain neutral in the state's leadoff presidential caucuses in 2008 even though popular Gov. Tom Vilsack is seeking the nomination.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Iowa.
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Barack Obama rejected rival Hillary Clinton's vow to forge change Thursday, as polls showed a tight Democratic White House race in Iowa, a week before the state's leadoff nominating clash.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democratic candidates running for president can expect to get a question about the perils of free trade at nearly every campaign stop. But Republicans aren't escaping fears about globalization, either.
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The Iowa caucuses, which are held in the evening and do not allow absentee voting, leave out categories of voters.
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Iowans try to ignore the fracas but can't help worrying how it will affect the prolonged campaign season
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DES MOINES -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton had a decision to make. After someone in her campaign leaked a memo late last month suggesting that she skip the Iowa caucuses, the New York Democrat needed to show that she was committed to winning the crucial first contest on the presidential nominating...
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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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Iowa Democrats will hold their presidential caucuses for Jan. 3, joining Republicans in holding the kickoff 2008 presidential contest on the earliest ever date for a White House nomination contest.
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So what if they're running to be leader of the free world. The Democratic presidential candidates remain at the mercy of party leaders in four states &#151; Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina &#151; who want to keep other states from infringing on their exclusive right to hold nominating contests in January.
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For the Democrats, Super Tuesday may settle nothing. The reason lies in new party rules that were never road-tested
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The latest Iowa Hawkeye poll shows a tight Democratic race and a Romney blowout on the GOP side
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Some Democrats say they fear their party's method of picking a nominee might turn undemocratic, with it unlikely Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama will get the delegates needed for the nomination. Party rules call for superdelegates to tip the balance.
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Iowa Rep. Jim Leach (R) seemed a natural to weather voters' antiwar sentiment this fall. His independent streak and moderate views had engendered the allegiance of his Democratic-leaning district for the past 30 years, and he broke with his party and President Bush in October 2002 by voting against the Iraq war....
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THE RACE: The presidential primary in Iowa for Democrats and Republicans.
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For Iowa Democrats, the 2008  presidential campaign is starting where the 2004 race ended --  with a search for plain talk and realistic plans on how to end  the war in Iraq.
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Republicans and Democrats in the evenly divided Iowa Senate agreed after intense bargaining to alternate leadership each week.