Obama buoyed in Iowa; urges supporters to vote
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Democratic presidential  candidate Barack Obama was buoyed on Tuesday by some good news  in an Iowa opinion poll but warned his backers they need to  show up and vote this week if they want him to win.
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Iowa Gov. Chet Culver will endorse Barack Obama's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination during a rally Thursday in Omaha, Neb., the governor told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
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Sen. Barack Obama, bidding to become the nation's first black president, captured the Iowa caucuses Thursday night, opening test in the race for the 2008 Democratic nomination. Mike Huckabee rode a wave of support from evangelical Christians to victory in the Republican caucuses.
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Democrat Barack Obama said Thursday night he is running for president to help those who are working harder for less but don't think anyone is listening to them. Fresh from a presidential debate in suburban Des Moines, Obama joked of his performance: "I thought I was perfect."
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Democratic  presidential hopeful Barack Obama tops fundraising efforts as candidates file their latest campaign figures.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Sen. Barack Obama won the Iowa Democratic caucus on Thursday, dealing a setback to national front-runner Hillary Clinton in the first nominating contest of the 2008 U.S. presidential election, NBC News reported.
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DES MOINES, Dec. 31 -- The tense and unpredictable three-way Democratic battle in Iowa got a surprising jolt late Monday when a new poll showed Sen. Barack Obama widening his lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former senator John Edwards.
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Sen. Barack Obama won the Iowa  Democratic caucus on Thursday, dealing a setback to national  front-runner Hillary Clinton in the first nominating contest of  the 2008 U.S. presidential election, NBC News reported.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Barack Obama took the first big step to winning the Democratic nomination on Thursday with a victory in Iowa, while underdog Mike Huckabee capped a stunning political rise to beat Republican rival Mitt Romney.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Voters in Iowa begin the process of choosing the next U.S. president on Thursday, with Democrats Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards in a frantic scramble for the top spot in the campaign's first nominating contest.
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October 30, 2004 - US Senate hopeful Barack Obama shored up his base and helped other Democrats Saturday while candidates in the tight 8th District congressional race zipped across Chicago&#39;s suburbs in a frantic final push for votes before Tuesday&#39;s
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An Iowa voter who at first was teased by Democrat Barack Obama ended up in a tearful embrace with the Illinois senator and presidential candidate during a campaign stop Wednesday.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Voters in Iowa begin the process of choosing the next U.S. president on Thursday with two close nominating races, as a new poll showed Democrat Barack Obama leading John Edwards -- with Hillary Clinton falling to a potentially damaging third.
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Despite racking up almost all of the endorsements from organized labor, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards came in behind Barack Obama Â the only Democratic front-runner with no national union support Â in the Iowa caucuses. That left at least one union looking for a new candidate Friday.
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The leading Democratic candidates capped months of expensive advertising Wednesday with evening news appeals to Iowa voters as Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton focused on change and John Edwards relied on a laid-off worker to make his case.
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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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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.