Candidates compete at Iowa dinner
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Democratic presidential hopefuls warmed up for Sunday's big debate by trying to impress about 1,000 activists at the Iowa Democratic Party's Hall of Fame dinner on Saturday.
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Romney says he and his wife won't embarrass the nation in White House as happened in "the Clinton years" ... Clinton asks Iowans in closing pitch to vote for her because she is ready to be president ... Iowa voters pack Obama event as they continue to assess candidates.
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TOLEDO, Iowa  - While presidential hopefuls were trying to butter up supporters ahead of the January 3 Iowa caucus, one would-be voter was literally buttering up her favorite candidate, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.
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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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DES MOINES, Iowa  - With the U.S. presidential race tightening and little time before the first party nomination contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, candidates are trying to woo voters without trampling on their holidays.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in yet another signal of her interest in seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, held an "intimate evening" with a handful of key activists with Iowa ties to talk about the unfolding race.
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Chefs des chefs gather to discuss how to spice up those political summits.
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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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Republican  presidential contender Mike Huckabee hunted for birds and votes  on Wednesday during a pheasant shoot in snowy Iowa, a pursuit  that goes down well with folks in the heartland.
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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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The US presidential election process is set to start with voters in Iowa choosing their party nominees.
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Three Democratic presidential contenders courted the party's hard-core activists at a political fundraiser Friday night, arguing the party can win the values debate with Republicans.
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It's the Democrats' turn to take center stage in the final debate before the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3. Six presidential contenders will take part this afternoon in the 90-minute debate sponsored by The Des Moines Register and Iowa Public Television.
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Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards closed out a long, grueling Iowa caucus campaign Wednesday night with statewide television appeals, each seeking an early triumph in the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Leading Republicans exchanged routine unpleasantries on a final day of campaigning.
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Thursday night's victories for  Republican Mike Huckabee and Democrat Barack Obama in the Iowa  presidential caucuses will bring increased attention to the  candidates' trade proposals as they head off to New Hampshire  for round two of the primary season.
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New Year's resolutions and wishes listed by Democratic presidential hopefuls during Thursday's debate in Johnston, Iowa:
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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.