Candidates hammer home message in Iowa race
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BURLINGTON, Iowa  - White House hopefuls hammered home their closing messages on Saturday in a frenzied hunt for votes in Iowa, with Democrat Barack Obama promising a new type of politics and rival Hillary Clinton proclaiming her readiness to lead.
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The presidential candidates and their running mates fanned out across the Midwest with Labor Day messages promising job creation, appealing for votes in the territory pivotal to winning November's election.    President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were heading to three states between them Monday; Democratic candidate John Kerry and running mate John Edwards were venturing to six...
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Voters in Iowa begin the process of choosing the next 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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Candidates barreled from town to town as they awaited the last poll of caucus-goers from The Des Moines Register.
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Quotes from the presidential candidates regarding Saturday's contests:
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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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In a state where presidential hopefuls are supposed to personally ask for your vote, Iowans have heard far more by mail, phone and TV from the Republicans this year.
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After most took Christmas Day off the campaign trail, presidential candidates are flocking back to Iowa to try to break the logjam at the top of the Hawkeye State's first-in-the-nation caucus.
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US presidential rivals George W Bush and John Kerry will both campaign in Iowa, a key swing state, on Wednesday.
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Iowa voters in two close  nominating races began the process of choosing the next U.S.  president on Thursday, as the first test in the Democratic  battle between Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards  came down to a nail-biting finale.
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PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire  - Barack Obama said on Friday his message of hope and change resonated with young people and sparked record numbers to help propel him past front-runner Hillary Clinton to win Iowa's Democratic caucus.
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CLEAR LAKE, Iowa  - Presidential politics spiced up Independence Day celebrations across Iowa on Wednesday, as Bill and Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney competed for attention in the same parade and four other 2008 candidates blanketed the state.
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Democratic presidential candidates say they are reaching out to Hispanics &#151; a group that could play a key role in Iowa's caucuses.
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CANONSBURG, Pa. - The presidential candidates and their running mates fanned out across the Midwest with Labor Day promises of job creation, appealing for votes in the territory pivotal to winning November's election...
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A wide-open race in both parties sparked a record turnout Thursday in Iowa's caucuses, far exceeding previous contests.
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The Republican presidential candidates are launching a blizzard of negative attacks in Iowa, showing the strains of a wide-open race.
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Republicans Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson topped a field of six presidential candidates at an Iowa party fundraiser Saturday evening, with Huckabee saying other candidates criticism of him shows his bid for the nomination is gaining steam.