Final Iowa Debate Is Mostly Placid for Democrats
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In a sharp departure from past debates, not one of the six Democratic candidates attacked another one by name.
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For most of last night's debate on CNN, the Democratic presidential candidates did what you would expect: They argued with one another and tried to separate themselves from their opponents on issues ranging from Iraq to health care to gay marriage.
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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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The Democratic White House race has tightened going into the year's first nominating clash in Iowa with Hillary Clinton and her two top rivals locked in a dead heat, a poll said Wednesday.
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Democratic presidential  candidates pounced on rival Hillary Clinton for her positions  on Iran and Iraq in a debate on Thursday as they sought to  undercut her status as the campaign front-runner.
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Bloomberg - Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Clinton and John Edwards sparred during an Iowa debate over the role of special interests and who can best provide expanded, affordable health-care coverage to all Americans.
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In a campaign that's about to get uglier, Thursday's debate provided a last, good moment of substance
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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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It's more than half a year &#151; and a few snowstorms &#151; until the first votes in Iowa, yet Democratic presidential hopefuls have already captured some of the delegates critical to winning the nomination.
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Maybe it was the midday start time. Maybe it was the holiday season. But Wednesday's Republican presidential debate lacked the brutal street-fighting tone that has characterized previous meetings, as well as the past few days on the trail in Iowa.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa  - White House hopefuls dashed across Iowa in a hunt for votes on Wednesday, with Hillary Clinton and her two top rivals scrambling to avoid third place in a tight opening round of voting for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination.
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With two days to go until the Iowa caucuses, a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll out Tuesday shows both the Democratic and Republican presidential nomination races tied at the top.
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A number of polls have suggested that the Democratic caucus could end up more or less a tie.
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Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said Saturday the large turnout for the Iowa caucuses indicates Americans are looking for a Democrat to run the White House in 2008, but he added that the party still has to work to make that happen.
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US Democrats presidential contenders hold their last TV debate before the nominating race kicks off in January.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Going into Wednesday night&#39;s Democratic presidential debate, the big question was whether Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois would get tough on the front-runner for his party&#39;s nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.
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JOHNSTON, Iowa  - Republican presidential contenders took shots at China, budget deficits and the debate moderator but avoided attacking each other on Wednesday in their final encounter before Iowa kicks off the 2008 White House race on January 3.