Iowa Democrat launches 2008 White House bid
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MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa  - Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa on Thursday launched an underdog bid for the White House, promising to restore America's sense of community and optimism as he became the first Democrat to declare for the 2008 race.
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The former senator plans to officially kick off his presidential bid Thursday.
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The arcane rules governing Thursday's Iowa Democratic caucuses will test even the most organized campaign, but mastery of the process could launch a candidate on a path to the White House.
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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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White House candidates Monday launched a New Year's eve blitz of Iowa, mining for last minute support three days before the state's nominating contests kick off the 2008 election race.
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois  - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama opens his 2008 White House run on Saturday in a setting rife with symbolism and historic links to Abraham Lincoln's fight to end slavery.
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Blog: Rep. Dennis Kucinich, the 2008 presidential candidate from Ohio, launches campaign aimed at giving war opponents another means of reaching the White House and Congress.
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Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback kicked off his summer road trip Monday &#151; a 1,200 mile, four-day, 27-stop tour through Iowa.
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Democrats Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards fought for first Thursday in Iowa's presidential caucuses, a multimillion-dollar exercise in grass-roots democracy and the initial, critical test in the campaign for the party's 2008 nomination. Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee vied for the Republican victory.
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Top candidates on Wednesday scoured the heartland state of Iowa in search of every last vote on the eve of too-close-to-call preliminary voting in the 2008 White House nominating contests.
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Democratic star Senator Barack Obama is on his first trip to the important political testing ground of New Hampshire as he lays the foundation for a possible 2008 presidential run.
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Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa kicked off his 2008 presidential campaign today with a speech in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
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First-term Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is among nearly a dozen Democrats considering a White House bid in 2008. Some things that people might not have known about him:
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INDIANOLA, Iowa  - Six Democratic White House contenders mixed grilled steak and raw politics on Sunday, courting Iowa voters with promises of change and pledges to end the Iraq war and reverse many of President George W. Bush's policies.
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Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama vied for victory Thursday night in the Iowa caucuses, the first critical test in the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Mike Huckabee battled Mitt Romney among Republicans.
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White House candidates battled in dueling rallies and airwaves saturated with attacks ads Saturday, five days before Iowa activists make their picks in the first 2008 nominating contests.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Democrat Barack Obama makes his first visit to the political proving grounds of New Hampshire on Sunday, stoking the growing buzz about a possible 2008 White House run by the rising party star.