Iowa caucuses kick off US election race
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Voters in the heartland state of Iowa officially launched the 2008 White House race Thursday with cliffhanger battles among Republicans and Democrats vying to succeed US President George W. Bush.
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This year's presidential election began with Iowa's caucuses back in January, and it could be determined by how Iowans vote Nov. 2.
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama is launching two biographical television ads this week, focusing on early voting Iowa in the first commercials of his presidential campaign.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- As Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney started a three-day, 17-stop blitz through Iowa before tomorrow's pivotal nominating caucuses, rivals Rudy Giuliani and Ron Paul took time off from campaigning.
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Iowans are about to become the first in the nation to pick candidates for the 2008 presidential election. The would-be nominees are busy today trying to sway the undecided. A poll shows three Democrats and two Republicans tied at the top.
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On the eve of the long-awaited and too-close-to-call first voting in 2008 White House nominating contests, top candidates will Wednesday zigzag across Iowa to plead for every last vote.
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A tight race for governor is under way in Iowa, with both national parties intent on capturing the top job in a state that plays a major role in setting the country's political agenda during the presidential campaign season.
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The official month-long campaign for Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever direct presidential election opened today in what will be a major test of U S-led nation-building efforts since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban.
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The race for the White House is well underway in the Heartland
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White House hopefuls Wednesday beseeched the people of Iowa to take the first step to change America, on the eve of the state's dead-heat first nominating clash of the 2008 election.
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White House candidates battled across snow piled prairies 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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THE RACE: The presidential primary in Iowa for Democrats and 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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The rival US campaigns launch attack ads, days before the first presidential debate is set to focus on security.
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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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DES MOINES, Jan. 1 -- With two days before Iowans go to the polls, significant support for Sen. Barack Obama from political independents has put rival Democratic campaigns on edge, challenging the traditional model of the state's caucuses as a low-turnout exercise dominated by partisan insiders.
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Clinton and Obama face Iowa caucus showdown on  January 3 to give first taste of public mood in election.