Iowa's Show Goes On, Mostly Without Iowans
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DES MOINES, Jan. 1 It was the quintessential Iowa caucus scene: Supporters of Republican and Democratic candidates sat at Buzzard Billy's bar, holding campaign signs and chatting amiably. Democratic hopeful Bill Richardson shook hands, giving the Iowa voters the one-on-one attention they expect.
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Want an early hint how the Republican caucuses are going? Check Plymouth County Thursday evening in remote northwest Iowa Â chilly home of Blue Bunny ice cream and a hotbed of evangelical activists who could sway the first voting of the 2008 presidential campaign.
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In the final days of a close campaign, likely Democratic caucus-goers in Iowa report receiving phone calls providing unflattering information about all three of the party's major presidential hopefuls.
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The Iowa caucuses, which are held in the evening and do not allow absentee voting, leave out categories of voters.
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There are few better places to witness the messiness of democracy than at the Iowa caucuses. After months of campaign stops and ad wars, after millions of dollars spent, Thursday night will come down to the tiniest of details:
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Clinton, Obama count on rookie caucus goers in Iowa ... Giuliani reads Christmas story to kids, says he's cancer free ... Dodd helps assemble packages for troops ... Dying Iowa woman prods candidates on health care
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Iowans try to ignore the fracas but can't help worrying how it will affect the prolonged campaign season
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DES MOINES -- With the final tally from Iowa, President George W. Bush has carried all three of the states still up in the air on election night.
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After tagging his rivals, Edwards backs off criticism ... A flood of campaign operatives into Iowa raises concern about caucus voting.
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The Iowa caucuses apparently won't outrank shuteye for President Bush.
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After a year of intensely covering the presidential campaign, TV news networks finally had actual votes to count Thursday Â and at times their Iowa caucus coverage felt like boarding a jet airplane to travel down the street.
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The former First Couple hit the campaign trail together in Iowa to reformat the Clinton brand. And it isn't Bill and Hillary
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Uplifting appeals largely replaced stinging insults Tuesday as Democratic and Republican candidates did the only thing left to do in Iowa races that are too close to call  -  encourage supporters to vote for them.
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His first town meeting after announcing his candidacy was unusually restrained, with no hokey music and very little pandering. Joe Klein blogs from Iowa
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Some questions and answers about the Iowa caucuses this Thursday:
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The celebrity candidates for 2008 are attracting too many Iowans for the couches and kitchen tables that have been a part of the stateâs intimate campaigns for 30 years.
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Uplifting appeals largely replaced stinging insults Tuesday as Democratic and Republican candidates did the only thing left to do in Iowa races that are too close to call Â encourage supporters to vote for them.