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Behind The Scenes At A Hillary Rally

Beverly Davis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

Guthrie Center, Iowa---The day began early this morning as Hillary Clinton crisscrossed the frozen fields of Iowa, searching for votes in a tight race...

Des Moines T-Shirt Shop A Hotspot For Campaign Stories and Faces

Elana Berkowitz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Elana Berkowitz

Elana Berkowitz and Mark Pike, OffTheBus correspondents, follow the youth beat this week while traveling through Iowa. Smash, a local Des Moines sho...

Cell Phone-only Voters Frustrate Campaigns

Mark Pike | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Mark Pike

Many of Des Moines' younger population have skipped out on getting a land-line altogether in favor of their trusty omnipresent cell phones.

Obama: Don't 'Lecture' Me On Change

Boston.com | Scott Helman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


DES MOINES -- Barack Obama had a pointed message this morning for his opponents in the Democratic primary race: Don't tell me what it takes to make ch...

Clinton Plans Unprecedented Caucus Night Iowa Ad

Boston.com | Foon Rhee | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Hillary Clinton will make a caucus-eve pitch to Iowa voters, an unusual two-minute speech that will air during every 6 p.m. newscast in the state next...

Racial Slurs Spraypainted On Obama Volunteer's Home

Times-Republican | Ken Black | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


For most, the backlash for supporting one presidential candidate over another is usually nothing more than a random, unappreciative comment -- if that...

Hot-Button Immigration Issue Is Tancredo Legacy

DenverPost | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


While vacationing in Tom Tancredo's congressional district, I found little enthusiasm in his bid for president coming from your newspaper. Here's an I...

Many Iowan Voters Remain Undecided

CNS News | Susan Jones | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


(CNSNews.com) - In Iowa, just 38 percent of Republicans and 52 percent of Democrats know which candidate they'll support, according to a CNN poll. In ...

Thompson: No Woman Ought To Be President Next Year

Iowa News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


CRESTON, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson says there's not a woman who should be president next year. It was a jab aimed ...

Richardson Backs 'Legitimate' Gun Owners

Des Moines Register | William Petroski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Council Bluffs, Ia. -- Democrat Bill Richardson said Wednesday in Council Bluffs that he supports the Second Amendment rights of gun owners in respo...

Democrats Expect Record Caucus Turnout

GazetteOnline.com | Rod Boshart | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


DES MOINES -- Iowa Democrats may be headed for a record turnout in the 2008 presidential caucuses, but weather, holiday, college breaks and other cons...

A Look at the Early Voting State of Iowa

AP | AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


-- NUMBERS Population: 2,982,085 AGE Median age: 37.8 Percentage of population 65 and over: 14.7 percent Percentage of population 85 and over: 2...

IA: Iowans Inundated With Campaign Calls

Telegraph.co.uk | Alex Spillius | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Iowans will emerge from Christmas today to be bombarded with messages and phone calls from Hillary Clinton - or Barack Obama, or John Edwards or Mitt ...

Obama: Other Candidates Imitate Me

Des Moines Register | Jason Clayworth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Mason City, Ia. - Barack Obama told a crowd here today that other candidates are copying his message of change. Obama said his campaign has already s...