Iowa Caucus

McCain, Rudy and Kucinich Spend Iowa Caucus In New Hampshire

NY Times' The Caucus | Michael Falcone | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Countdown: 5 days until the primary. Today: Partly cloudy, windy, high of 12. Tonight, mostly clear, low of 0 (as in zero). Again, wind chills may ap...

Iowa Uncertain As Out-of-State Students Return

New York Times | Katharine Q. Seelye | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


DES MOINES -- One of the $64,000-questions about Thursday's Iowa caucuses is how much students from out of state will influence the outcome. A big ar...

Arcane Caucus Rules Have Huge Impact On Outcome

CNN.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


(CNN) -- The arcane rules governing Thursday's Iowa Democratic caucuses will test even the most organized campaign, but mastery of the process could l...

Democrats Predict Record Turnout, Republicans Predict Reasonable Turnout

Radio Iowa | O.Kay Henderson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


By this time tomorrow, it will be history. The 2008 Iowa Caucuses commence tonight for both political parties in 1781 precincts around the state. Demo...

Biden Scoffs At Poll Figures, Remains Optimistic

Des Moines Register | Abby Simons | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Oskaloosa, Ia. - Delaware Sen. Joe Biden told potential caucusgoers that his campaign was still very much alive, and that despite consistent single-di...

McCain, Romney Slug It Out

Des Moines Register | Tom Witosky and Grant Schulte | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Republicans John McCain and Mitt Romney traded barbs Wednesday as the two men entered the final hours of the Iowa caucus campaign. The back-and-forth...

Obama Urges Student Vote: "Prove The Critics Wrong"

Des Moines Register | Jason Clayworth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Coralville, Ia. - Barack Obama, acknowledging that a significant portion of his supporter bloc comes from first-time Iowa caucusgoers, urged students ...

Dodd Ties Daughter's Birth To Presidential Bid

Des Moines Register | Jared Strong | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Ames, Ia. - The impetus for Chris Dodd's presidential bid was born two days after the worst terror attack on American soil. It was his daughter, Grac...

The Iowa Caucus: Insignificant, Yet Overly Complicated

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Everybody knows the Iowa caucus is the first major event of each party's presidential nomination process. Everybody knows the results often determine ...

Prediction Markets Betting On Obama And Huckabee Winning Iowa

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


On the eve of the first nominating contest of the 2008 U.S. presidential race, traders on the political prediction markets were betting on Thursday on...

Romney Says He'd Be Fine With Second Place

Detroit Free Press | Todd Splangler and Kathleen Gray | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


JOHNSTON, Iowa -- Mitt Romney's New Year's resolution seems to be: I won't exaggerate the likelihood of winning in Iowa or even of becoming president....

Obama On Track To Win Caucus 2nd Tier Support

Beverly Davis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

Des Moines--Barack Obama has already begun shoring up support among the lower-tier candidates who lack the money or poll numbers to be serious contend...

All Eyes On Iowa Forecast

Time.com | Mark Halperin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


On the eve of the Iowa Caucus, all eyes are turning to the state's forecast as weather is expected to play a significant role in voter turnout. Click...

Romney: Won't Embarrass The Nation Like 'The Clinton Years'

Time.com | Time | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


(WASHINGTON) -- Republican Mitt Romney said Wednesday that if elected president he and his wife will not embarrass the nation by their conduct in the ...

Weather Could Weaken Turnout At Caucuses

Des Moines Register | Grant Schulte | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


A cold wind swept past Norm Sterzenbach as he left his home on Feb. 8, 1988, climbed into his car and steered down an icy road to attend Iowa's Democr...

Wondering How The Caucuses Work? A Caucus Primer

The Clinton Herald | Danica Baker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


CLINTON -- In advance of the Iowa caucus on Thursday, the Clinton Herald met with local officials in order to explain the caucus process. Click here ...

New Poll Shows Dead Heat Among Dems In Iowa

Political Wire | Taegan Goddard | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


It doesn't get any closer than this: A new Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll shows Sen. Barack Obama pulling even with Sen. Hillary Clinton in Iowa, with John...

Max Follmer

Edwards: Internet Fundraising Up, But How Much?

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


John Edwards, working to overcome his third-place showing in the Des Moines Register poll, turned the topic to fundraising Tuesday, with his Iowa stat...

New Survey: 'Iowa Fatigue' Wearies Nation

Quad City Times | The Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Despite efforts to evict the two states from the front of the presidential calendar, both managed to hang on for another election cycle that culminate...

Digital Billboards To Stream Caucus Night Results

The Telegraph Herald | Eileen Mozinksi | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Results of the much-anticipated Iowa caucuses are coming soon to a billboard near you. Updates and results will be streaming on billboards at stop si...

Max Follmer

Kucinich Asks Supporters To Back Obama As Second Choice In Iowa

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Dennis Kucinich advised his supporters Tuesday that if he failed to garner enough backers in the first round of the Iowa caucuses, they should throw ...

Iowa Veterans Want U.S. Out of Iraq, Turn Toward Democrats

Dan Treul | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Dan Treul

Al Cannistraro, Jacqueline Cotrell, Christine Escobar, Kim Farris, Mike Germain, Kerri Glover, Matthew Moll, Gale Walden, Ellen Emerson White, and Ran...

The Huckabeast Takes Iowa

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Kelly Nuxoll

The Rev. John Brewer, a Baptist minister from Louisville, Ky., and his four young friends showed up driving the Huckabeast, a 40-foot, 20-ton bus, Dec. 27 at the Des Moines headquarters.

Obama: "The Real Gamble Is Having The Same Old Folks Doing The Same Old Things And Expecting A Different Result"

New York Times | JULIE BOSMAN and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The presidential candidates spent the last Sunday before the Iowa caucuses attending church services and staging big rallies to make last-minutes appe...

Wife Michelle Makes the Case for an Obama White House

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

On Sunday afternoon in Newton, on the second of four rallies of the day, Barack Obama is looser than he was in Knoxville, where he just couldn't end h...