Des Moines, Iowa - GOP presidential candidate John McCain is deeply worried that his resurgent national campaign may be stalled by a relatively stron...
Kate Clinton | Posted 01.03.2008 | Living
I wonder if Iowa goes into a deep depression on Friday when everybody decamps for other states.
Craig Crawford | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
A year of sizing up candidates in their living rooms (literally, in many cases) apparently is not enough for many of the most pampered voters in the history of democracy.
Michael Seitzman | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
Right after the "Christian leader" told the press that he's "for the writers," he drove right past those same unemployed writers, in the middle of a massive labor dispute, in order to pursue his own political ambitions.
Byron Williams | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
To be competitive Feb. 5, one need not have the requisite experience to be president, merely the resources to say it on the stump speech and in their 30-second ads in the states holding elections that day.
Rev. Peter Laarman | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
There was never any question that religion would play a huge role in the electoral pageant now fully unfolding as those frozen Iowans at last begin to caucus.
David Sirota | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
No matter whether your personal preference wins or loses tonight in Iowa, We The People have already won, because class awareness and class-based politics is on the rise.
Wall Street Journal | Christopher Cooper | Posted 01.03.2008 | Living
Iowa is widely perceived as a homogenous state of meat-eating corn-growing white Protestants. But exceptions to the American Gothic stereotype abound,...
Associated Press | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
The Iowa caucuses apparently won't outrank shuteye for President Bush. Asked if the president planned to stay up to find out who wins the opening con...
Jay Dyckman | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
The Democratic caucus is like a 7th grade gym class choosing dodge ball teams. There is a lot of arguing, hurt feelings and wild promises made in a desperate bid to not be picked last.
Christine Whelan | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
It's the public nature of voting here in Iowa that has me reeling: Iowans physically stand with others who support their candidate. Privacy be damned: In this town, you vote with your feet, and everyone knows about it.
Charlie Rose | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
Here is what he had to say about the reasons behind Obama's momentum and what a loss in Iowa could mean for the leading Democratic candidates.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
The fact that we have reached the zero hour is a great relief, if only because the media is running out of things to say.
NY Times' The Caucus | Michael Falcone | Posted 01.03.2008 | 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...
Politico | Anne Schroeder | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
Last night, another star took to the stage to croon the audience at the Val Air Ballroom, although instead of performing for Mike Huckabee supporters,...
National Review | Byron York | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
Good morning from Des Moines. I just got off the phone with Rich Galen, a top adviser to Fred Thompson, and it would be an understament to say that he...
Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
Shortly after wrapping up Wednesday's broadcast of the NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams reflected on the media frenzy surrounding the next day'...
Political Wire | Taegan Goddard | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
The last Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby tracking poll before today's caucuses shows Sen. Barack Obama and John Edwards gaining ground overnight with Sen. Hillar...
Washington Post | Dan Balz | Posted 01.03.2008 | Home
1) Will Either Race End in Iowa? The only race that could is in the Democratic Party and only if Hillary Clinton wins a big victory. Iowa has proved ...
New York Times | Katharine Q. Seelye | Posted 01.03.2008 | 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...
Bleeding Heartland | DesMoinesDem | Posted 01.03.2008 | Home
I was knocking on doors in my precinct on Sunday, and I noticed a few Ron Paul brochures stuck in the doors of Democratic households. At first I thoug...
Des Moines Register | Tom Witosky and Grant Schulte | Posted 01.03.2008 | 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...
Des Moines Register | Jason Clayworth | Posted 01.03.2008 | Home
Coralville, Ia. - Barack Obama, acknowledging that a significant portion of his supporter bloc comes from first-time Iowa caucusgoers, urged students ...
Reilly Center For Media & Public Affairs | Posted 01.03.2008 | Home
By Ginger Gibson Gov. Mitt Romney was joined by family and friends Wednesday night at a rally in Des Moines to garner support for his bid for the Rep...
Jacob Soboroff | Posted 01.03.2008 | Home
Tomorrow Iowans will caucus in the first presidential contest in the nation - but in the past two elections only 6-7% of eligible voters have participated. Russert takes on election reform in video.
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
Via ThinkProgress, in an interview with NewsMax, President Bush's brother Jeb...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on Campaign Trail...
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Last week, Black Friday heralded the unofficial kickoff of the 2008 winter holiday...
Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him...
President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday that Robert Gates would remain as...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
NEW YORK — Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of...
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 01.03.2008 | Home