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GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa -- Two states guard the campaign trail as though they own it. Their influence on national politics is wildly disproportionate to their modest populations. Neither has anything that could be called a …
Dec 31, 2007
DES MOINES, Dec. 31 -- Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee took an unorthodox gamble in his bid for the presidency Monday, unveiling an attack ad against Republican rival Mitt Romney and then immediately pledging …
Dec 31, 2007
Rep. Roger Wicker, a 13-year veteran of the House and self-described "mainstream conservative," was appointed yesterday by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) to replace Republican Trent Lott in the Senate.
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Dec 31, 2007
Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton each surpassed the $100 million fundraising mark for their presidential campaigns in 2007, according to people directly familiar with their finance operations, the first …
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Dec 31, 2007
For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne. DES MOINES, Dec. 31 Put down that cup; it's a dry party this year. And the kindness? Not so much. This is New Year's …
Dec 31, 2007
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) took a break from the presidential campaign trail in March to fly to a posh Utah ski resort, where he mingled with hundreds of top corporate executives assembled by J.P. Morgan Chase for its …
Dec 31, 2007
DES MOINES -- In Sen. Barack Obama's Iowa headquarters, young staff members sit at computers, analyzing online voter data and targeting potential backers. They zip one e-mail to an undecided voter and zap a different …
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Dec 31, 2007
DES MOINES -- For the final days in the Iowa contest, John Edwards has shed his blue jeans and open-collar shirt and put on a suit and tie -- and a pair of brass knuckles.
Dec 31, 2007
DES MOINES, Dec. 30 -- Republican rivals Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney took their battle over Christian voters to the pews as both attended services while their campaigns spanned Iowa in a final Sunday pitch to …
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Dec 31, 2007
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- As Sen. John McCain stages a resurrection in New Hampshire, his loyalists here say they can feel it in the air: the spirit of early 2000, when the Arizona Republican rode a raucous insurgency to …