Word: iowa
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According to the Iowa Democratic party calculations, Obama was leading both Hillary Clinton and John Edwards with 38% percent of the likely convention delegates, with nearly all of the precincts reporting...
...Republican race, meanwhile, is again thrown into a cocked hat. Relying on a deep well of support among evangelical voters and Iowa home schoolers, Huckabee's win shakes up the GOP contest once more, setting up an unexpected three-way race in New Hampshire between Huckabee, Romney and former Arizona Senator John McCain, with libertarian Ron Paul and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani bringing up the rear...
...Outspent nearly 20 to one, Huckabee told his supporters at a celebration in Des Moines that the results proved that "people are more important than the purse...Tonight what we have seen is a new day in American politics. It starts here in Iowa but it doesn't end here. It goes all the way through the other states and ends at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue one year from...
Though Clinton did well among women and senior citizens, Obama's win was wide and deep. He did unusually well in the college towns of Ames, Iowa City and Grinnell as well as the labor bastion of Blackhawk county. Meanwhile, in Des Moines, teenagers in cars "scooped the loop" along the downtown streets and yelled Obama's name - "Whoohoo! Obama! Fired up!" - in the icy night...
...Clinton congratulated Obama and Edwards on their showing in Iowa and vowed to take her campaign to New Hampshire. Calling the evening a big win for all Democrats, Clinton said, "I am so ready for the rest of this campaign...We have a long way to go, but I am optimistic about this campaign and more importantly about the future of this country...