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Dems duel over foreign policy advisers
Dec 21 2007 11:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON, Iowa (AP) - Barack Obama suggested Friday that he has more foreign policy experts from the Clinton administration backing his candidacy over Hillary Rodham Clinton's, but lists provided by both campaigns show hers is nearly twice as long.
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Giuliani back on trail after illness
Dec 21 2007 11:08PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani showed up for a fundraiser in suburban Rochester on Friday night, two days after undergoing hospital tests for flu-like symptoms.
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Giuliani back on trail after illness
Dec 21 2007 11:08PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani showed up for a fundraiser in suburban Rochester on Friday night, two days after undergoing hospital tests for flu-like symptoms.
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Rice: Huckabee wrong about Bush policy
Dec 21 2007 10:15PM (CT)
CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stuck a toe in the presidential race Friday, taking strong issue after Republican Mike Huckabee accused the administration of having an "arrogant bunker mentality" on foreign policy.
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The arcane campaign planks of '08
Dec 21 2007 5:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sure, the presidential candidates have their talking points on taxes, their policies on poverty, their white papers on war. But look beyond those top-tier issues and voters can find the eclectic ideas that reflect candidates' particular passions, their attention to the arcane, sometimes their outsized expectations.
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The arcane campaign planks of '08
Dec 21 2007 5:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sure, the presidential candidates have their talking points on taxes, their policies on poverty, their white papers on war. But look beyond those top-tier issues and voters can find the eclectic ideas that reflect candidates' particular passions, their attention to the arcane, sometimes their outsized expectations.
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The arcane campaign planks of '08
Dec 21 2007 5:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sure, the presidential candidates have their talking points on taxes, their policies on poverty, their white papers on war. But look beyond those top-tier issues and voters can find the eclectic ideas that reflect candidates' particular passions, their attention to the arcane, sometimes their outsized expectations.
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Thompson tries to stay alive in Iowa
Dec 21 2007 5:14PM (CT)
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - Actor-politician Fred Thompson is making an eleventh-hour push to convince Iowa voters he is the only real conservative in the presidential race, contrasting his ideas and record on immigration and abortion with those of his leading rivals.
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Thompson tries to stay alive in Iowa
Dec 21 2007 5:14PM (CT)
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - Actor-politician Fred Thompson is making an eleventh-hour push to convince Iowa voters he is the only real conservative in the presidential race, contrasting his ideas and record on immigration and abortion with those of his leading rivals.
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Thompson tries to stay alive in Iowa
Dec 21 2007 5:14PM (CT)
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - Actor-politician Fred Thompson is making an eleventh-hour push to convince Iowa voters he is the only real conservative in the presidential race, contrasting his ideas and record on immigration and abortion with those of his leading rivals.
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Candidates get outside help _ or grief
Dec 21 2007 5:13PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - While Republican Mike Huckabee wishes voters Merry Christmas in a television ad, a group organized by his supporters makes automated phone calls slipping the knife into his opponents.
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Candidates get outside help _ or grief
Dec 21 2007 5:13PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - While Republican Mike Huckabee wishes voters Merry Christmas in a television ad, a group organized by his supporters makes automated phone calls slipping the knife into his opponents.
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Clinton campaigns with family, GOP voter
Dec 21 2007 5:08PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Democratic Hillary Rodham Clinton got by with a little help from her friends _ Republican ones _ and family on Friday.
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Biden pushes for 3rd in Iowa caucuses
Dec 21 2007 5:02PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Joe Biden's aides call it "Mo-Joe" _ a last-minute surge of momentum and good luck they hope could power the Delaware senator into a better-than-expected showing in Iowa's leadoff caucuses.
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Play of the Day: Kind words from family
Dec 21 2007 3:55PM (CT)
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - More than a decade ago, trial lawyer John Edwards won a $25 million settlement for the family of a 5-year-old girl involved in a horrific accident in a swimming pool.
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Play of the Day: Kind words from family
Dec 21 2007 3:55PM (CT)
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - More than a decade ago, trial lawyer John Edwards won a $25 million settlement for the family of a 5-year-old girl involved in a horrific accident in a swimming pool.
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Edwardses to exchange U.S.-made gifts
Dec 21 2007 3:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said she had a hard time tracking down gifts made in the U.S. after she and her husband promised to avoid putting Chinese-made toys under their Christmas tree this year.
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AP Interview: Obama pans campaign tone
Dec 21 2007 2:25PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama argued on Thursday that presidential rivals who resort to negative criticism based on personal claims rather than issues will turn off voters.
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AP Interview: Obama pans campaign tone
Dec 21 2007 2:25PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama argued on Thursday that presidential rivals who resort to negative criticism based on personal claims rather than issues will turn off voters.
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AP Interview: Obama pans campaign tone
Dec 21 2007 2:25PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama argued on Thursday that presidential rivals who resort to negative criticism based on personal claims rather than issues will turn off voters.
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Judge rejects part of suit on Huckabee
Dec 21 2007 12:43PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A judge on Friday rejected part of a lawsuit requesting that Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee turn over backup tapes from computer hard drives he ordered destroyed before leaving the Arkansas governor's office.
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Romney backpedals on statements _ again
Dec 21 2007 3:25AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Mitt Romney, who earlier this year had to backpedal on his hunting exploits, is explaining himself again after claiming an endorsement he did not receive and saying he witnessed his father in civil rights marches he could not have seen.
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Romney backpedals on statements _ again
Dec 21 2007 3:25AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Mitt Romney, who earlier this year had to backpedal on his hunting exploits, is explaining himself again after claiming an endorsement he did not receive and saying he witnessed his father in civil rights marches he could not have seen.
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Romney backpedals on statements _ again
Dec 21 2007 3:25AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Mitt Romney, who earlier this year had to backpedal on his hunting exploits, is explaining himself again after claiming an endorsement he did not receive and saying he witnessed his father in civil rights marches he could not have seen.
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Clinton says wife a 'world-class genius'
Dec 21 2007 1:16AM (CT)
WOLFEBORO, N.H. (AP) - Former President Clinton says his wife is a "world-class genius" when it comes to improving the lives of others.
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Clinton touts international experience
Dec 21 2007 12:59AM (CT)
GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa (AP) - Democratic presidential candidates marked the two-week countdown to the Iowa caucuses Thursday by sharpening their rhetoric against one another, with Hillary Rodham Clinton comparing her rivals to one of the most unpopular figures in their partisan universe _ the current commander in chief.
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