| December 1 |
- The $425-a-vote caucus
- A day with Mitt Romney is a reminder that the Iowa campaign is a case of too much money chasing too few voters.
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| December 2 |
- Hillary Clinton rejoins the fray
- After the hostage scare, the former first lady is back in Iowa worrying about polls and ice storms.
- Romney to speak about his Mormon faith
- After months of internal debate at his campaign, Mitt Romney decides to address his religion directly.
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| December 3 |
- The Romney religion speech tightrope
- At a campaign stop in Manchester, N.H., Romney describes the delicate line he will walk on Thursday as he tells the nation what his Mormon faith means to him.
- McCain town halls like a rock star
- On MTV, John McCain proves he can hang with voters a quarter his age.
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| December 4 |
- Today's Democratic debate on NPR
- One bonus is that CNN will not be choosing the questions.
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| December 5 |
- Fact-checking Rudy's testicular toughness
- In a new ad, Rudy Giuliani tells a historical fable to prove he is super-duper manly.
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| December 6 |
- Romney: "A symphony of faith"
- Pre-released excerpts of Romney's speech show that he will do the JFK religion thing, and he won't.
- Mitt Romney's ominous verb
- In his religion speech today, the former Massachusetts governor goes in dangerous directions in linking faith to freedom.
- Mitt Romney's emotional moment
- At the end of his speech on religion, the Mormon candidate's chin tightens and his eyes seem to water. What was going on?
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| December 9 |
- Rudy survives the Russert crucible
- Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani easily handles Tim Russert, making no apparent gaffes or major news on "Meet The Press."
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| December 10 |
- Mike Huckabee's gay and lesbian thing
- When cornered about a 1992 questionnaire on the AIDS epidemic, the kinder, gentler evangelical leader stands by his old anti-gay rhetoric.
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| December 12 |
- College kid caucus stuffing in Iowa?
- A debate rages in the first voting state about whether college students should exercise their legal rights.
- Will the real Minuteman please endorse?
- Seal-the-border immigration activists squabble over a recent endorsement of Mike Huckabee.
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| December 13 |
- Iowa Democratic debate offers little punch, ends in split decision
- The last Democratic debate in Iowa before that state's first-in-the-nation caucuses was all but drama-free.
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| December 16 |
- Party of two: Lieberman and McCain
- The senator from Connecticut and the senator from Arizona do what comes naturally.
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| December 19 |
- Bill Richardson on the attack
- In the first negative ad of the Democratic race, the New Mexico long shot goes after his rivals on Iraq.
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| December 21 |
- A Rummy-eyed look at Iowa
- We apply Rumsfeld's "known knowns" and "known unknowns" to the caucuses.
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| December 26 |
- Roadies' rules of the road
- From the curse of New York's city hall to the historical fate of insurgents, here are our favorite political theorems.
- Joe Biden plays Cassandra
- Amid the winter carnival of politics, it is easy to forget that as Iowa goes, so goes U.S. policy toward Pakistan and Russia.
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| December 27 |
- Benazir Bhutto casts a shadow over Iowa
- The assassination in Pakistan had the candidates responding to the real world -- ever so briefly.
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| December 28 |
- Candidates beware -- I'm on the beat
- Salon's newest "Roadie" reveals his mysterious power to destroy presidential campaigns just by showing up.
- Mike Huckabee on "violence and terror" at home
- The presidential hopeful spins Bhutto's assassination as a U.S. border-security issue.
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| December 29 |
- Old Testament-style wrath and the Republican war for Iowa
- Republican rivals and presidential hopefuls go head-to-head in Iowa, and it isn't very pretty.
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| December 30 |
- Hitting the canvass for John Edwards
- The populist crusader's blue-collar base appears solid after door-knocking in a depressed Iowa town.
- Caucus for Biden, or he may kiss you!
- Biden pushes for a strong finish in Iowa, but will his supporters stick by him?
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