By LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee would seem to be the answer to their prayers, yet for many Christian conservatives in Iowa , he has not closed the deal for the Republican caucuses. Do they still like Mitt Romney ? Are they intrigued by Fred Thompson ? As always, voter uncertainty comes with the Jan. 3 caucuses, now just a week away. Huckabee, the former Baptist minister, is leading in the Republican polls here, though his... Read Full Story
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer JOHNSTON, Iowa - The subdued Republican debate Wednesday belied the fierce, increasingly negative battle in Iowa and elsewhere for the party's presidential nomination. The candidates largely held their fire in their final meeting before the state's Jan. 3 leadoff caucuses, mindful that negative campaigning can backfire, particularly in Iowa. "Let's raise the level of dialogue and discussion and debate in this campaign," Arizona Sen. John McCain proposed... Read Full Story
By RON FOURNIER DES MOINES, Iowa - Mike Huckabee called Mitt Romney a dishonest politician who couldn't be trusted with the presidency, turning up the heat Sunday in a close-and-getting-closer Republican race in Iowa . Romney's camp accused hard-charging Huckabee of "testiness and irritability," a description that could apply to almost any candidate in the tumultous Iowa showdown. As six candidates took their closing messages to morning talk shows, Democrat Barack Obama acknowledged that the... Read Full Story
By THOMAS BEAUMONT • REGISTER STAFF WRITER Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton plans to be away from Iowa for less than 48 hours around Christmas. Republican Mitt Romney is planning to begin airing a new, biographical television ad over the holidays. Plans taking shape for the final two weeks of the campaign for the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses show most of the campaigns making only minimal holiday-related campaign interruptions. An intensely close race among the top Democrats and a... Read Full Story
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer DES MOINES, Iowa - Mike Huckabee, who has surged from the back of the Republican presidential pack to challenge longtime leader Mitt Romney in Iowa, is campaigning with a spring in his step and an ear-to-ear grin. His optimistic air, however, belies a thicket of hurdles in Iowa and beyond. "There's a definite momentum, and what we've got to do is keep it going and capture it," the former Arkansas governor said Monday in the state that holds the first... Read Full Story
By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent ANKENY, Iowa - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday accused her leading Democratic presidential rival of flinching from the struggle to provide health care for all Americans and said, "I am not afraid of the Republican attacks" on the subject. "If we don't have universal health care, then we will be betraying the Democratic Party's principles," the former first lady said in her most pointed criticism to date of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama... Read Full Story
By MIKE BAKER, Associated Press Writer RALEIGH, N.C. - When John Edwards returned to his alma mater in 2005 to found a poverty think tank, the multimillionaire attorney sought more than just a salary: He also wanted tickets to University of North Carolina sporting events. But the exact details of what Edwards asked of the Tar Heels remain a secret. Neither the school nor the Democratic presidential candidate is willing to release a "ticket wishlist" described in an e-mail between an Edwards... Read Full Story
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Republican presidential rivals Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney scornfully debated immigration Wednesday in a provocative CNN/ YouTube debate just over a month before the first votes are cast. Giuliani, the front-runner in national polls, accused Romney of employing illegal immigrants at his home and running a "sanctuary mansion." The testy personal exchange came after Romney said Giuliani had retained New York 's status as a... Read Full Story
By HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press Writer CONCORD, N.H. - Dan Nagy came close to being one of the hostages held at Se. Hillary Clinton's campaign office, and during the confrontation he spoke to one of his terrified co-workers who wasn't as lucky, but he plans to be back doing volunteer work when the office reopens. If it hadn't been for a doctor's appointment, Nagy would have been volunteering at Clinton's office in Rochester on Friday afternoon, when a man with what appeared to be a bomb... Read Full Story
I thought this article was very interesting. Only KU football fans will appreciate it, thought. So for all you Jayhalkans, here you go! By ANDREW MCDONALD, Kansas City Star MacDonald Few in August projected the University of Kansas football team in a Bowl Championship Series game, while Virginia Tech entered the season in the Associated Press top 10, expecting to return for a fifth major bowl. In December, though, the Orange Bowl announced the unlikely match-up between the Jayhawks and the... Read Full Story
