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“We have people who work for a living, treat their neighbors right, have a good strong work ethic. What's wrong with that? "The people on the coasts are a bit enamored of themselves. But when they want something to eat, they come to us.”

Just hours before the first vote of the 2008 presidential campaign, the world waits breathlessly with one question. via McClatchy DC

“The best way to look at it is how I served as a governor”

Four days before Iowa kicks off the voting for presidential nominees, leading candidates took a break from the campaign trail to attend Sunday morning services - on TV.

Most of them appeared on talk shows to pitch their experience, slam close rivals, and reach out not just to the Iowans who vote Thursday, but to viewers in other states who will be voting in the weeks to come. Two candidates also canceled or cut back planned visits to Iowa churches Sunday morning.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Republican, announced that he was appearing on NBC and canceled a scheduled appearance at an 11 a.m. service at the Cornerstone Family Church. Read more

“A West that does not take religious ideas seriously as a dynamic force in the world's unfolding history is a West that will have disarmed itself, conceptually and imaginatively, in the midst of war”

WASHINGTON Americans should broaden their primary-season debate about religion and politics. via HeraldTribune.com

“They don't care if they're fined”

One ad airing on Iowa television stations warns of "government run by corporate lobbyists," and promotes "the Edwards plan" as a solution, accompanied by photos of Democratic presidential candidate John ... via Indianola Record-Herald

“I'm Mitt Romney, and I both approve and disapprove of this ad.”

OK. Just so you know: the Top Ten Comedic News Stories of the Year are as different from the Top Ten Legitimate News Stories of the Year as Peppermint Mini Marshmallow Froot Loops are from porridge. via The Leaf-Chronicle

“Her speech was really good, but it would've been interesting to see how she reacted to questions. "I really thought she would take questions”

Iowans have noticed that Democrat Hillary Clinton has not been taking public questions from audiences during most of her final-push campaign rallies. via Http

“What I do believe is that if we are going to take seriously the problem of Islamic terrorism, and the stability of Pakistan, then we have to look at it in a wider context”

Top presidential candidates said Sunday the United States was stuck for now with Pakistan's unpopular President Pervez Musharraf at a time of boiling unrest in the nuclear-armed US ally. via TurkishPress.com

“When Washington gets challenged with respect to change, then their immediate response is you haven't been in Washington long enough”

War of words: Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Senator Hillary Clinton and former US president Bill Clinton are raising new questions over her White House rival Barack ... via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

“I'm sorry, I don't talk to the press and that applies to you, unfortunately. Even though I think you're cute”

It's one thing for Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign to turn down interview requests for the candidate's daughter, Chelsea. But can't a 9-year-old reporter catch a break?

Sydney Rieckhoff, a Cedar Rapids fourth grader and 'kid reporter' for Scholastic News, has posed questions to seven Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls as they've campaigned across Iowa this year. But when she approached the 27-year-old Chelsea after a campaign event Sunday, she got a different response.

'Do you think your dad would be a good 'first man' in the White House?' Sydney asked, but Chelsea brushed her question aside. Read more

New Hampshire's Concord Monitor has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President . After outlining what she will do in the beginning of her presidential term, it says: Hillary Clinton's unique combination of smarts, ... via TalkLeft

“P.S. I lost the General (election) in '96, so what do I know?”

While polls show Mike Huckabee leading Mitt Romney in Iowa, a new survey of an oversized sample shows Huckabee slipping and no longer ahead of Romney. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“I feel like you should be 100 percent certain before you go to the caucuses”

Two weeks ago, Becky Hoyt, a 53-year old production worker at an ammunition plant south of here, went to see Hillary Clinton in Burlington. via Globegazette.com

No matter who becomes the next president of the United States, the American people have already won a great victory -- with the total disintegration of the once all-powerful Religious Right. via PittsburghLIVE.com

In Iowa yesterday, when asked about Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Hillary Clinton apparantly " turned away without answering ." I suspect that she needs some time for her speechwriters to prepare a statement ... via The Cassandra Page

“We're first in ethanol production, second in biodiesel production and third in wind-energy development.”

DES MOINES, Iowa | The political watchers call it 'Iowa nice.'

State Sen. Wally Horn has experienced it firsthand. He has hunted votes among retired teachers and worried office workers in Cedar Rapids since the 1970s.

Often, he said, voters promise to support him because he took the time to visit. Then they don't show up or they choose someone else who also made a good impression.

'They're almost too nice' to vent their true feelings with politicians, Horn said.

That's the stereotype. It has deep roots. But this year, it may not be true. Read more

“We need an international, independent investigation into the death of Benazir Bhutto”

AFP, Story City Hillary Clinton Friday called for an independent, international probe into Benazir Bhutto's murder, as the turmoil wracking US anti-terror ally Pakistan reshaped debate in the White House race. via The New Nation

In 2007, religious believers took their principles into the streets and the political arena. via Baxter Bulletin

“I turned down the big jobs to do community organizing in Chicago. I turned down the big money law firms to be a civil rights lawyer. I took on the lobbyists in the state legislature in Illinois.”

Barack Obama unveiled his closing act in the run-up to the January 3 caucuses and it's a heady mix of soaring promises, inspirational vision and a tightly targeted, one-two attack on his closest rivals, Hillary ... via The Huffington Post

“I don't think it'll affect much of anything. All of the nominees said they'd seat delegates. We'll have delegates in August. (The exclusion) is not expected to be enforced”

They are both very close, and it seems more likely that either Edwards or Obama take home a win in either state, or both. via Mydd.com