http://www.blogcampaign.com Politics and Elections - Who Will Be King (or Queen) of the Mountain? Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:25:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AP - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, behind in polls and campaign money, is betting the farm on Iowa's leadoff caucuses, hoping a strong showing will rocket him to the top of the field. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070903/ap_on_el_pr/biden_s_bet AP - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is getting the endorsement of two unions, the United Steelworkers and the United Mine Workers of America, on Labor Day. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070903/ap_on_el_pr/edwards_unions AP - Seeking to dispel rivals' claims that she can't bring needed change to Washington, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton told supporters Sunday that her years in public life and willingness to seek common ground would produce real results as president. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070903/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_campaigns AP - Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said on Sunday that his universal health care proposal would require that Americans go to the doctor for preventive care. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070903/ap_on_el_pr/edwards AP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain on Sunday said the United States should step up it's war on drugs as part of efforts to secure the country's borders. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070902/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_immigration AP - Presidential hopeful Chris Dodd said the United States risks repeating the mistakes of last century's arrogance if politicians don't allow Iraqis to set their own agenda. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070902/ap_on_el_pr/dodd AP - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Sunday he would make a strong Republican opponent to Democratic front-runner and former Arkansas first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in a race for the presidency. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070902/ap_on_el_pr/huckabee Reuters - After months of grand rhetoric, endless fundraising and heavy campaigning, the 2008 presidential race kicks into even higher gear this week at the start of a four-month sprint to the first votes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070902/pl_nm/usa_politics_campaign_dc AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards on Saturday joined three other Democrats who say they will skip states that break party rules by holding early primaries. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070902/ap_on_el_pr/primary_campaign_pledge AP - California congressman Duncan Hunter won Texas' first Republican Party Straw Poll on Saturday in a low-turnout event that lacked the top-tier presidential candidates. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070902/ap_on_el_pr/texas_straw_poll Reuters - Republican presidential hopeful Duncan Hunter scored a symbolic victory on Saturday, winning a low-turnout Texas straw poll that drew only a few second-tier candidates in the White House race. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070901/pl_nm/usa_politics_texas_dc AP - Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson on Saturday said a portion of college loans should be forgiven if graduates complete a year of national service. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_el_pr/richardson_education AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has strengthened her standing as the national front-runner four months before the first primary votes, while rivals Barack Obama and John Edwards compete to be the "anti-Hillary." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_el_pr/dems_road_to_the_nomination AP - The Republican presidential race is extraordinarily volatile heading into the autumn stretch before voting begins. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_el_pr/gop_road_to_the_nomination AP - Major union endorsements made early in the 2004 and 2008 Democratic presidential primaries: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_go_pr_wh/union_endorsements_glance