Mike Dorning

by Mike Dorning Most of the political press is focused on Iowa, where candidates are crisscrossing the state in a final frenzy of campaigning before the caucuses three days away...

Sen. Barack Obama greets patrons at George's Pizza and Steakhouse in Fairfield, Iowa. (baiduhai photo by Zbigniew Bzdak) by Mike Dorning FAIRFIELD, Iowa—It was one of those unpredictable moments...

By Mike Dorning KEOKUK, Iowa—In the closing weeks of the campaign, Barack Obama has concentrated more on winning over voters wavering between him and John Edwards. On Saturday, Obama grew...

By Mike Dorning BURLINGTON, Iowa--Sen. Kent Conrad, a moderate Democrat from North Dakota who chairs the Senate Budget Committee, endorsed Barack Obama for president a few minutes ago. "I've worked...

By Mike Dorning WILLIAMSBURG, Iowa—With less than three years in the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama has confronted questions throughout his campaign on why he did not wait for more seasoning...

By Mike Dorning DAVENPORT, Iowa—Get ready for dueling Democratic candidate addresses on the night before the Iowa Caucuses. Earlier in the week, Hillary Clinton's campaign purchased air time for a...

By Mike Dorning CORALVILLE, Iowa—Barack Obama began airing two new television ads in Iowa today that suggest his campaign has an eye warily fixed on the populist appeal of rival...

by Mike Dorning VINTON, Iowa—Barack Obama tonight defended comments made by his chief political strategist drawing a link between rival Hillary Clinton's vote to authorize the Iraq War and the...

by Mike Dorning PORTSMOUTH, N.H.—While rival Hillary Clinton tries to seed doubts about Barack Obama's foreign policy qualifications in the final sprint toward the presidential primaries, Obama is brimming with...

by Mike Dorning EXETER, N.H.--If Barack Obama could accomplish only one thing as president, what would it be? End the war in Iraq? Health insurance for every American? No, when...