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During a campaign stop at Capitol Hill in Des Moines, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden received the endorsement of three prominent Iowa legislators in his campaign for the Democratic nomination for the presidency.

Reps. Lisa Heddens and Mike Reasoner, both assistant majority leaders in the Iowa House, along with Rep. Dick Taylor announced their support for Biden [...]

A live blogging experiment tonight.  Lynda Waddington and I are joining other bloggers in a joint effort at covering the PBS Democratic debate.  Our host is the Rocky Mountain News.

Our colleagues tonight are:
M.E. Sprengelmeyer of the Rocky Mountain News.  He’s Denver’s caucus guy in Des Moines.
Jason Bane of ColoradoPols.com and Iowa Independent’s sister site ColoradoConfidential.com
The [...]

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson might be able to claim entry into the top-tier of Democratic presidential candidates if the results of internal campaign poll on Iowa caucus support are confirmed by outside pollsters.

In an email to supporters Monday, Richardson campaign pollster Mark Raslin wrote:
“The Governor [Richardson] has rocketed up 10% among likely Iowa caucusgoers [...]

Taken collectively, the nation’s rural areas, from small southern towns to the vastness of the plains, are leaning toward a Democratic president – if the measure is fund-raising.
 
“Democratic candidates took in 55 percent of the $6 million raised from rural residents in the first quarter of 2007; 45 percent of the total went to Republicans,” [...]

Friday night in Des Moines, amidst a severe thunderstorm pounding down on the metro area, New Mexico Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson celebrated the grand opening of his Iowa headquarters.  In a campaign event simulcast live in Davenport, Waterloo, Council Bluffs and Cedar Rapids, Richardson highlighted his plans for his first six days [...]

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign picked up an endorsement from a second state legislator today, with the announcement that Cedar Rapids Rep. Tyler Olson would be supporting his campaign.

“I’m supporting Senator Obama because he has the judgment and experience to lead America and change the divisive politics in Washington, DC,” said Olson in a release [...]

A new Mason-Dixon poll released Tuesday shows the top-three Democratic contenders are in a close race in Iowa, with a surprising 27 percent of voters declaring themselves “undecided” nearly seven months before the nation’s first presidential caucus.  On the Republican side, Arizona Sen. John McCain seems to be tanking, with just 6 percent of Republican [...]

Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards, helped open his Waterloo headquarters today while at the same time the campaign announced its list of 99 county chairs for their caucus campaign.

Dan Leistikow, campaign spokesperson, said in a release that the announcement of 99 county chairs is the first from any candidate — Democrat [...]

[Commentary] I don’t always agree with him, but Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware is probably one of the smartest minds in the Democratic Party when it comes to foreign policy. Still, it seems doubtful—at least at this point in the race—that that he will win the Democratic nomination. Until now, I thought he was [...]

Well since folks seem to like the liveblog style, I'll try a new tactic tonight.   Live from the living room: first impressions on the Democratic debate.