Key quote: "Senior Obama advisor David Axelrod is hearing from his agents in the field that the turnout could be as high as 200-230,000 at today’s all-important Iowa caucuses. To put this in perspective - in 2004, 124,000 Iowans caucused."
Key Quote: "Speaking in front of a banner that declared "Change We Can Believe In", he said they should ignore the cynics and listen to the voices inside themselves that said "America can do better"."
Key Quote: "Barack Obama's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination might have gained a slight advantage Tuesday with Ohio Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich's recommendation to his supporters to back the Illinois senator if there is insufficient support for Kucinich in individual precincts."
Key Quote: "Barack Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton characterizes Obama’s turnout operation as “massive,” though he declined to offer specific numbers. Burton did say the campaign is “active in every precinct in every county in the state.” Defying conventional wisdom, the Obama campaign has targeted independent voters and those who have not caucused in the past."
Here is the ad that talks about how he says he passed up a job to fight for the disenfranchised.
"Add up a death-match contest in Iowa, a massive caucus organization effort complicated by a late date change, and a scoop-hungry press -- it's a recipe for leads that send reporters onto paths even more torturous than the snowy roads of the Iowa countryside. "
"Senators Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd are all running around Iowa telling farmers how much they care about them. But do the Democratic presidential contenders care enough about farmers to take a break from the campaign trail to fight for farmers on the floor of the Senate?"
Key quote: "Three new polls out in the last several days show Barack Obama surging in Iowa, with two putting him in the lead and one showing him tied with Hillary Clinton."
"The new message driving Barack Obama's resurgent campaign these days is "electability plus." He debuted the new appeal at the Iowa Jefferson-Jackson dinner earlier this month."
"Last week, Senator Barack Obama appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” sitting in the venerable chair where presidential hopefuls have tested their mettle for 60 years. That, however, is not the only important interview Mr. Obama has conducted in recent days."
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