BETH ROONEY

Essays: Campaigning in Iowa: Barack Obama

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. (D-IL) Barack Obama speaks to the crowd that has gathered at the HyVee Center in Des Moines to hear the results of the Iowa Caucus on Thursday, January 3, 2008. Obama won Iowa with Hillary Clinton and John Edwards in a tight race for second place.
Barack Obama, January 2008

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. (D-IL) Barack Obama speaks to the crowd that has gathered at the HyVee Center in Des Moines to hear the results of the Iowa Caucus on Thursday, January 3, 2008. Obama won Iowa with Hillary Clinton and John Edwards in a tight race for second place.