BETH ROONEY

Essays: Campaigning in Iowa: Barack Obama

A secret service agent watches the crowd while Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a Stand for Change event in Jefferson, Iowa on Monday, December 31, 2007. With less than three days until the caucus, Obama, Hillary and Edwards are neck and neck in the polls.
Barack Obama, December 2007

A secret service agent watches the crowd while Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a Stand for Change event in Jefferson, Iowa on Monday, December 31, 2007. With less than three days until the caucus, Obama, Hillary and Edwards are neck and neck in the polls.