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| White House rivals head to Iowa |
| Candidates in the 2008 US presidential election are flocking to the state of Iowa to attend 4 July events.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 4-July-2007
2:22:5 AM |
| Democrat Hillary Clinton has been joined by husband and former president Bill for a three-day tour, while Barack Obama has taken his family to Iowa.
Also in the state for Independence Day are Democrats Joe Biden and Chris Dodd and Republican contender Mitt Romney.
Iowa is one of the first states to pick who will run for president for each party, making it a key campaign target.
Its early caucus gives it disproportionate influence over the presidential nomination process despite its relatively small size, with about 1.8 million voters.
Parade march
With less than seven months to go before the primary and caucus season begins, candidates are keen to make an impression on what is a predominantly rural, small-town state.
Professor Cary Covington, a political scientist at the University of Iowa, said: "Iowa is the first state and so if you don't do well in Iowa, that puts you under a cloud for the whole way and makes it much harder to make progress in later states."
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