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DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) ? While Republican presidential candidates dominate headlines in Iowa with their caucus quest, President Barack Obama's Democrats have quietly built a massive organizational structure to round up voters and win the state in November's general election.
Thousands of Democratic volunteers have mobilized across Iowa to garner support for Obama, who used the state as his launching pad for a White House victory four years ago.
The president may need that organizational advantage.
Iowa is considered a battleground state that could swing to either side, and Republican candidates have been wooing voters one-on-one here for months if not years, generating media coverage and public attention for their cause.
Obama's volunteer army has worked to offset those headlines with a quiet, on-the-ground apparatus to get out the vote. They opened eight campaign offices across the state and made more than 350,000 calls to supporters, officials said.
"Come Wednesday morning, no matter who wins the Republican race, we will have the best organization," said Tyler Olson, 35, a state representative who is campaigning for Obama.
"And we'll continue to build on it while the Republican candidates go around the country and keep battling it out."
Part of building that structure involves luring Democrats on Tuesday to their Iowa caucuses, where voters typically express support for candidates and causes.
This year the Democratic candidate -- Obama -- is already chosen, but the campaign wants supporters to turn out anyway as a sign of organizational support.
"Obviously, the celebrity is on the Republican side, and people I've called today didn't even know the Democrats were even going to have a caucus," said Leni Stastny, 63, a retired insurance worker who was volunteering at a call center in Cedar Rapids.
"I've got a lot of people (on the phone) that were going. And some people hung up on me. And some people didn't want anything to do with it. And some people were really mad at Obama because of ... healthcare (reform)."
Republicans will seek to exploit that anger among Obama's supporters, organizational advantages or not.
"The president's team is boasting about its organization in Iowa but the reality is Obama's going to need it," said Kirsten Kukowski, spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee.
"Iowa today is completely different than the state that launched him to the presidency four years ago. The so-called spark is gone in Iowa for President Obama."
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Obama's supporters are trying to get that spark back.
At the call center in Cedar Rapids, volunteers ranging from their late teens to their late sixties use cell phones to dial up long lists of Democrats in their neighborhoods. Obama campaign signs decorate the walls and windows, and a large statue of a donkey -- the symbol of the Democratic party -- greets visitors when they walk in.
"In essence, the Obama organization never left," said Peggy Whitworth, 69, a neighborhood "team leader" for the president in Iowa. "There's been this staying connected to people who were involved the first time around."
Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said the Iowa operation was representative of a nationwide grassroots organizing push, which it hopes will create a strategic advantage for the president in November.
"It's indicative of the type of unrivaled organizations we've built across the country," he said.
But some supporters worry that the strong Republican presence in Iowa has drowned out Obama's message.
"I haven't seen anything from Obama this year, it's all been Republican," said Wind Goodfriend, an author and Obama supporter, while walking her dogs in the town of Storm Lake.
"I think in some ways (the campaign is) probably waiting to decide what strategy based on who the Republican nominee is, but I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing that no attention has gone to Obama," she said.
Whitworth said Obama's presence or visibility would increase.
"Some people see the presence as lots of bumper stickers and lots of yard signs. Yard signs don't vote, you know?" she said, noting that the "thrifty" Obama campaign has been careful about how much money it wants to spend on such things.
"We will continue to be more and more visible. We've certainly been visible in the last several weeks," she said.
Obama will address a group of Iowa caucus-goers from a hotel in Washington on Wednesday, adding his voice to a scene that will otherwise be drowned out by intrigue over who wins the first Republican nominating contest in the country.
The president will travel to Iowa to campaign in person, too, though his campaign declined to say when his first trip this year would take place.
He has a reason to come often: among five nationwide state-by-state scenarios that Obama campaign manager Jim Messina has designed for victory in 2012, three of them include winning Iowa.
(Editing by Alistair Bell and Jackie Frank)
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According to noted oddsmaker Nick Kalikas of BetOnFighting.com, it's none other than UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos. "Cigano" opens as a -240 favorite headed into his first title defense against Alistair Overeem, which is scheduled for sometime in 2012, possibly the summer.
"The Reem" comes in as the underdog at +190.
Anyone jumping on this line with wallets wide open? Or do you expect a dramatic shift as we get closer and closer to fight night?
Overeem has been crushing the competition for years now, compiling 11 wins in 12 fights (one no contest) since 2007. He made a successful debut with the UFC last night (Fri., Dec. 30, 2011) by stopping Brock Lesnar in the first round by way of technical knockout using his vaunted K-1 level striking.
Apparently the oddsmakers think the heavyweight champ's boxing is better.
Dos Santos, no different than Overeem, has been absolutely destroying his competition. In fact, just like "Demolition Man," he hasn't lost a fight since 2007, the lone defeat of his career.
However, unlike "The Reem," the Brazilian bomber has been running through top competition inside the Octagon. He's 8-0 under the UFC banner with five knockouts, including his 64-second destruction of Cain Velasquez that earned him the heavyweight strap.
It's no wonder he's favored. But will the deadly Dutchman prove once and for all that he's the best striker in the world, at heavyweight at least?
We're still a ways away from fight time, Maniacs, but who do you like for your money and who ya' got straight up?
To see the "Dos Santos vs. Overeem" odds and betting lines plus all the action for upcoming UFC and Strikeforce events click here.
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A California teen is lucky to be alive after he survived a harrowing fall outside of Los Angeles when he went to save his beloved dog.
KABC-TV reports that Ivan Salas, 19, went after his dog, who was chasing a bottle that his father had tossed, when both the teen and the pooch went sliding down the side of a 150-foot drop.
"It was extremely scary, dangerous. I don't know what I was thinking when I went down," he told the TV station.
Firefighters grabbed the pair a few hours later as they were clinging to the side of a nearly vertical slope on the hill, the Associated Press reported.
They first tried to hoist him and the dog to safety, but when that looked too dangerous two firefighters bravely rappelled down the cliff to get them. It took 35 firefighters in all to ensure Salas made it home safely.
Dramatic video caught the incident, where Salas is seen clinging to the side of the hill as a firefighter came to rescue him.
"(The rocks) were hitting me in the face and my dog too, and then my dog started panicking, she was going crazy. I just grabbed her tight," Salas told the station.
Salas has a few bumps and was dehydrated, but otherwise just shaken up from the incident. His dog was also unharmed.
"It's not just a dog, it's family and my best friend at the same time, so I had to do it," Salas told the station.
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PHOENIX - The Fiesta Bowl Parade is kicking off its 41st? year on Saturday morning, and you can catch all of the festivities LIVE on ABC15, here on ABC15.com or on-the-go with the ABC15 Mobile app !
The massive parade will feature 106 entrants, including high school bands from across the nation, ornate floats and displays, and even some of the ABC15 team.
The two-mile parade kicks off at 11 a.m., rolling down Central Avenue north of Montebello Avenue.
Get the full parade route map and traffic restrictions.
Crews on Friday assembled bleachers and put final touches on floats in preparation for the thousands of spectators expected at Saturday's event.
For those headed down to Phoenix to catch the parade in person, be sure to bring your cell phone and capture all of the action live as we stream the parade on the ABC15 Mobile app!
Check out the full list of participants in the line-up below.
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