Iowa caucuses: GOP presidential hopefuls making final push before Tuesday vote

View Photo Gallery —  Republican candidates are campaigning in Iowa for the Jan. 3 caucuses, with the exception of Jon Huntsman, who is looking ahead to the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 10.

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By Karen Tumulty, Sunday, January 1, 9:54 AM

DES MOINES — Two days before the voting begins in the wildest Republican race anyonecan remember, the GOP candidates for president were engaged in a frenzy of old-school retail politicking acutely aware that a poor finish in Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses would probably end some of their prospects.