"I didn't expect this crowd this morning," Edwards told them, "but we have a lot of energy and momentum in my campaign right now." Bill and Chelsea Clinton drove through the snow to a restaurant in Decorah to get something to eat while stumping for Hillary (who was in Story City making her own campaign appearances). Bill joked, "You're lucky we got here at all," noting that his group had ordered one of everything. When he got to the designated campaign stop, 1200 people were waiting to hear him say, "My wife, Hillary, is the best agent of positive change I've ever known."

Republican candidate Fred Thompson trudged through ankle-deep snow in Oskaloosa, wearing a cowboy hat and a leather jacket, according to the Cedar Rapids Gazette. "It looks like business goes on even in the snow," he told two workers in the courthouse. "An inch of snow back home and we go to the house."

Mitt Romney has turned negative in two new TV ads. He criticizes Mike Huckabee on issuing pardons, being soft on immigration and government spending, noting that his foreign policy is "ludicrous." Huckabee laughs it off, telling a crowd in Sioux City that Romney is outspending him 20-to-1 and bombarding Iowans with direct mail. "I know you normally look forward to Christmas cards this time of year. This time, you go [to the mailbox] and--it's 'Huckabee's a bum, Huckabee's a bum, Huckabee's a bum, Huckabee's a bum.'" He adds, "My wife could have told you that and saved the postage." His audiences love it.