GOP Hopefuls Vow to Overturn Roe V. Wade

Anti-abortion demonstrators march along Constitution Ave. in Washington, Monday, Jan. 22, 2007 on the 34th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson) (Lawrence Jackson - AP)

Failor is a top executive of Iowans for Tax Relief, which runs the state's largest political action committee and is a major force in Iowa Republican politics. He ran field operations for President Bush's campaign in Iowa in 2004 and is credited with helping Bush pull out a narrow win, the first time Iowa has voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1984.

Slifka is a veteran organizer in the state who moved to Washington to take a string of political jobs. She will join McCain's effort after she leaves her post as a strategist for the Republican National Committee.

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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Tell us, Sen. Hillary Clinton, what do you say to people who think the country isn't ready for a woman president?

"We won't know until we try," Clinton replied Monday night during a series of live Web broadcasts in which she fielded questions e-mailed from around the U.S.

"Every time we've broken any barriers, that's always required people to take a bit of a leap of faith because it hasn't been done before," she said, "but I am fully confident that there are many women in our country who are equipped and ready to lead."

Clinton, a New York Democrat, announced her candidacy Saturday on the Internet. The Web broadcasts Monday night were short of revelations _ except, perhaps, her favorite movies: "The Wizard of Oz," "Casablanca" and "Out of Africa."

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Associated Press writer Devlin Barrett contributed to this report.