Road to the White House

Delegate counts represent CNN's most recent total for each candidate. There are currently 4,049 total delegates to the Democratic National Convention, including 3,253 pledged delegates and 796 superdelegates. The total number of delegate votes needed to win the nomination is 2,025. There are currently 2,380 total delegates to the Republican National Convention, including 1,917 pledged delegates and 463 unpledged delegates. The total number of delegate votes needed to win the nomination is 1,191. More about the delegate selection process
• Magic Number: This refers to the total number of delegate votes needed by a candidate to win the party's nomination.

Clinton in a fight for her political life

Once the "inevitable" candidate, Iowa left her struggling just to stay in the race until February. Desperate to remain relevant, the Clintons have hardened their attacks on Obama, and Hillary Clinton vowed Monday to stay in the race.

Candidate no-shows disappoint Wyoming GOP

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The executive director of the Wyoming Republican Party says she's disappointed that presidential candidates focused on the Iowa caucuses and jetted off to New Hampshire without swinging out to Wyoming in between.
"Wyoming's been a bit overlooked," Amy Larimer said Friday.

Because the Iowa caucuses are a straw poll — no delegates actually are chosen until later — Wyoming's Republicans will choose the first 12 national convention delegates on Saturday.

Iowa's Message to Investors

They say Wall Street sets prices by anticipating events, and there's no better example of that than the investor who were busy Friday factoring the results of the Iowa caucuses into their outlook.

Yes, it's early days. We haven't even picked nominees, let alone a president. There's more than a year to go until the new CEO of America Inc. takes office.

But it doesn't hurt to start sketching out the possibilities. The Iowa results sent tremors under the political establishment. They may eventually shake up the world of finance too.

A President Obama would obviously pursue slightly different policies from a President Clinton, and very different policies from a President Romney or President Huckabee.