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From the campaign trail: Iowans basking in '08 love

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani crosses the street in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Tuesday with media in tow.

DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) -- A backyard barbecue with more than 200 guests, an event center bustling with loyal Republicans at noon and a high school gym at capacity by 5 p.m.: It must be Iowa with presidential contenders in town.

Three days in Iowa this week and stops with five presidential candidates showed that even though some are lamenting the 2008 race's early start, the Hawkeye State is basking in the attention from White House hopefuls.

"History says you've got to come to Iowa for your first shot," said Democratic state Sen. Eugene Fraise, who hosted a barbecue Monday at his farm in Fort Madison for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-New York.

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