Politics | Barack Obama Obama Shifts Strategy, Takes Aim at Iowa Falling behind Clinton in polls, Illinois senator steps up campaign By Katherine Thompson Posted Sep 30, 2007 6:53 AM CDT Copied Democratic presidential hopeful, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Il., meets with voters during a campaign stop in Concord, N.H., Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) (Associated Press) Barack Obama will skip Senate voting this week to get in some quality time with voters in Iowa on a trip his camp is calling the "Judgement and Experience Tour." This surge in campaigning is likely to be the first of several as the Illinois senator tries to regain ground on Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, reports the Washington Post. A recent survey indicated that Clinton has been pulling ahead in the primary race, though a Newsweek poll has Obama as the favorite of Democrats who will be attending the Iowa caucus. Obama has begun taking more direct aim at Clinton, calling her out for dodging recent questions on Social Security reform and—more jokingly—baseball. Read These Next Scientists have discovered a huge added bonus of COVID vaccines. Arrests in federal gambling probe rock the NBA. Brewing storm could be one of the Atlantic's strongest ever. Mom helps evacuate 22 kids after spotting a school bus fire. Report an error