Candidates make last-minute Iowa appeals

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DES MOINES, Iowa - Presidential candidates are making a final plea to Iowans: turn out for tomorrow's caucuses. Democrat Barack Obama says the "only thing that counts" is showing up. And Republican Mike Huckabee is urging followers to "rent a van" or even "hijack your church's bus" to get bodies to the precincts. Polls are tight for the leading Republicans and Democrats.

Candidates are making last-minute appeals, mixing rallies and events with longer-than-usual ads on television.

Huckabee opts for the unconventional, chatting with Jay Leno at a Burbank studio on the "Tonight Show."

Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards is getting some star power by appearing at a free John Mellencamp concert tonight.

Yesterday, volunteers spent most of their time making telephone calls and going door to door to get out the vote.

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