In Iowa, no one can hear you scream

Senator Clinton has a fever, and that fever cannot be cured with cow bell, although that would complete her look nicely. No, she has election fever and so it begins.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has begun calling political operatives in Iowa and New Hampshire to discuss her prospects in the 2008 presidential field, her first outreach to operatives in key states with early contests. The New York Democrat began making calls to New Hampshire activists over the weekend and Iowa Democrats on Monday.