Iowa's evangelicals take spotlight in presidential race

That Ted Cruz, Republican candidate for US president, should have taken the trouble to travel to tiny Fenton, with its 263 inhabitants and two churches, speaks volumes about the evangelical vote -- particularly in Iowa, where the presidential primary process begins Monday. The inhabitants are a hardy lot, and 70 Republicans have defied the cold weather to crowd into the town's only restaurant on a Friday to see the candidate. "A spirit of revival is sweeping the country," the Texas senator tells