The following commentary by Iowa Independent fellow Douglas Burns first appeared in the Carroll (Iowa) Daily Times Herald, a newspaper owned by his family, on Monday.

(Commentary) Iowans, for a change, are about the select the smartest person in the room.

I expect Barack Obama to win the Democratic...

The following piece is published on Iowa Independent as well as HuffPost's OffTheBus.

Mike Huckabee should enjoy his debate win tonight because a well-financed counter-punch is coming from Mitt Romney, his chief rival in the Iowa Republican presidential caucuses.

Seen from the Iowa perspective, the CNN/YouTube debate in...

The following piece is published on Iowa Independent as well as HuffPost's OffTheBus.

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards this weekend in Carroll said members of his party in Congress should tie any funding of the war in Iraq to a timetable for complete combat troop withdrawal.

Speaking...

The following piece is published on Iowa Independent as well as HuffPost's OffTheBus.

DES MOINES -- With the Unser boys, winners of seven Indianapolis 500s, standing beside him at a pre-Jefferson-Jackson Dinner rally, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson gave several hundred supporters some assurances.

The following piece also appears on Iowa Independent.

Former Iowa Democratic Chairman Gordon Fischer today endorsed U.S. Sen. Barack Obama for the presidency.

In an interview with Iowa Independent, Fischer said the decision is one he agonized over, but that in the end it came down to one word:...