Obama Iowa

Struggling In Battleground State, Obama Launches Sharp Mitt Attack

AP | THOMAS BEAUMONT and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2012

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DES MOINES, Iowa — President Barack Obama delivered his harshest rebuttal yet to rival Mitt Romney on Thursday, dismissing his challenger's clai...

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Obama Touts Clean Energy in Battleground State

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 05.24.2012

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Despite sustained criticisms from the oil industry and his presumptive general election opponent on energy issues, President Barack Obama has, in rece...

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Obama To Push Clean Energy Technologies In Iowa

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Anxious to show voters he's working to create jobs, President Barack Obama is putting tax credits to boost clean energy in the spo...

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Obama's Iowa Promises, 4 Years Later

Posted 01.03.2012

Four years after sitting in front of a camera and encouraging Iowa Democrats to caucus for him, President Barack Obama's campaign is sending out a 200...

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Looking Beyond Caucuses, Dems Assail GOP Candidate

AP | By KEN THOMAS | Posted 01.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Looking ahead to next fall, Democrats in Iowa and beyond sought to weaken Republican Mitt Romney in advance of Tuesday's lead-off presid...

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Obama Campaign Gears Up Its Iowa Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.30.2011

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Tuesday night's Iowa caucus will go a long way toward separating the well-managed Republican campaigns from the vanity projects and amateur operations...

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Team Obama Employs Tortoise-Versus-Hare Strategy In Key Battleground

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 02.27.2012

DES MOINES, Iowa — One presidential campaign claims an impressive effort in Iowa this year: eight offices opened, 350,000 phone calls to potenti...

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Politics, Farmers And Change: The End Of Rural America

Dave Murphy | Posted 10.17.2011

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Since 1960, when JFK was elected, America has lost over 1.7 million family farms, the backbone of rural economies, with the number of farmers in the U.S. today being outnumbered by prisoners.

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Obama Heads To Iowa, Aims To Counter Criticism From GOP Presidential Candidates

AP | By ERICA WERNER | Posted 08.28.2011

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BETTENDORF, Iowa -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday brought a made-in-America pitch to this politically vital state, saying innovation and adaptatio...

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Like GOP, Obama Taking Aim At Key 2012 States

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 06.07.2011

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WASHINGTON — Even without a Democratic challenger, President Barack Obama is planning an aggressive role in early primary states. His operatives...

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Obama To Visit Illinois In Rare Swing Through Home State

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama will visit Iowa, Missouri and Illinois next week to discuss the economy and his adminis...

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Obama Returning To Iowa For Earth Day 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Barack Obama will mark Earth Day with a trip to Iowa next week in what will be interpreted in political circles as a victory lap in the state that lau...

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Obama Poised To Win Iowa In Landslide

Des Moines Register | Posted 05.25.2011

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McPain. Barack Obama is beating John McCain in Iowa by a whopping 17 percentage points, according to the Iowa Poll published in today's Register. Ob...

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McCain Attacks Obama's Patriotism

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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John McCain unveiled a new attack on Barack Obama's patriotism Saturday, jumping all over - and taking out of context - remarks made yesterday in whic...

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Obama Gets Chicago Boost In Iowa

Chicago Public Radio | Robert Wildeboer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Barack Obama's home court advantage in Illinois is expected to swing the state his way in the upcoming presidential election. But crime and hi...

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Iowa Dem On Palin's Experience: "I Know How To Castrate A Calf"

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Harkin Steak Fry is traditionally a fundraiser that acts as a stage to rally Democrats around their candidates in addition to highlighting a star ...

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Democratic Voting Rolls Still Climbing In Pennsylvania

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats have pulled way ahead in the Penn. voter rolls as a result of the historic primary. And in Iowa, McCain is spending in areas covered in flood water, where people can't watch TV.

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Iowa Republican Change Candidate

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Personally, I think the sales gas tax holiday being proposed is like peeing your pants on a cold winter's day: It feels nice and warm for a little while, but very soon begins to feel quite cold."

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How Obama Ended Up On (And Off) The Michigan Ballot

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's an argument Sen. Hillary Clinton has made countless times. Asked why the unofficial results of the Michigan primary should be considered legitima...

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Obama Returns To Iowa For Tuesday Primary Night

NY Times | Larry Rother | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Barack Obama has chosen to spend Tuesday night not in Kentucky or Oregon, the two states that will be holding their primaries that day, or eve...

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Obama Expands Delegate Lead Over Clinton

AP | MIKE GLOVER | Posted 05.25.2011

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Democrat Barack Obama expanded his fragile lead in delegates over rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday, picking up nine d...

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Barack Obama's Nouvelle Vague

Salon | Walter Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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PERRY, Iowa -- As Barack Obama hit the familiar chords of his stump speech in a gym here Tuesday morning, I sidled over to admaker Jim Margolis to ask...

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Obama Talks Race To Black Iowans

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was a rare scene in Iowa: an audience that included a large percentage of minorities. After a two-day swing through western Iowa, Sen. Barack Obam...

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Obama's PAC Giving Money To Supportive Candidates In Primary States

Washington Post | John Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) launched his presidential campaign in January, he stopped raising money for his Hopefund, the political action committee...

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