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IA: Huckabee Talks (and Thompson Avoids) Election Reform

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 11.01.2007 | Home

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, Iowa, Fred Thompson, Gop, Election Reform, Republican Party, Why Tuesday, Mike Huckabee, 2008 Election, Home News

Fred Thompson officially became the first presidential candidate to turn down an opportunity to discuss the state of America's voting system. Mike Huckabee, on the other hand, was more than willing to chat.

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UI Pollster Stands By Methodology

John Deeth | Posted 11.01.2007 | Home

Read More: Polling, Iowa Independent, Iowa, Offthebus, Home News

Reaction to Monday's release of the latest University of Iowa presidential poll has focused almost as much on polling methodology as on the results. But David Redlawsk, the UI political scientist who conducted the poll, stands by the screen of likely caucus goers that critics called too broad.

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Clinton Defends Iran Vote As Move For "Stepped Up Diplomacy"

The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 10.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Iran, Iowa, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton, Kyl-Lieberman Iran, Hillary Clinton Iran, 2008 Election, Democrats, Politics News

In an unusual campaign mailing sent to voters in Iowa, Sen. Hillary Clinton defends her vote in favor of the so-called "Lieberman-Kyl" resolution on I...

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The Fight Against Domestic Violence

Joe Biden | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Presidential Candidate, Iowa, Senate, Joe Biden, Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Legal Representation, Lawyers, Politics News

Once a domestic violence victim steps out from the shadow of an abusive relationship, what does she need? Lawyers.

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Iowa's Top Political Analyst Warns: Don't Write Off Edwards

DesMoines Register | David Yepsen | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Iowa, Politics News

To some in American politics, John Edwards is toast. They believe the former North Carolina senator - who ran for president in 2004, was his party's ...

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Thompson Raises Next To Nothing In Iowa And New Hampshire

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics

Read More: Fundraising, 2008 Election, Iowa, New Hampshire, Fred Thompson, Politics News

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson raised more than $9 million over the past three months, a generally strong showing according to politi...

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Happy New Year: Iowa GOP To Set Caucus Date For Jan 3rd

CBS News | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iowa Caucuses, Gop, Republicans, January, Iowa, Politics News

A Republican official tells CBS News that Iowa Republicans will schedule their caucuses for Thursday, January 3, 2008. The Iowa Republican State Commi...

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The 2008 Presidential Victory Playbook That Nobody's Reading

James Boyce | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics

Read More: 2008, New Hampshire, Iowa, Iowa Caucuses, Early Primaries, New Hampshire Primary, Campaign Strategy, Iowa Primary, Campaign Finance, Politics News

A $100 million campaign is going to come down to one state with a handful of delegates? Only if you let it.

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Obama Ducks Vote then Attacks Clinton

Taylor Marsh | Posted 10.11.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Edwards, Iraq, Obama, Clinton, 2008, Democrats, Iowa, Lieberman-Kyl, Hillary Vote, Politics News

I truly do want Obama to challenge Clinton and take it to her. I want to see him fight. But it seems a bit spineless to attack someone for a vote he skipped out on.

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Roadkill: OffTheBus's Ongoing RoundUp of the Awkward, the Ugly, and the Just Plain Weird

Off The Bus | Posted 10.11.2007 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Mars Society, Sam Brownback, Fred Thompson, New Hampshire, Iowa, Roadkill, Middle Class Express, Chris Dodd, Hillary Clinton, Red Sox, Recession, Barack Obama, Real Clear Politics, Offthebus, Home News

Hillary Clinton rides Greyhound. Barack Obama supported by the Mars Society. Brownback identifies with all Americans.

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Richardson Hunts For Votes In Southern Iowa

Dien Judge | Posted 10.10.2007 | Home

Read More: Democratic Presidential Candidate, Iowa Caucuses, Iowa, 2008 Election, Bill Richardson, Offthebus, Home News

Bill Richardson is a hunter, and he wants rural Democrats to know it, mentioning the fact three times in the span of an hour yesterday at a stop in Albia, Iowa.

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Michelle Obama In Car Accident

ABC News | Sunlen Miller | Posted 10.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Politics News

While campaigning for her husband in Iowa Tuesday, the van driving Michelle Obama crashed with a motorcycle, totaling the campaign van and hospitalizi...

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Poll: Huckabee Leads Giuliani In Iowa

Union Leader | ANDREW CLINE | Posted 10.08.2007 | Politics

Read More: Repubican Primary Race, Rufy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Iowa, Politics News

Mike Huckabee now leads Rudy Giuliani in Iowa, according to the latest Des Moines Register poll. It's by only one point 12% to 11%, but it's significa...

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Thompson's Southern Strategy Could Backfire In Iowa, NH

CNN | Posted 10.06.2007 | Home

Read More: 2008 Elections, Gop, South, Iowa, New Hampshire, Fred Thompson, Republican Presidential Primary, US South, Republican Presidential Candidate, Republicans, Home News

In South Carolina, the former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson's campaign is fond of pointing out their boss' Southern-fried heritage. "I think first of ...

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Obama vs. Clinton: What All These Crazy Numbers Mean

Donnie Fowler | Posted 10.01.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, Politics, Nevada Primary, South Carolina Primary, Howard Dean, Democratic Presidential Candidate, New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton, Media, Election 2008, Democrats, Barack Obama, Politics News

Clinton's got the poll numbers. Obama's got the most donors. Clinton's got the best news articles. Obama's got the biggest rally crowds. How are we s'posed to figure this out?

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Obama Leads in Worthless Poll

Ari Melber | Posted 10.01.2007 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Presidential Candidate, Iowa Caucuses, Iowa, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Barack Obama Iowa, Barack Obama, Politics News

The poll asks people who they would back if the January caucus were held today -- a huge if. The more accurate query is whether Iowans are backing a candidate yet.

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Generation Obama Won't Make The Deaniac Mistake

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 09.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, Gene McCarty, Barack Obama, Politics News

When we got "clean for Gene" (McCarthy) back in 1968, it was by way of respecting the people we were trying to reach. Generation Obama seems to understand the need for that. Barack certainly does.

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What's Going On Out There?

Zack Exley | Posted 09.26.2007 | Home

Read More: Reporting, Field Organizing, Volunteers, Dean Campaign, Iowa, Offthebus, Home News

The same "On the Bus" press that had hyped the Dean revolution quickly declared it had all been smoke and mirrors. But there was almost no detailed research or analysis of what had actually taken place.

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Alveda King To Campaign For Sam Brownback

Lynda Waddington | Posted 09.26.2007 | Home

Read More: Iowa, Gop, Alveda King, Offthebus, Sam Brownback, Home News

On the heels of a canceled special appearance at Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will meet with supporters of Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback this Friday in West Des Moines.

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Former Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Fischer Endorses Obama

Douglas Burns | Posted 09.26.2007 | Home

Read More: Iowa, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Home News

The following piece also appears on Iowa Independent. Former Iowa Democratic Chairman Gordon Fischer today endorsed U.S. Sen. Barack Obama for the pr...

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