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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Buddy the Monkey |
| Published: August 11, 2007, 12:13 pm |
| Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage |
| Buddy the Monkey greeted participants in Saturday's straw poll from a window perch in the RV of his owner, Linda Honnicutt of Asheville, N.C. Usually the 14-year-old Black-Capped Capuchin has free rein of the RV, but with all the crowds today, Honnicutt hooked him up to a tether from the ceiling. The cage is for when he gets really wild |
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| Giant watermelons |
| Published: August 11, 2007, 5:20 pm |
| Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage |
| Chris Caldwell helped slice up watermelons trucked in from former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee’s hometown of Hope. How many? About 200. How many fingers did he cut? “Just one,” he said, holding it up the minor wound as proof. Apparently, Hope is famous for its watermelon. The Huckabee campaign raffled off a 150-pounder, but |
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| Gordon Fischer relaunches blog, mulls endorsement |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 7:26 pm |
| Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage |
| Former Iowa Democratic Party chairman Gordon Fischer called today to say he’s relaunching his blog, iowatrueblue.com, after about a three-week hiatus, with a new goal to avoid negative politics. “I’m going to keep it 100 percent positive,” he said, noting that Karl Rove’s resignation is already putting him to the test |
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| Iowa’s fattest wallets |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 12:31 pm |
| Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage |
| There’s Beverly Hills 90210, one of the top ZIP codes in the nation for donations to presidential candidates not to mention TV fame and glamor. But in Iowa, the golden land is Des Moines 50312. The Center for Responsive Politics did an analysis of campaign contributions to candidates, published in today’s USA Today. The report |
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| Grandpa Fred hits the Iowa State Fair |
| Published: August 18, 2007, 11:28 am |
| Tags: Fred Thompson, Iowa Caucuses, 2008 Elections |
| The ghastly and undernourished specter of Fred Thompson haunted the Iowa State Fair last week, a tradition usually honored by presidential candidates in corporeal form. Here's Fred demonstrating his virility by being trucked around the fairgrounds in a golf cart -- something no other candidate has so far resorted to: So, was he lazy? Tired? |
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| Obama: He’s like butter |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 11:51 am |
| Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage |
| Former Iowa State Fair butter sculptor Duffy Lyon has endorsed Barack Obama through a butter sculpture of his campaign logo. Obama's campaign unveiled Duffy Lyon's butter work last week while campaigning in Iowa. Here's Duffy with her creation: |
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| ‘Caucus! The Musical’ takes stage in Des Moines |
| Published: August 24, 2007, 5:53 pm |
| Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage |
| look at the Iowa Caucuses and how an undersized state plays an oversized role in the presidential nomination process.” First presented in a workshop production at the Des Moines Playhouse before in 2004 Iowa Caucuses, the show features 20 characters, including a “typical Iowa farm family” and “candidates who |
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| LiveStrong forum photos |
| Published: August 27, 2007, 12:46 pm |
| Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage |
| Lance Armstrong’s LIVESTRONG Foundation’s Democratic presidential forum on cancer is under way today in Cedar Rapids with four candidates scheduled to attend: Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Bill Richardson and Dennis Kucinich. A photo blog of the forum is posted on the Livestrong.org Web site. Republicans Sam Brownback and Mike |
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| Rep. Whitaker endorses Biden |
| Published: September 5, 2007, 6:06 pm |
| Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage |
| Assistant House Majority Leader John Whitaker today became the seventh Iowa legislator to endorse Democrat Joe Biden for president. Whitaker, a Hillsboro Democrat, cited Biden's understanding of the impact of the war in Iraq on the families of soldiers. Whitaker's son, Gabe, a member of the Iowa National Guard, was deployed there last week. |
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| It’s the staging, stupid |
| Published: September 6, 2007, 5:13 pm |
| Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage |
| Posted on behalf of Gannett News Service reporter Bill Theobald: Given his Hollywood and television experience, and the modern emphasis on image in politics, it is no surprise that Fred Thompson’s first presidential campaign event was well scripted and well staged. Thompson spoke to a group of a few hundred supporters on a stage with a |
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| Giuliani volunteers hit the phones |
| Published: September 12, 2007, 6:18 pm |
| Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage |
| Volunteers assisting with the Iowa campaign of Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani will be manning the phone banks on Thursday for a grassroots effort billed as “Iowa Super Thursday.” According to a campaign press release, the volunteers will be making thousands of calls to spread the word about Giuliani’s 12 |
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| Four more legislators endorse Obama |
| Published: September 14, 2007, 1:50 pm |
| Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage |
| Democrat Barack Obama scored four more state legislator endorsements, his presidential campaign announced today. State Sens. Rich Olive of Story City and Frank Wood of Eldridge and Reps. Helen Miller of Fort Dodge and Janet Petersen of Des Moines bring the total to 10 state lawmakers who have endorsed Obama. Attorney General Tom Miller and |
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| Hunter and Thompson to headline October GOP dinner in Des Moines |
| Published: September 18, 2007, 6:15 pm |
| Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage |
| The Iowa Republican Party announced today that presidential candidates Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson are scheduled to headline the annual Ronald Reagan Dinner on October 27. Hunter, a California congressman, and Thompson, an actor and former Tennessee senator, will share the stage and audience of roughly 600 of the Iowa GOP’s most |
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| NY Daily News: Vilsack attacks Giuliani’s personal life |
| Published: September 20, 2007, 11:39 am |
| Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage |
| Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, now an adviser for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, went on the attack against Republican Rudy Giuliani in a televised interview in New York, according to the New York Daily News: Hillary Clinton has avoided taking potshots at Rudy Giuliani’s personal life but one of her top boosters last night |
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| Obama sponsors NY contest |
| Published: September 21, 2007, 3:32 pm |
| Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage |
| Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is sponsoring a contest that will send two new supporters to a New York City Rally on Sept. 27. At least one of the winners will be a student, according to e-mails from Obama’s Iowa staff. To become a supporter and enter the contest, go to: http://iowa.barackobama.com/4more The entry deadline is |
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