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• 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

  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

  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 breaks down the top metro areas and ZIP codes for giving. Iowans are far from the top contributors in the nation, compared to the human

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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

  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? Winded? Or just trying not to let the

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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

  Playhouse before in 2004 Iowa Caucuses, the show features 20 characters, including a “typical Iowa farm family” and “candidates who will do anything to win their votes.” Show times may vary, the producers note, to reflect the likely change in the date of the Iowa Caucuses, now scheduled for Jan. 14. Tickets will go

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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

  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. Biden's son, Beau, is a member of the Delaware

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• It’s the staging, stupid

  Published: September 6, 2007, 5:13 pm

  Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage

  was flanked by American and Iowa flags and those were flanked by giant video screens, which were flanked by huge speakers. The room is part of the Des Moines convention center and was sectioned off to a size that allowed the crowd to fill it up. Placards and handmade signs (made during a sign-painting party Wednesday night) hung on the side

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• Giuliani volunteers hit the phones

  Published: September 12, 2007, 6:18 pm

  Tags: Iowa Caucuses Backstage

  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 commitments - a set of campaign promises. Then on Saturday, college students helping with Giuliani’s campaign will be working to sign up volunteers and

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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

  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

  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

  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 Sunday, Sept. 23.

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