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It doesn’t take much reading of the national media to determine which candidate is most often credited with having the most efficient, precise and dynamic campaign. Having been to events hosted by each candidate, my vote goes to Sen. John Edwards and his staff. His current tour through Eastern Iowa was billed as an opportunity [...]

To: Interested Parties From: A. Voter Date: May 24, 2007 Re: An alternative candidate strategy Issue: Big money wants to make the 2008 Democratic nomination unlike any other election in history. In past presidential campaigns smaller states with a highly politically educated base, like Iowa and New Hampshire, played a more prominent role in securing [...]

This Sunday, the CBS news program 60 Minutes will dedicate its entire one-hour show to Iowa National Guard soldiers and their families. The program, “Fathers, Sons, and Brothers” will air at 6 p.m. (Iowa time) on CBS affiliates. The Iowa Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry (The Ironman Battalion) — the unit that includes [...]

Sen. John Edwards and Elizabeth Edwards will be zipping around Eastern Iowa this weekend. Today, the campaign has released the details of the stops on the upcoming trips. Edwards is expected to discuss his plan to support our current military men and women, veterans and military families. He will highlight veteran’s health care, jobs, education [...]

The Bill Richardson campaign, which is working to strengthen its ground game here in Iowa with additional field staff, has endured a bittersweet weekend. On Saturday, a New Mexico Gold Star Mom, De’on Miller of Lovington, NM, accused Richardson of misrepresenting interaction between them at her son’s memorial service in May 2004. Lance Cpl. Aaron [...]

Family members and friends have announced a soldier who lost his life in Iraq over the weekend is David Behrle, 20, a senior class president and 2005 graduate of Tipton Community High School. Fr. David Hitch of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tipton (where the family attended) made the announcement during Sunday Mass that the [...]

Iowa Sen. Rob Hogg will set off on his annual bike tour of District 19 on Saturday, June 2, with a few friends joining the fun. State Representatives Tyler Olson and Art Staed and Cedar Rapids City Councilman Tom Podzimek will travel the length of the tour. Cedar Rapids Mayor Kay Halloran plans to join [...]

Not too long ago I sent an email to Lyn which read: Lyn, Carter’s making waves. You should blog about it. To which I received the following reply: Still busy with Scouts. You do it. So… you get the non-hard-news-writer today. My apologies up front. There’s an article on Yahoo! News from Reuters which discusses [...]

As you might have expected, there were several posts (including ours) about the passing of Jerry Falwell: Cathy Haustein starts her discussion with a great quote from Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women Who Run with the Wolves. Babblemur & Akaoni took mostly the same approach as we did: Let Falwell’s words speak for themselves. culturekitchen just [...]

From a press release to supporters that arrived just minutes ago: The John Edwards for President Campaign today announced that Senator Edwards will make his 24th trip to Iowa from Friday, May 25 to Sunday, May 27, 2007. Senator John Edwards will discuss his commitment to honoring the sacrifice America’s veterans have made defending our [...]