Wednesday was a difficult day for The American Independent News Network, which is the larger entity that operates The Iowa Independent. Our chief executive and founder announced two of our sister sites would close and their content would be moved to The American Independent.
A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
Not all of the people at the Harkin Steak Fry were on stage with Senator Tom and Ruth Harkin. There were about 12,000 others wandering around eating steak (or chicken), waving signs, lots of waving signs, and cheering for candidates.
In these videos you’ll witness the sign wars, meet the people who drove across the state to be in Indianola, and get a little closer to the candidates.
Also keep a watch for Iowa Independent’s John Deeth (curiously sans his trademark beret) collecting his press badge near the front gate. He rushes off to witness the Obama pre-rally before the main event.
More videos available below the fold.In this video, you’ll hear what people are saying about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Below is a condensed version of the presidential candidates’ speeches at the 30th Annual Steak Fry.
Just for fun, I put this together using small parts of the speeches. Officially the candidates were given 15 minutes to make a case for themselves. Here I gave them a just few seconds to have their say. Enjoy!
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