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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.
The struggling campaign of Arizona Sen. John McCain was dealt a devastating blow today when some of his top advisers resigned or were fired, quite abruptly. According to Marc Ambinder, McCain decided to fire campaign manager Terry Nelson, and in reaction, chief strategist John Weaver and long-time chief of staff Mark Salter quit the campaign, [...]
[Commentary] Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is the sleeper candidate in the race for the Republican nomination. He is far from front-runner status, but with increasing grass-roots support and a potent campaign message, he could steal the show at the Iowa caucuses and be vaulted into contention. Democrats should hope against this scenario, for if [...]
If former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson lobbied for an abortion rights group while still claiming to be personally opposed to abortion, it would be an obstacle to gaining support among the anti-abortion community, according to Kim Lehman, president of the Iowa Right to Life Committee.
Via The Right's Field, the AP reports that more than 50 Iowa social conservatives will support Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback's quest for the presidency: Chuck Hurley, a former state legislator and a leader among the state's religious conservatives, will head Brownback's "Faith and Family" committee. Hurley heads the conservative Iowa Family Policy Center, but he [...]
[Commentary] Via Jonathan Martin, Chris Cillizza has an interesting profile of Alex Gage, the brains behind the 2004 Bush campaign’s microtargeting efforts. Microtargeting is the practice of sending tailor-made messages to specific voters based on their buying habits and demographics, among other traits. Though often used in commercial marketing, it's now a frequent factor in [...]
Fred Thompson is quite the ladies man, the Times of London reported in a piece called “Old girlfriends cast their vote for Thompson.” It’s an interesting read in which several old flames fawn over Thompson and tell the Times that they would support his presidential candidacy if he runs. Here’s a gem from the story: [...]
Delaware Sen. Joe Biden flexed his foreign policy muscles while tweaking his Democratic rivals at a stop in Grinnell, Iowa, today. In front of a packed crowd (upwards of 60 people) at Café Phoenix, a popular restaurant in the small town, Biden said that while everyone seems to agree that “there is no military solution [...]
[Commentary] At Saturday’s Republican presidential candidate forum, sponsored by Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance, candidates spoke to the base, the hard core social conservatives and anti-tax Republicans that will likely choose the winner of the Iowa caucuses. Each candidate who spoke—and those that didn’t—said volumes not only about why they were [...]
Arizona Sen. John McCain reported yesterday an underwhelming $11.2 million for the second fund-raising quarter and worse yet–only $2 million in cash on hand. The campaign announced staff would be let go and McCain would begin to focus even more on Iowa and the early states. Yesterday I contacted Tim Miller, McCain's Iowa spokeman, to [...]
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is not the first Mormon to run for president. He’s following in the footsteps of his father, George Romney, the late Michigan governor who ran for the GOP presidential nomination in 1968 but lost to Richard Nixon. When Romney’s father ran, his faith was “mentioned, but it was not a [...]
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