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It was a mistake for his presidential campaign to skip Iowa, and it likely cost him his party’s nomination, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said in a recent interview with New York Magazine.

The Green Party of the United States filed a lawsuit against the City of Davenport and the local chamber of commerce alleging its members were prevented from collecting petitions for a presidential candidate at a street festival last year, the Quad-City Times reports.

The release of Elizabeth Edwards’ memoir next month has begun another round of “what ifs” from former advisors to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

Des Moines Christian radio host Steve Deace is featured prominently in a new video and corresponding Web site produced by American Right to Life Action (ARTL) attacking right-wing pundit Ann Coulter for supporting 2008 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

The Federal Election Commission has officially cleared Leonard Boswell and his 2008 campaign treasurer on allegations that they coordinated with a 527 organization in violation of election law.
The 527, called Independent Voices, attacked Boswell’s opponent in the Democratic primary, Ed Fallon, with direct-mail fliers accusing him of being soft on sex offenders and an opponent [...]

The exclusive story is no longer the exclusive domain of the traditional media. In many cases, it’s the small, independent media that are breaking stories and driving the news these days.

Nearly 25,000 more voters turned out on Election Day in Iowa than in 2004, according to figures released by the Iowa Secretary of State’s office.
A record 1,546,453 participated statewide in the general election. The 72 percent turnout rate matches that of 2004. Of the 1.54 million total voters, a record 557,000 opted to vote early [...]

Venerable political journalist Helen Thomas hopes both Iowans and bloggers understand the depth of responsibility placed on their shoulders.
“I think [blogging] can be very good,” Thomas said in a one-on-one interview Thursday afternoon. “It is important, however, for them to get some help and training from legitimate journalists who can tell them about standards and [...]

On Tuesday Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin’s campaign rolled out a new re-election website fit for the 21st century campaign environment at TomHarkin.com.

Included on the site include numerous links to social networking utilities like YouTube, Facebook and MySpace as well as newer features like Veoh and Eventful.

On a conference call with bloggers yesterday Harkin spoke about [...]

Eleven minutes after voting in favor of cloture on the Senate immigration bill, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback changed his mind—and his vote—to oppose cloture, MSNBC reported earlier today. Now it seems that the Brownback campaign has changed its mind again, this time on a press release it produced just days ago. On Tuesday, June 26, [...]