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Bill Richardson took questions in both English and Spanish during a stop in heavily Hispanic West Liberty Saturday.

“I’m the only Hispanic candidate,” Richardson told the crowd of about 50 at El Torito Restaurant, “but I gotta tell people because of the name Richardson.”  He offered only a couple lines of the main speech in Spanish [...]

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson Thursday afternoon weaved serious policy points with a Johnny Carsonesque disarming sense of humor to pitch what he called an underdog presidential quest.

Speaking to a packed house of about 150 people at the Carroll Moose Lodge just after noon, Richardson, a former congressman, energy secretary and U.N. ambassador, trumpeted his [...]

Bill Richardson may have had his “voodoo economics” moment.

Only unlike the pass Ronald Reagan gave his eventual vice president, George H.W. Bush, for the infamous Bush assessment of Reaganomics, Hillary Clinton may not be able to absorb the punishing rounds of media and GOP attacks that surely would stem from Richardson’s pointed criticism of her [...]

With Sunday’s endorsement from Rep. Wayne Ford of Des Moines, Barack Obama takes the lead in endorsements from Iowa legislators with 20 to Hillary Clinton’s 19.

Clinton still leads the Iowa Senate with 10, while Joe Biden has the most House endorsements with 14.

Rumors had abounded that Ford was planning to endorse Clinton immediately after the [...]

Call it a testament to the seriousness of Iowa politics. Blame it on a field of so many acceptable candidates. Credit an Iowa caucus season that has now spanned two years. Regardless of reason, it’s the stuff that drives pollsters and campaigns crazy: supporters realizing they’re no longer sitting in a comfortable chair.
Nine Iowans have [...]

After serving Iowans for 30 years in Congress, Jim Leach’s professional life outside the beltway doesn’t appear to be slowing down. Leach, a Republican who lost his Second District congressional seat to Democratic rival Dave Loebsack of Mount Vernon last November, was unanimously voted chairman of Common Cause’s National Governing Board on Monday.

“We’re so busy [...]

Speaking at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson made a pitch for himself as a presidential candidate.

He challenged the other Democratic candidates on Iraq when he said: “They’ve decided to stop talking about Iraq. Their campaign strategies have shifted to other issues.  Over the last few debates and on the [...]

On the eve of finals week for University of Iowa students, Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson hit the trail in Iowa City to hold a “conversation about education.” While the New Mexico governor pitched portions of his education platform in the second-floor ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union on Sunday evening, student study groups gathered [...]

Bill Richardson is the latest in a series of five Democratic candidates to address the Iowa City Foreign Relations council.  After his speech, Richardson told Iowa Independent, “I need to be in the top three in each of those three” first states — Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.  Below the fold, John Deeth’s first take [...]

And in Clinton-Obama matchup, Obama wins with superior spontaneity and authentic moment with Biden on race

With a command of details on China, foreign policy and education, U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, who also just seemed more alert, on the balls of his feet intellectually, this afternoon displayed a separating statemanship in The Des Moines Register Democratic [...]