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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s political action committee claimed today that the recorded phone calls that were received by voters in Iowa and New Hampshire recently were paid for by someone else:
Recently, there have been some pollsters or pitchmen trading on the Sarah Palin name – taking a pulse on the Governor’s favorability. None of these [...]

According to a new study, Iowa reflects the diversity of America more than any other state and, as such, deserves its status as first-in-the-nation.
The research was presented in an article by political scientists Peverill Squire of the University of Missouri and Michael Lewis-Beck of the University of Iowa. It appeared in the January issue of [...]

The first part of a lengthy study comparing coverage of presidential hopefuls in two newspapers — one in Iowa and one in New Hampshire — is complete, and the statistics it unearthed should give female journalists pause.

Our colleagues at the Minnesota Independent have found a statement from Sen. John McCain criticizing Alaska’s infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” earmark project and connecting it to the I-35 bridge disaster in the Twin Cities.  At the time, McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, still supported the earmark for her state:

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s acceptance of the GOP nomination for Vice President of the United States raises questions about rural voting patterns that outsiders seem to misunderstand. In small town Iowa, at least, the assumptions I hear made on television aren’t likely to prove true.

The rules? Never mind.
The DNC’s credentials committee made it official yesterday: The two states that broke the rules on the nomination calendar and caused delegate count turmoil until days before the primaries ended, Florida and Michigan, will get full seating and full votes at this week’s convention.
Michigan Senator Carl Levin, Public Enemy Number One of [...]

A top aide to Hillary Clinton says if revelations about John Edwards’ extramarital affair had come out before the Iowa caucuses, Clinton would be the presumptive nominee today.
That’s impossible to definitively answer, of course. But a caucus night survey indicates that most Edwards caucus goers had a second choice other than Clinton, and his absence [...]

At the Democratic National Committee’s rules and bylaws committee prepares to meet on Saturday to decide the fate of calendar cheaters Florida and Michigan, attorneys for the DNC are arguing that party rules require that the two states lose at least half their delegates for violating the party’s nomination calendar.

A high-ranking Hillary Clinton campaign supporter has put another Michigan delegate plan on the table, though it’s not likely to pass the Obama test.

Lanny Davis, a Clinton fundraiser without formal portfolio (though “wartime consigliere” is an apt description) proposes splitting the delegates 50-50. Oh, not all the delegates. The 73 that Clinton “won” in the [...]

In his first interview with a Florida reporter since signing the early state pledge last August, Barrack Obama said he would be open to seating a Florida delegation based on the Jan. 31 primary results at 50 percent strength.

Obama said he had no choice politically but to go along with Iowa and three other early [...]