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Presidential candidates Joe Biden and Fred Thompson were both in Carroll, Iowa, this week.

Iowa Independent was there with a video camera to record their campaign events.

To watch the speech of U.S. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware click here.

To watch the speech of former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee click here.

After holding his first campaign stop at 10 a.m. Thursday in Carroll, Iowa, Fred Thompson, the hang-dog countenanced former senator dogged with something of a lazy tag, told Iowa Independent one of his major problems with the last 90-minute GOP presidential debate is that he didn’t get any breaks.

“They wouldn’t even give a break in [...]

Iowa Independent fellow and (Carroll) Daily Times Herald reporter and columnist Douglas Burns spent about 15 minutes speaking one-on-one with Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson on his campaign bus outside the Carroll Country Club.
Thompson, a former U.S. senator from Tennessee and accomplished actor, discussed the war in Iraq, his own campaign style, criticism of [...]

If you think eastern Iowa seems an unlikely place to see Republican presidential hopefuls two weeks away from the caucuses, you’re probably right. Linn and Johnson counties, in particular, have not been bastions of Republican strength, and most Republicans reside in the western half of the state.
Still, the numbers didn’t seem to be on former [...]

Fred Thompson is launcing a lengthy Iowa tour and stopped by Iowa City for a local talk radio appearance.  John Deeth joined the proceedings at Coralville’s Iowa River Power Company and has his live impressions.

Fred Thompson is launching a lengthy Iowa tour and stopped by Coralville for a local talk radio appearance.  John Deeth joined the proceedings at the Iowa River Power Company and has his live impressions.

Iowans are no strangers to national influence. Every four years large groups, hoping to drive national conversations and set public policy, open offices in the state. The groups’ pet issues are as varied as there is public sentiment and range from education to sub-prime lending, from health care to global warming. There is at least [...]

National Right to Life became the first national grassroots organization to issue a formal endorsement in the Republican presidential contest Tuesday morning when they put their support behind former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson.
“We are thrilled and honored,” said Thompson’s Iowa Campaign Director Bob Haus in a phone interview. “We just couldn’t be happier. This reinforces [...]

The presidential campaign for New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is launching a new television ad today in Iowa and New Hampshire that details the candidate’s record on the issue of health care.

The 30-second spot, entitled “Stand By Us,” describes Clinton’s efforts to pass universal health care in the 1990s and her work in relation [...]

Two political forces descended upon Iowa and nearly collided Tuesday night, as Mother Nature responded with a torrential downpour, followed by two tornado warnings in Coralville. Due to the possibility of inclement weather, Obama’s campaign organizers moved their scheduled event from S.T. Morrison Park to the Marriott hotel, where GOP candidate Fred Thompson was scheduled [...]