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Is Rob Hubler missing the Democratic wave?

Months ago, there seemed to be more potential for Hubler to raise money over the Internet, using King’s famously controversial remarks to stoke up dollars from the many people King has offended in his three terms in Congress.


Exclusive: Hubler hires Joe Trippi in race against King

Western Iowa Democratic congressional candidate Rob Hubler has inked a comprehensive consulting agreement with high-profile strategist Joe Trippi, a chief architect of modern Internet politics.


After JJ Hoopla, Edwards Gets Folksy

Far from the national media, loud music, hoopla and sign wars of Saturday night’s Jefferson Jackson dinner, John Edwards stepped into a quintessential Iowa caucus setting Sunday afternoon.

A lone acoustic guitar player was playing Eagles songs at the Eagles Lodge in Iowa City in front of a bingo board at a fundraiser for two courthouse [...]


Edwards Links Clinton to Bush on Iraq, Iran

In a speech billed as a “major foreign policy address,” John Edwards offered as much criticism for Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as he did for the Bush Administration.

“Hillary is voting like a hawk in Washington, D.C. and talking like a dove in Iowa,” Edwards told a crowd of 200 on the University of Iowa campus, [...]