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Carroll County as a bellwether

By Douglas Burns 11/4/08

CARROLL — With rich Catholic and Democratic traditions, but growing social conservative and evangelical demographics, Carroll County, the economic hub of west-central Iowa, can be considered something of a bellwether for the Hawkeye State in today’s election.
As of last Friday, Carroll County had 14,969 registered voters: 5,310 Democrats, 3,155 Republicans, 6,499 no party voters, and [...]

Ellsberg: “Bush, Cheney are Domestic Enemies to the Constitution”

By T.M. Lindsey 1/30/08

Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, is no stranger to speaking out against the powers that be. Ellsberg wasted no time calling out the Bush administration during a lecture sponsored by the University of Iowa Lecture Committee in Iowa City. “I suspect no king since King John the [...]

Unlike Dad, Romney’s Mormon Faith Goes Under Iowa Microscope

By Ben Weyl 7/2/07

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is not the first Mormon to run for president. He’s following in the footsteps of his father, George Romney, the late Michigan governor who ran for the GOP presidential nomination in 1968 but lost to Richard Nixon. When Romney’s father ran, his faith was “mentioned, but it was not a [...]

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