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Jim Leach offered unexpected praise of Barack Obama and several other Democratic presidential candidates in an interview with Iowa Independent this week.

The former Iowa Republican congressman, who is now head of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, also offered unsolicited praise of Democrats Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, and Bill Richardson, and of Republican [...]

State field director predicts second, even first in Iowa

It seems like when we’re young, we like to break a few rules.  Staying out a little too late, sneaking a drink before that official legal age, or backing a candidate who’s outside the established mold (YEEEEEAH!)

Several of those dynamics were on display Saturday at Olive Court, [...]

Paul Primaried In Texas House Seat

Looks like Democrat Dennis Kucinich isn’t the only presidential candidate with trouble in the home district.  In The Hill, Texas political consultant David Hill writes that Republican Ron Paul faces a challenge in his Texas congressional district:

[Commentary] Way back in the dark ages, before George Bush 41 coined the term “Big Mo” in 1980, “delegate count” was the phrase-that-pays in nomination contests. Voting first still made Iowa matter, but the results from early states were placed in the context of overall progress to the nomination and wasn’t the whole ballgame the [...]

[Commentary] Iowa caucus goers are pretty darn good at coming up with questions and generally don’t need help.  And real people want to ask about the issues — it’s the journalists who ask about the horse race stuff.

With the Democratic candidates moving into end-game, take-shots mode in what’s increasingly becoming the race to be Not [...]

Some young members of Ron Paul’s “Revolution” brought their own t-shirts to an event at Iowa State University including this student’s design.

Another student in an “Al Franken for Senate”  t-shirt approached Texas Representative Ron Paul with two copies of the constitution.  Paul graciously signed both copies for the young man.

Short video available below the fold.

Ames, Ia. was the site of a large meet-up for Ron Paul fans as hundreds gathered to hear the congressional Texan and presidential candidate talk. His speech was titled, “Limited Government and the Constitution,” and he delivered it in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union at Iowa State University.

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(Commentary) Even the most emerald of green press secretaries knows this to be true: Tell the candidate to answer the question he wants, not the one she gets.

Rudy Giuliani is taking this basic operating principle of American political debates to another level.

Hizzoner is debating the candidate he wants, not those who are on the stage [...]

On the heels of being named Iowa Chairman for Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul’s campaign, Dr. Drew Ivers was awarded the “Friends of the Family Award” by the Iowa Christian Alliance. Ivers received the award at the ICA’s fall banquet Sept. 29, just days after taking over the Paul’s Iowa reins. Ivers was introduced to [...]

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 [...]