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What the Bible tells us about Sarah Palin’s future
How can evangelicals support a woman for president at the same time they worry about women as pastors? By reading the Bible very selectively.
Too early for 2012 picks?
With former Arkansas governor and Republican caucus victor Mike Huckabee visiting Iowa Nov. 20 and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal visiting Nov. 22, it’s beginning to seem like the race for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination is already underway.
With that in mind, the Sioux City Journal asked 11 Republican county chairs in the conservative stronghold of [...]
Insiders: What went right and wrong for Obama, McCain?
While insiders spent time recently thinking about what has made Obama’s campaign successful, most talk of the McCain campaign more was about its missteps than its successes.
Palin draws tri-state audience in Dubuque
Palin told those gathered from the tri-state area of Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin that for too long special needs children in America have been “set apart and maybe have felt excluded.”
GOP activist sees Palin’s view of race
As Palin, the GOP vice presidential candidate, addressed a crowd estimated at 10,000 at Hy-Vee Hall a week ago, Keeley Sinnard was standing behind the Alaska governor — seeing the event in the same way Palin did.
Palin plans return trip to Iowa
The McCain-Palin campaign has high hopes for Iowa. After campaign stops in Sioux City and Des Moines last weekend, the campaign is sending Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin back into the Hawkeye State on election eve.
The Republican vice presidential nominee will make another swing into the state, this time visiting Dubuque in eastern Iowa. The “Road [...]
Olbermann hammers King’s Obama ‘totalitarian’ remarks
MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann Tuesday night said U.S. Rep. Steve King’s charge in Sioux City on Saturday that America would slip into a “totalitarian dictatorship” under an Obama administration revealed the Iowa Republican to be among the “least stable” members of Congress.
Most in Cedar Falls audience already McCain faithful
While many of the 12 people interviewed by Iowa Independent after McCain’s Cedar Falls speech had yet to cast their vote, all but one had already decided to support the Republican ticket.
Quad-City Times endorses Obama
Tired of what it views as the oversimplification of the presidential election, the Quad-City Times has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama.
Boiling the election down to a battle between “experience or change” doesn’t do this historic vote justice, the paper said, and those words don’t begin to cover all requirements for the next president.