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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 [...]

The empty podiums spoke the loudest.

The Republican Junior Varsity All-American presidential forum tonight on PBS featured by far the most intriguing ideas and exchanges of any of the GOP or Democratic debate sessions to this point as the horserace element didn’t dominate the 90 minutes.

Who is the clear winner? Hard to say. Probably former Arkansas [...]

Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo, a congressman from Colorado, became the second Republican to be approved for federal matching funds, the Federal Election Commission announced this week. Qualifying for the federal funds means that Tancredo will be eligible for about $2.5 million, which will be paid to the campaign early in 2008.

U.S. Sen. John McCain of [...]

Iowa’s first statewide anti-abortion group is among 86 such organizations that have committed to opposing all forms of contraception.
Iowans for LIFE (Life Is For Everyone) has joined a coalition of anti-abortion groups under the umbrella of the American Life League and, by joining, has signed a document in opposition to not only abortion but all [...]

(Commentary) Apparently a fourth, fifth, or ninth place finish in the Ames Straw Poll doesn’t merit recognition on Fox News, while finishing at the bottom of the fray is worthy of mention – that is if you’re one of the top-tiered, non-participating candidates.

GOP Congressmen Tom Tancredo, Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter couldn’t buy a top-three [...]

[Commentary] Politically motivated folks throughout the nation will be keeping their eyes at the ready this weekend, waiting for that proverbial finger to be moistened and lifted skyward. Still, it remains to be seen how much information about Iowa’s social conservatives can be mined from a reduced field of cupie doll candidates.
First, in honor of [...]

U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback from Kansas is bringing in the band Kansas, and hoping he won’t be dust in the wind by day’s end. Congressman Duncan Hunter of California has hired an Elvis impersonator. And unlikely Led Zeppelin fan Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, will be playing bass with his own band.
“Take a [...]

This isn’t your typical focus group. From time to time a participant erupts in a fit of giggles and runs away to a nearby splash pad for a refreshing romp through the water jets. The youngest members often refuse to answer, preferring instead to peek from behind a parent’s leg. Regardless, our nation is at [...]

Iowa Congressman Steve King likens illegal immigration to invasion and domestic violence, and Know-Nothing presidential candidate Tom Tancredo is calling for the defeat of multi-culturalism.  The immigration issue is blamed in part for John McCain’s precipitous decline.  Even Tommy Thompson, who hasn’t made immigration a centerpiece of his campaign, is leading with the issue in [...]

In many ways, the members of NICHE would probably just want to be left alone. But they’ve discovered that closing themselves off from the world is not likely to have the effects they might hope for.
NICHE is the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators, which acts as a clearinghouse for all things Christian home-school-related. The members, [...]