By LAUREN MILLS
IowaWatch staff writer
DES MOINES — Texas Gov. Rick Perry swung through Des Moines on the caucus campaign trail last week, bringing a touch of Texas swagger to the Iowa Credit Union Convention while again railing against federal regulations.
Perry, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, also jumped into an emerging disagreement over proposed legislation to ease lending limits that the federal government…
By EMILY HOERNER, GUANNAN HUANG, KEELY KEMP, DONNA SCHILL, and JONATHAN STEFONEK
IowaWatch staff writers
BULLETIN: Tim Pawlenty announced his withdrawal from the race today on ABC News. Also, read the Des Moines Register’s story about it here.
Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann became the first woman to win the Ames straw poll today, eking out a…
By STEPHEN J BERRY
IowaWatch staff writer
Now that Michele Bachmann has won Saturday’s straw poll, voters are left to sort out what they should make of this knowledge.
Does the fact that Thaddeus McCotter finished last mean that he would be a totally incompetent president and that Bachmann is the best qualified among the six who joined the contest.
The outcome of the straw poll means…
By JONATHAN STEFONEK and GUANNAN HUANG
IowaWatch staff writers
The candidates for the Republican presidential nomination came out swinging at each other and sometimes at the journalists asking them questions Thursday night in the Fox News debate at Iowa State University in Ames.
“I wish you’d lay off the ‘gotcha questions,’ former House Speaker Newt Gingrich snapped at Chris Wallace, host of host the Fox News…
U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum visits Oskaloosa, Iowa on June 21.
(Video by The Daily Iowan)
By: MIKE ANDERSON
IowaWatch staff writer
(This story is another in a series of profiles of likely candidates for the Republican Party’s 2012 presidential nomination. IowaWatch will be publishing profiles on other candidates in the next several months. Its focus will be on those who will be campaigning in Iowa for…
(The Clayton County Register published a version of this story)
By ANJA SIVERTSON
Special to IowaWatch
(This story is one in a series of profiles of likely candidates for the Republican Party’s 2012 presidential nomination. IowaWatch will be publishing profiles on other candidates in the next several months, focusing on…
Video by Molly Schau, Daily Iowan TV
BY EMILY HOERNER
Special to IowaWatch
(This story is one of a series of profiles of likely candidates for the Republican Party’s 2012 presidential nomination. IowaWatch will be publishing profiles on other candidates in the next several months. Its focus will be on those who will be campaigning in Iowa for the caucuses.)
WAUKEE – Herman Cain was the first potential presidential…
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