The Other McCain

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Fear and Loathing: From Sioux City to Council Bluffs With the Herman Cain Bus

SIOUX CITY, Iowa OK, no more messing around. Time to get seriously into gonzo as I hit the road following Herman Cain’s “Common Sense Solutions” bus tour across the state. Three stops today, covering 150 miles: 11 a.m. Eldon’s Restaurant 3322 Singing Hills Blvd., Sioux City, Iowa Sioux City Jewish Coalition meeting 2:45 p.m. Cronk’s […]

Are You Ready for Tonight’s ‘CainCast’?

Press release from the Herman Cain campaign: “CainCast,” a weekly Internet radio show offering an inside look at Herman Cain’s presidential campaign, will premiere at 7:30 p.m. EDT on Sunday, August 7, 2011. “CainCast” will be hosted by Friends of Herman Cain Communications Director Ellen Carmichael and Director of New Media Michael Johnson. The hosts […]

Liberal Head-Explosion Warning VIDEO: Michele Bachmann Testifies for Jesus

SIOUX CITY, Iowa Friday at the rain-soaked Midwest Spirit Christian Music Festival in West Des Moines, I recorded this eight-minute video, but didn’t upload it immediately because the WiFi connection was so crappy at my hotel in Des Moines. But now I’m on a good WiFi link and it’s Sunday, so it seems appropriate to […]

‘The Lunatic Derby’

SIOUX CITY, Iowa “Bikers Welcome,” says the marquee in front of the Ramada Inn where I’m staying here. Certainly it would be interesting to have three or four dozen Hell’s Angels come roaring into town, terrorizing the locals, but I didn’t see any Harleys in the parking lot, so we’ll probably be spared that entertainment […]

The Santorum Family’s Iowa ‘Vacation’

SIOUX CITY, Iowa Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum brought his entire family — his wife, Karen, and seven kids ages 3 to 20 — to Iowa for his three-week tour leading up to the Aug. 13 Ames Straw Poll. After yesterday’s “barn party” in Roland, I caught Santorum for a minute just before he left, […]

Rick Santorum’s Iowa Barn Party

ROLAND, Iowa Rick Santorum just finished doing a “barn party” here at the home of Scott and Susan Hurd. While I have no firm estimate of how many eligible voters were in attendance, I can state officially that the number of kids was ginormous. Lots of big home-schooling families showed up — families with seven, eight, […]

‘Streets’ and ‘Avenues’ in Rural Iowa

ROLAND, Iowa Rick Santorum’s schedule lists the address for his event this afternoon as 3275 400th Street. The Google Map directions to this location directed me to turn left onto 570th Avenue – which is a dirt road that runs between two cornfields. And after going a mile and a half, then I was directed […]

I Got Iowa, They Got the Virgin Islands

DES MOINES — While I was rattling the tip-jar to pay for my Iowa trip, Democrats were spending your tax dollars on tropical vacations: A nonprofit backed by U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.) spent more than $2 million in federal funds to provide environmental education to Philadelphia high school students — including trips to […]

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