The Other McCain

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Michele Bachmann to Begin Three-Day South Carolina Bus Tour Tuesday

Michele Bachmann greets a supporter Friday, Aug. 5, at the Spirit Midwest Christian Music Festival in West Des Moines, Iowa HARTSELLE, Alabama Fresh off her victory in the Iowa GOP straw poll, Michele Bachmann will bring her campaign to South Carolina tomorrow, kicking off a three-day bus tour of the Palmetto State with a 12:30 […]

Barbara Espinosa Is A Rick Perry Fan

by Smitty She links his announcement as a candiate for POTUS. She also debunks the “Too Many Texans” argument, saying that neither George H.W. Bush nor President George W. Bush were TEXANS. They were born in Yankee land and migrated to Texas. Yankee’s think different than a true born and breed Texan, best way to […]

LIVE! AMES STRAW POLL COVERAGE: Fear and Loathing at Hilton Coliseum UPDATE: BACHMANN WINS!

UPDATE 6:41 p.m. ET: AMES, Iowa – Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann has won the Iowa Republican Straw Poll of 2012 presidential candidates. UPDATE 6:47 p.m. ET: Bachmann 4,823 (28.5%) Paul 4,671 (27.6%) Pawlenty 2,293 Santorum 1,657 Cain 1,456 Perry 718 (write-in) Romney 567 Quick analysis — obviously, Pawlenty’s toast. He spent more than a million […]

Herman Cain Speaks at Iowa State Fair

DES MOINES, Iowa Here are the photos of Herman Cain’s soap box speech this morning: I counted no fewer than eight TV cameras recording the speech. I’ve got videos, but this McDonald’s where I’m working has crappy bandwidth on the WiFi, so the videos will have to wait for later.

The Butter Cow Is SEXY!

DES MOINES, Iowa Sometime before you die, you must visit the Iowa State Fair. And when you visit the Iowa State Fair, the one exhibit you must see is the world-famous Butter Cow: A sculpture. Of a cow. Made of butter. By the way, I won two blue ribbons for Blogging Excellence:

THE SPIN ROOM IS OPEN!

AMES, Iowa This is where everybody weighs in with their opinion of tonight’s debate. I’ve got photos, video, etc., but please feel free to cram the comments with your own views. The view from here? T-Paw was the big loser. He looked weak, and I’m not the only one here who thought so. UPDATE: Here’s […]

Sarah’s Coming to Iowa

NEWTON, Iowa Tuesday, I met with Peter Singleton and Michelle McCormick of Iowa for Palin. And during our conversation, Peter kept referring to “when” Sarah Palin gets into the 2012 campaign. All the pundits have concluded that she’s not running, but . . . well, it’s Sarah Palin we’re talking about, so never say never: […]

Mitt Romney Comes to Des Moines, Attracts Massive Media Coverage

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a fundraiser for the Polk County Republican Party. DES MOINES, Iowa Wow — what a crowd! I just got through covering Mitt Romney’s speech to a fundraiser for the Polk County GOP, and it was kind of eye-opening to see how much more media coverage the national front-runner […]

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