Iowa

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http://www.iowaindependent.com/ Iowa Independent.com #################Independent news from the tall corn state."First in the nation!?!??"

  • # Episodes

    39 episodes
  • Rating

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Episodes of Iowa

    • Observers Take In Caucus Chaos

      Two Virginia Commonweath University students (Obama, obv.) sat at the perimeter of the caucus scene yesterday in Iowa City, Iowa. They were there strictly as observers but seemed to be having fun. I asked them what they thought of the process.

      • Release date
        Jan 4, 2008
      • Runtime
        01:06
    • Meet Mitt's Wife

      Ann Romney was riding the Mitt Mobile through Mt. Vernon on Sunday, Dec. 30. She and hubby Mitt Romney stopped at a coffee shop for a quick speech. Mrs. Romney gave a short intro of her man, but watch this video to the end to see Mitt lick his finger and make a sizzling noise and proclaim that his wife is "hot" and "amazing."Wow.

      • Release date
        Dec 31, 2007
      • Runtime
        02:49
    • Steve King Intros Fred Thompson in Washington, I...

      Part of King's introduction concentrated on what he called "destiny" issues. He noted Thompson's shepherding of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts nomination. He also told the crowd that Supreme Court Justices Stevens and Ginsberg were the most likely to retire next. His personal fantasy? He wants to see Ginsberg and Stevens "fall madly in love with each other and elope to Cuba."

      • Release date
        Dec 31, 2007
      • Runtime
        01:24
    • Meet James Lowe

      James Lowe is well-known around Iowa. He's the guy in John Edwards' speeches who couldn't talk because of a cleft palate that was finally fixed after fifty years.Edwards has used Lowe's story as an object lesson in the U.S. health care system. The former coal miner was in Lisbon, Iowa to speak on behalf of John Edwards on Saturday.More can be found at the Iowa Independent.

      • Release date
        Dec 23, 2007
      • Runtime
        02:19
    • Obama and Health Care Transparency

      Yesterday Illinois Senator Barack Obama drew a sharp distinction between his methods and the Clintons' work on health care in the 1990s. He said, "My plan is not that different from Hillary Clinton's plan or John Edward's plan or any of the other plans. The question is how do you move it forward ... I admire Sen. Clinton and Bill Clinton for having tried in 1993 but they did it the wrong way ... they went behind closed doors ... the Clinton plan was dead on arrival ... "More at the Iowa Indepe...

      • Release date
        Dec 22, 2007
      • Runtime
        04:11
    • Clinton Questions

      Here are a few videos from recent Hillary Clinton events in Iowa. She has taken several questions on her electability and likeability.My guess (and advice to her) is that she'll stop taking questions from college-age men in her audience because they all seem to be Obama supporters asking critical questions.

      • Release date
        Dec 19, 2007
      • Runtime
        04:43
    • Romney, Oil, Alaska

      Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney gave a presentation in Muscatine on Thursday that included a video display with graphs, statistics, and bullet points. His event was billed as a a talk on his "Strategy for a Stronger America: Strengthening America's Economy." He talked and explained slides that gave statistical projections on subjects including taxes, immigration, and U.S. oil dependence. During a question and answer period, one man from the audience asked about drilling for oil in domestic te...

      • Release date
        Dec 14, 2007
      • Runtime
        04:11
    • Former Penn. Senator Harris Wofford Endorses Bar...

      Former Pennsylvania Senator Harris Wofford introduced Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential front-runner in Iowa this week in Mt. Vernon.Wofford was the CEO of the Corporation For National and Community Service which oversees AmeriCorps. As an adviser to President Kennedy, Wofford helped establish the Peace Corps. Obama called for an increase in AmeriCorps and Peace Corps volunteers and expanded budgets for volunteering and service especially for young people.

      • Release date
        Dec 7, 2007
      • Runtime
        02:28
    • Barack Obama Leads a Call to Serve in Iowa

      In his speech entitled, "A Call to Serve," Illinois Senator Barack Obama recounted his experience as a community organizer and he asked those in attendance at the Cornell College campus in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, to start serving their communities.

      • Release date
        Dec 7, 2007
      • Runtime
        04:12
    • The Values of Mike Huckabee

      John Stilley of Newton, Iowa asked Mike Huckabee about his values system at a recent event in the DMACC Conference Center.Stilley got the answers he was looking for; he signed a pledge card for Huckabee following the event.

      • Release date
        Dec 6, 2007
      • Runtime
        02:20
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