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Palin recalls post-RNC visit to flood-ravaged Iowa as ‘slice of Americana’

By Lynda Waddington | 03.02.10 | 7:59 am

On Sept. 18 — two weeks after the close of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul — the McCain-Palin campaign traveled to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to view the damage after the state’s most devastating natural disaster. But in her book, “Going Rogue,” Sarah Palin describes her visit to Cedar Rapids as “a slice of Americana,” with no mention of homes destroyed by floodwaters or curbs still strewn with debris.

Flood gives Pawlenty a chance to sandbag national GOP rivals

By Chris Steller | 03.23.09 | 1:06 pm

pawlentyskyAfter declaring a state of emergency there on Friday, Gov. Tim Pawlenty headed to Moorhead today for an early-afternoon briefing with local officials about the looming flood in western Minnesota. Pawlenty and local officials will meet with media…