Pawlenty: Same-sex marriage ‘defies common sense’
By Jon Collins |
07.25.11 | 12:00 pm
The former Minnesota governor, who’s struggling with Iowa’s conservatives, doubled down on opposition to same-sex marriage.
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Bachmann tops Iowa Power Rankings as straw poll looms
By Staff Report |
07.25.11 | 11:45 am
With only a few weeks to go before several 2012 candidates face off in the Ames Straw Poll, the world is about to see who has best balanced the game of Iowa momentum and expectations.
Video: In Iowa ad, Bachmann promises no-vote on debt ceiling
By Meghan Malloy |
07.21.11 | 9:00 am
In “Courage,” Rep. Michele Bachmann vows to “not vote to increase the debt ceiling. It goes completely contrary to commonsense and how I grew up in Iowa.” Failure to raise the debt limit, the Iowa Democratic Party stated in response to the TV ad, “would be catastrophic for our economy and would likely send us into a tailspin worse than the last.”
Video: Iowa Democrats hammer Pawlenty’s tax record
By Jon Collins |
07.06.11 | 8:57 am
As Republican presidential hopeful and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty starts his swing through Iowa, the state’s Democratic Party is taking aim at his no-taxes pledge.
Video: Bachmann holds ‘welcome home’ event in her Iowa hometown
By Lynda Waddington |
06.27.11 | 8:51 am
“Tomorrow I’m going to speak to the nation,” Rep. Michele Bachmann said Sunday night in her birth town of Waterloo, Iowa, referencing her plans to formally launch her campaign for president Monday, also in that town. “But tonight I want to speak to all of you.”
Minnesota’s Bachmann wants to bring ‘Iowa voice’ to White House
By Andy Birkey |
06.23.11 | 3:13 pm
Rep. Michele Bachmann announced she will formally enter the presidential race in a speech on Monday in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. Though Bachmann represents Minnesota in Congress, a position she has held since 2007, she said she wants to win the White House to be a voice for Iowa.
Pawlenty launches TV ad in Iowa
By Lynda Waddington |
06.22.11 | 1:02 pm
The Pawlenty presidential campaign has launched a new television ad in Iowa contrasting the former governor’s Minnesota record with his goals for the nation.
Pawlenty in Iowa: Obama has no economic plan, only ‘campaign plan’
By Meghan Malloy |
05.23.11 | 1:27 pm
Government spending in America is out of control and in need of a strong leader to reign it in and reduce debts for future generations, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty told Iowans Monday morning, a day after he announced his candidacy for president.
Ron Paul to open Iowa campaign office
By Meghan Malloy |
05.06.11 | 1:35 pm
The Texas Congressman will be in Iowa Tuesday to open a campaign office in Ankeny, Dr. Drew Ivers, chairman of Paul’s Iowa presidential exploratory committee, said Friday. Following a press conference at the office, where the Republican intends to announce his Iowa field team, Paul will caucus with Senate and House Republicans at the Iowa Capitol, Ivers said.
Tea party problems: Low attendance, credibility problems plague Bachmann, T-Paw
By Andy Birkey |
04.25.11 | 1:22 pm
Last weekend’s Tax Day Tea Party rallies in Iowa and South Carolina featured Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann, respectively, and by all accounts, attendance at the events was off. Bachmann carries the tea party mantle, although some activists resent her de facto leadership title, while Pawlenty is having trouble garnering the support of tea partiers even at his own events.
