Topic: Iowa

At Least 19 Tornadoes Hit 3 States

A pack of severe storms barreled through Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa on Sunday, bringing tornado touchdowns in all three states. The emerging photos are terrifying and devastating

By Dashiell Bennett

Mar 29, 2013

Des Moines Register Maps Which Public Schools Are Totally Unguarded

The Des Moines Register is in a bit of hot water after they published an interactive Google Map revealing the level of security in most Iowa's school districts. As you might imagine, the NRA crowd was not pleased, and the map has been taken down.

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By Connor Simpson

Mar 5, 2013

Republicans Still Have a Problem with Women's Pants

A group of seven Iowa Republicans are making waves for trying to ban "no fault" divorces, but their reasons can be concerning when you let them speak at length. It's all about the politics of women's pants, a problem that never seems to go away for Republicans on any level.

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By Connor Simpson

Jan 26, 2013

Why Tom Harkin Retiring Is a Big Deal

Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin announced he won't be seeking re-election in 2014 on Saturday, opening up a race for a precious Senate seat in one of the biggest battleground states in the country. You think the race in Massachusetts is exciting? Wait until Iowa heats up. 

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By Elspeth Reeve

Nov 26, 2012

National Review Demands Death of Iowa Straw Poll by Fakery

With a bit of dubious reasoning, the conservative magazine wants to kill the summer tradition in which Republican presidential candidates spend tons of money and eat unexpected foods on sticks in order to get a little press and raise a little money.

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By Connor Simpson

Nov 22, 2012

Other Things We Should Abandon with the Ames Straw Poll

There's a movement growing that says we should get rid of the Ames Straw Poll. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad was the first person to say that this thing has got to go, and now other politicians are agreeing with him.

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By David Wagner

Nov 20, 2012

Today in Green Research

SARS-Like Bat Virus Discovered; The Light at the Bottom of the Ocean

Discovered: A deadly new disease infects two humans; big international investors tell governments to get tough on climate change; drought is here to stay in Iowa; underwater light is dimming, driving fish away.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Nov 19, 2012

Five Ridiculous Signs Rubio's Definitely Running in 2016

We don't have to sift for clues that Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is pretty much already running for president, because in the 13 days since the 2012 election—and especially the last three—he's given us several obvious tip-offs about his destiny, and that of the Republican Party, come 2016.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Nov 1, 2012

Poll Watch

Up and Down in Iowa

Polling out of Iowa produces mixed results, Wisconsin's tight, and a neck-and-neck race nationally, but maybe there's a better question.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Oct 31, 2012

Rep. Steve King Takes a Stand Against Hurricane Relief

Our old friend Rep. Steve King of Iowa is defending his vote against relief for Hurricane Katrina, because some of the money was spent on "Gucci bags and massage parlors." 

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 23, 2012

Trimming the Times

The Home Stretch, the Color Blue, and Pee Wee Football

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 19, 2012

Poll Watch

Even with Gallup, This Race is Tight

National polls other than Gallup indicate the race is tight, Obama is up in Wisconsin and maybe Iowa, and Rasmussen has Romney up by five in Florida.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 8, 2012

Poll Watch

How High is Romney Bouncing?

Today in Poll Watch: Pew shows Mitt Romney leading by four points, the tracking polls paint a confusing picture, swing state polls show President Obama leading by a small margin, and fewer Obama supporters than Romney supporters are "extremely likely" to vote.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Sep 28, 2012

Poll Watch

Voters Want Change but Still Pick Obama

A Fox News poll finds people want change, but they don't want Romney, Nevada and North Carolina are not going the ways the parties expected, and Romney might be fighting in Iowa. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter. 

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By Adam Clark Estes

Sep 16, 2012

It's Never Too Early to Start Campaigning for 2016

Fried steak in hand, Maryland governor Martin O'Malley turned some heads in Iowa on Sunday in what many are calling the first stop on his 2016 presidential campaign. 

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 28, 2012

Poll Watch

Romney is Behind When it Comes to Empathy

We're in convention season and it looks like Romney is lacking on questions of empathy. Meanwhile the two candidates are tied in North Carolina, DNC territory, while Obama holds leads in Connecticut and Iowa. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.  

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 15, 2012

Stat of the Day

57 Different Foods Are Available on a Stick at the Iowa State Fair

Big-name politicians are a familiar sight at the Iowa State Fair — this year, President Obama bought people beers and Paul Ryan was heckled; last year, Sarah Palin and the Republican primary pack made a scene — but the true stars are the many foods, which are put on sticks.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 10, 2012

Poll Watch

National Polls Give Obama a Cushiony Lead

Two national polls show Obama with leads of nine and seven points. A poll in Iowa shows Romney up by a slim margin. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter. 

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By Esther Zuckerman

Jul 17, 2012

Poll Watch

Surveys Say a Majority of People Want Romney to Release His Tax Returns

More people want Romney to release his tax returns than keep them private, New York is still liberal, and Obama loses ground in Iowa. 

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jun 12, 2012

The Politics of Mitt Romney's Bus Tour

Mitt Romney will go on a five-day bus tour through six states this week, and where he plans on going offers clues to how the presidential election is shaping up.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 17, 2012

Past Santorum Embarrasses Present Santorum with Zombie Mailer

Let's imagine that Mitt Romney does win the presidency and that he selects Rick Santorum for some position of authority within it: We're guessing the U.S. Post Office is doomed.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 9, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

Getting the Arab Spring Greener; Being Burned by a Heat Wave

Thomas Friedman on the other Arab Spring, NPR on the warm winter, The Daily Climate on fires in the Amazon, Scientific American on a cleaner rickshaw, and Reuters on sick polar bears

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By Elspeth Reeve

Feb 24, 2012

Rick Santorum Hurt Ron Paul's Feelings

The Republican presidential candidates have had a lot of chances to hurt each other's feelings over the last year with all the debates and ads and speeches, but it seems Ron Paul is hung up on one insult in particular: "disgusting."

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By John Hudson

Feb 15, 2012

China's Future Leader Is Getting an Unwelcome Reception in the U.S.

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is having a somewhat contentious visit to the U.S. this week and it doesn't sound like it's going to get much better. 

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jan 31, 2012

Mitt Romney Sounds Like a Sore Winner Before He's Even Won

Mitt Romney doesn't seem like the kind of guy who'd like trash talk, but he's indulging in quite a bit of it in Florida.

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By Eric Randall

Jan 25, 2012

Obama Begins His Post-State of the Union Victory Lap

President Obama spoke in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Wednesday afternoon to a company that builds conveyor belts, the first stop on his three day tour of five states, and he rehashed themes from Tuesday's State of the Union and emphasized the need to bring manufacturing jobs to America

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jan 13, 2012

The Mistakes That Undid Bachmann's Campaign

The autopsy of Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign has a lot of the typical reasons for what went wrong -- fights between staff, money, priorities, etc.  -- but also has an unusually high number of funny ones. 

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By Ray Gustini

Jan 11, 2012

Steven Soderbergh's Weird Phase; Zero Gravity Cats

 Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your fiveminutes (or less) of attention.

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How a Super PAC Helped Romney Win Iowa

Congratulations to Mitt Romney on his narrow win in Tuesday's Iowa caucuses. But don't give the former Massachusetts governor all the credit; after all, he couldn't have done it without a supporting cast of collapse-prone opponents, and one very valuable ally.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jan 4, 2012

24 Hours of Gingrich's Insults for Romney

Newt Gingrich is absolutely furious that Mitt Romney was able to benefit from the negative campaigning tactics Gingrich pioneered in the 1990s without getting his hands dirty thanks to the Supreme Court decision that Gingrich supported!

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jan 3, 2012

Santorum Wins Tie with Romney in Iowa

The morning vote tally has Mitt squeaking by Rick by a count of just eight measly votes.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jan 3, 2012

After All This, Romney's Going to Win?

Mitt Romney is probably going to win the Iowa caucuses today, January 3, 2012, when normal people are so mad at Washington they dressed up in powdered wigs.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jan 3, 2012

Why You Don't Call Iowa a Hillbilly Flyover State

Home of the first computer, the first female lawyer, one of the first states to pass gay marriage, and the home of badass farmers--Iowa isn't a bunch of "hillbillies" and this video won't let you forget.

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By John Hudson

Jan 2, 2012

NBC Says Andrea Mitchell Didn't Say Iowa Is 'Too White' to Matter

NBC News has responded to criticisms that correspondent Andrea Mitchell stereotyped the state of Iowa as "too white, too evangelical, too rural" to represent the U.S. electorate Monday, telling The Atlantic Wire she was merely citing critics who feel that way.

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By Richard Lawson

Jan 2, 2012

Ad Watch

Everybody Loves Iowa

Mitt Romney sucks up to Iowa, Michele Bachmann dubs herself the Iron Lady, and normal people love Ron Paul.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 2, 2012

Google's Iowa Caucus Media Playground

Sponsoring the media hangout center at the Polk County Convention Complex for this year's Iowa caucus, Google is wooing political journalists with tricked-out treadmills and bean bag chairs.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Dec 29, 2011

Santorum Could Be the Last Republican Candidate to Surge

Is there time to squeeze in one more Not Mitt Romney candidate surge in the few days before the Iowa caucus?

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By Elspeth Reeve

Dec 29, 2011

Ron Paul's Army Has Been Ordered to Shave

Ron Paul's army of college kids went through boot camp outside Des Moines where they were drilled on how not not scare Iowans either IRL or on Twitter.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Dec 28, 2011

Cruel Reporters Won't Let Romney Off the Hook for Being Awkward

Every single day Mitt Romney is thrust into a small talk nightmare in which he must chat with strangers and -- more horror -- every time he says something stupid it's caught on tape with the guarantee that people all over America will laugh at him

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By Dino Grandoni

Dec 28, 2011

New Year's Eve Party for Caucus Reporters Will Be Full of Cheese and Bacon

Journalists covering the Iowa caucus face a profound dilemma this New Year's Eve: Where are the good parties at in Des Moines?!

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By Elspeth Reeve

Dec 19, 2011

Newt Gingrich Is Already Over

Celebrities always die in threes, and today we have Vaclav Havel, Kim Jong Il, and the presidential aspirations of Newt Gingrich.

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Rick Perry Tells a Bisexual Teen Why He Opposes Gay Rights

What had been a calm day for Rick Perry filled with church services and friendly audiences ended on a sour note as the governor found himself in two confrontations in his last town hall of the day over controversial natural gas extraction techniques and gays serving openly in the military.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Dec 14, 2011

Mitt Romney's Secret Weapon: Mormonism

Newt Gingrich fired his Iowa political director for saying, "A lot of the evangelicals believe God would give us four more years of Obama just for the opportunity to expose the cult of Mormon" in a focus group a day before Gingrich hired him last week.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Dec 13, 2011

Poll Watch

Obama Slips in Battleground States; Gingrich Slips in Iowa

It seems like a hundred polls are released every day now that the Iowa caucuses are less than a month away. Here's our guide to which ones matter and why.

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By Eric Randall

Dec 12, 2011

Past Adulterer Newt Gingrich Pledges Not to Cheat on His Latest Wife

Newt Gingrich responded to a candidate pledge circulated by an Iowa social conservative group The Family Leader that addresses adultery, abortion, gay marriage, and pretty much every other social conservative issue ever, including remaining faithful to his wife. 

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By Ted Mann

Dec 4, 2011

Up He Rises: Newt Ascendant in Iowa and N.H.

Newt Gingrich has the lead in Iowa, and has taken a big chunk of support from Mitt Romney in New Hampshire, new polls say.

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By Dino Grandoni

Dec 2, 2011

Iowa Has Gotten Over Herman Cain

A new Des Moines Register poll shows that support among the state's GOP caucus-goers has plummeted to 8 percent, which some pundits are saying signals the end for the former pizza executive. 

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Romney Opens Iowa Office

After a slow start, is Team Romney making a move for the key caucus vote?

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By Erik Hayden

Nov 15, 2011

It's Now a Four-Way Tie in Iowa, Ron Paul Included

As Mitt Romney plays down expectations, Newt Gingrich revels in his national momentum and Herman Cain finds his support slipping, the bellwether of all bellwether states, Iowa, is now looking at a four-way race: with Ron Paul gaining ground.

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By Erik Hayden

Nov 4, 2011

Mitt Romney May Be Fighting for Iowa After All

In what could be a signal that he's seriously competing in Iowa, Mitt Romney has aired his first negative ads against Rick Perry in the state, the Associated Press reports

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By Elspeth Reeve

Oct 21, 2011

Both Romney and Obama Want to Make 2012 a Sequel to 2004

Mitt Romney wants to be the John Kerry of this year's Iowa caucuses, while President Obama wants to be the George W. Bush of the general election.

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