Though some GOP primary candidates are bound to drop before Illinois’ March 20 primary, Mitt Romney’s campaign continues to woo local Republicans as he hopes for a strong finish in the South Carolina primary, after winning the nation’s first two presidential nominating contests. Romney has found solid support among Illinois’ Republicans and reported raising...
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Out of a strong third place in the Iowa caucuses and a solid second in the New Hampshire primary, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul only hopes his own party and some skeptical voters would trust him to beat President Barack Obama in November. Despite getting three times as many votes in the Granite State...
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GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum will appear on Illinois’ primary ballot, but some political analysts say the former Pennsylvania senator won’t have the momentum to make it past Super Tuesday March 6 and to the state’s election come March 20. Santorum’s fifth-place finish in New Hampshire Tuesday and his second-place success in Iowa last...
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The Hawkeye state offers the rest of the country a unique look at choosing presidential nominees.      
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As Iowans kicked off the 2012 presidential election, ChicagoTalks reporter Paris Lewbel talked with several caucus goers about why they take part in the unique once-every-four-years event.
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DES MOINES–Two members of Occupy the Caucus say they were discriminated against when they were asked to leave former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s public town hall meeting Monday night in Clive. Kaylynn Strain, 45, of Des Moines, said a building employee at Competitive Edged, 9350 Hickman Rd., an Iowa-based advertising company that hosted the...
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  Occupy the Caucus didn’t end Tuesday night in Iowa. Members of Occupy the Caucus, in solidarity with Occupy Des Moines and Occupy Wall Street, plan to occupy the rest of the presidential nominating contests including Illinois’ primary on March 20, Occupy the Caucus participants said Tuesday night. “We’re going to keep it moving...
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While Republican voters caucused for their candidate of choice, Iowa Democrats spent Tuesday night devising a way to keep President Obama in office. Unlike 2008, Obama wasn’t in the Hawkeye state to meet and greet his supporters, though he did appear via webcam at caucus sites around Iowa in an attempt to energize his...
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DES MOINES – The day started early for Travis Lovelady, one of the 1,500 precinct leaders working on behalf of Texas Gov. Rick Perry across Iowa. Up at 6:30 a.m., Lovelady caught up on the latest news as he prepared his speech for the Precinct 70 caucus at Merrill Junior High School in the...
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