Sen. Barack Obama has said on the campaign trail that he has not been planning to run for President for decades, an indirect jab at Sen. Hillary Clinton, who by some accounts has been planning it. Here’s part of the Clinton campaign’s press release responding to Obama’s claim:
In third grade, Senator Obama wrote an [...]

Not quite, as John Deeth writes today.
Weren’t reading Iowa Indy over the holiday week last week? Here’s what you missed:
Several profiles of candidates’ family members as part of Lynda Waddington’s “All in the Family” series: Cate Edwards, Jill Biden, Craig and Mary Romney, Jackie Dodd, Hunter Biden, and Barbara Richardson. And Doug Burns [...]

One wonders if Cyclone Conservatives posted this photo on purpose as part of a Thanksgiving Day message.
It happens to be the photo of President George W. Bush serving our troops a plastic turkey, from Thanksgiving of 2003.

There’s a constant tendency to report on poll numbers when they come out that even I succumb to, despite having noted in Iowa Independent’s Power Rankings that “No poll is definitive, nor is any one columnist or pundit. Determining which Iowans will show up to participate in a caucus on a wintry January night [...]

In last night’s Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Hillary Clinton was prepared for anything her opponents threw at her. The first ten minutes set the tone of the rest of the night, as both Clinton herself and her fans in the audience slapped down any overt attempts to criticize her. It changed the dynamics [...]

Tonight, I’ll be in Iowa City on the campus of the University of Iowa for the CNN/Nevada Democratic presidential debate. Iowa Independent has gotten together a group of undecided Iowa college students to watch the debate, and I’ll be asking them questions in a focus group-style discussion afterwards. Video of it will be [...]

I’m going to be the guest on Wisconsin Public Radio in about two minutes. I’ll be talking with host Kathleen Dunn for the 9 o’clock hour during the program she calls “All Things Political.” Last time I did it, it was an interesting time. This time, the main topic will be the [...]

A lot of folks seem to think this story is the worst thing Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign could have ever done. Others think it’s no big deal at all. Here’s how I see it:
First, I am not surprised by it in the least. The Clinton campaign is scripted, from beginning to end, [...]

Yeah, it’s, like, a day late. Perhaps a dollar short. But here are some of the more interesting tidbits from the 2007 Jefferson Jackson Dinner:

Unlike 2003, there were no dirigibles in the house. Sen. Chris Dodd had one miniature blimp flying outside, but it carried no new slogan.
Sen. Hillary Clinton’s new line, [...]

I’m liveblogging, along with several other Iowa Independent folks, over there. It is shaping up to be an exciting night.
Sen. Hillary Clinton will unveil her new call-and-response gimmick — “Turn Up The Heat!” — perhaps in an effort to steal thunder from Sen. Barack Obama’s “Fire It Up! Ready To Go!” Both campaigns [...]