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...Romney's stump speech - contrast sharply with the brightly-colored faux folkiness of the signs distributed by volunteers. These are people who have fallen for the guy they entered into an arranged marriage with. "I love him! I love him! I love him!" shouts a former teacher in Cedar Rapids...
...have a real shot. For Iowans looking for an experienced candidate, Biden arguably has the longest and most distinguished resume in the field. And it is on that strength that he is drawing surprising support in pockets across Iowa, particularly in the eastern cities like Dubuque and Cedar Rapids, as well as in rural areas, where he's giving Edwards a run for his money...
...also helps that Huckabee remains one of the most talented orators in either party this cycle. "When he talks to a group or a roomful of people, he still seems to come across like he is talking to you," says Don Woods, a letter carrier from Cedar Rapids who attended a Huckabee event last Thursday. "I have yet to meet a friend or co-worker who hasn't come away thinking, 'I could live with this...
...Thursday night event in Cedar Rapids, sponsored by the Iowa Christian Alliance, Huckabee showed why he has made such dramatic inroads with religious voters. He spoke of "the crisis going on in this culture of ours." He described gay marriage as a threat to the "skeletal system" of our civilization. He compared abortion to the practice of slavery, and quoted liberally from the Bible. It is rhetoric he sparingly used before more mixed audiences or on the trail in New Hampshire, where voters tend to be more private about their religious views. "You try to always scratch where the itch...
...more than two years, Lebanon's so-called Cedar Revolutionaries - the country's anti-Syrian politicians - have helped lead the Bush Administration's charge to promote democracy and curb anti-Western extremism in the Middle East. Since the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, which sparked the anti-Syrian protests in Beirut - dubbed by Washington as the Cedar Revolution - and ended three decades of Syrian domination, the U.S. has backed the pro-Western government in Lebanon in hopes of denying Syria (and Iran) influence in the country...