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...official candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, but after the day he spent at the Iowa State Fair Friday, Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson may as well be. Who else but a presidential wannabe, after all, would be escorted by the reigning Queen of Pork to see the fair's biggest bull, a 3,422-pound black bull named Lazar...
...Spanish, but Hispanics' emergence has not been without friction. Over the years Iowans have grown fearful that the immigrants brought in by the state's hog farms and hospitality industry are dragging down their minimum wages and taking jobs they might want, said Paula Martinez, who sits on the Iowa Democratic Central Committee. And the immigration debate, in turn, has helped make the Hispanic community "incredibly" active, according to Armando Villareal, administrator of the Iowa Division of Latino Affairs in Des Moines. "We had 15,000 people in the streets during the May protests, and for a state as small...
...Latino, Des Moines' 5,000-circulation Hispanic weekly, an interview, done in Spanish. And, "when the time's right, we'll start advertisements" targeting Latin voters, he told TIME Wednesday morning over a breakfast of scrambled eggs and sausage. At the same time, he says that Hispanic outreach in Iowa is "important but it's not a crucial element... I'm running a very mainstream campaign, I'm trying to appeal to all Iowans, but the Hispanic community here, if we increase participation, like double it, it could mean the difference between a second- or third-place finish...
...Tuesday, as he spent four-plus hours shaking hands at the Iowa State Fair in 95-degree heat, the delicate dance Richardson faces was on full display. "You're pretty tall to be a Mexican," one Iowan told Richardson, dressed in jeans and cowboy boots. At the fair's traditional soapbox, a must-hit event for all presidential hopefuls, Richardson - predictably - was asked about his stance on illegal immigration. With rivulets of sweat making their way across his neck and chin, he launched into his four-point plan on how to solve the immigration problem, which includes punishing employers...
...advocates a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S., similar to the compromise legislation that was killed in Congress this spring. His plan, and its flourished delivery, won applause from the audience and a second look from Sandra Johnson, 54, of Washington, Iowa. "I'd ruled him out," Johnson said, sitting on a bale of hay that served as seating at the Soapbox arena. "But I realize now he's got a lot of experience as a governor of a border state. It gives him more credibility on the issue." The question...