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...issues is another example of the media?s liberal bias [Sept. 8]. I was disappointed that the vast majority of your interview with McCain was devoted to his ?prickly? attitude, when the full version of the interview on Time.com had much more substance. Alanna Rice, Council Bluffs, Iowa...
...issues is another example of the media's liberal bias [Sept. 8]. I was disappointed that the vast majority of your interview with McCain was devoted to his "prickly" attitude, when the full version of the interview on TIME.com had much more substance. Alanna Rice, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA...
...Underestimating a surge of new voters was, in some ways, Hillary Clinton's downfall in the primaries. In Iowa, the Clinton campaign expected 150,000 people to caucus, but they came in third place when more than 230,000 people ultimately participated. The Obama campaign "has enthusiasm, they have a lot of people, they have money to finance in a serious way ground operations, and they have the resources in terms of good lists at their disposal," says Harold Ickes, a Democratic strategist and former top adviser to Hillary Clinton. "If the McCain people think that that's not serious...
...Grassley’s proposal left vague what information a revised form might require and his spokeswoman Jill Gerber said specifics were unavailable, though she said the form would likely aim to standardize reporting on financial aid and endowments. The proposal follows months of threats from the Iowa senator about possible legislation that would require college and university endowments to pay out at least five percent annually—the same standard now applied to public charities. Gerber said this proposal does not diminish prospects for legislation but stressed Grassley’s preference for “self-regulation...
...This is the trademark Huckabee style: two parts comedian, two parts common-man populist, and all conservative pol. As they did on the campaign trail in Iowa, Huckabee's political speeches can still have the pacing of a stand-up comedy routine. "Obama got his speech, according to the media, on two tablets of stone, postmarked Mt. Sinai," he jokes one minute. "My dad used to say, 'Son, don't look so far up your family tree. There is stuff up there you don't need to see,' " he deadpans the next...