Christianity on stage in Iowa: Jerry Falwell Jr. joins Trump for weekend rallies
By Jay Bouchard DAVENPORT, Iowa – In a final push before Monday night’s Iowa caucuses, Republican front-runner Donald Trump is rallying crowds with the help of one of the country’s most prominent evangelical Christian leaders. Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Virginia’s Liberty University, is lending his name and reputation as the New York real estate […]
Chicagoans canvas for Hillary
By Brendan Hickey DAVENPORT, Iowa — Chicago area Hillary Clinton supporters are not eligible to caucus in Iowa on Monday, but that didn’t stop them from making the trip across the Mississippi River to knock on doors and urge Iowans to back the former secretary of state.
Sue Dvorsky: Day in the Life of an Iowan
By Misha Euceph “The media’s saying Sanders has 100 field organizers on the ground and Hillary’s got 100 field organizers on the ground. Here’s the difference. My stepdad, 81, from the South Side of Chicago… Irish… The [Hillary] field organizer in his district went and knocked on his door and said I know you’re Sue’s […]
Jared Fulster: Day in the Life of an Iowan
By Misha Euceph “You hear a lot of ‘Why does Iowa get this?’ We are a flyover state. All we do is corn and pigs. And I don’t even do that. This is our taste of the East Coast or the West Coast. Just mattering. Being important, I suppose.” Jared Fulster is an independent voter […]
Asher Van Dyke: Day in the Life of an Iowan
By Misha Euceph “I support Bernie because of his take on tuition for public universities. I dropped out of school recently because my mother was diagnosed with cancer, so I don’t have the funds right now. I even had a thought of moving to Germany maybe for like free education.” Asher Van Dyke is an […]
Bill and Chelsea get out for Hillary in Cedar Rapids
By Enrica Nicoli Aldini CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Clinton family made a fashionably late appearance Saturday night at Washington High School, in the state’s second-largest city. A mere hour after the Des Moines Register gave Hillary Clinton a slight lead over Bernie Sanders in the polls and 45 minutes after the scheduled time, she […]
Stan and Sue Gustafson: Day in the Life of an Iowan
By Misha Euceph “We don’t mind that [Donald Trump] used to be a democrat. We used to be hippies in the 70’s. You get older, you get wiser. We were gonna run to Canada. We had a van partially packed. Then, we could stay because he didn’t get drafted. We’ve been married 40 years.” Stan […]
Cruz supporters not afraid of Trump (VIDEO)
By Caroline Kenny AMES, Iowa–At a Cruzin’ to Caucus rally here today, supporters of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz openly rejected the platform of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and what Cruz mockingly calls his rival’s “New York values.” Cruz and Trump have been running neck and neck for weeks. A Des Moines Register/Bloomberg poll released Saturday […]
Ted Cruz talks to Medill Reports, defends conservative record
By Kristen Vake AMES, Iowa — The “Cruzin’ to Caucus” event brought hundreds of voters to Iowa State University this morning in support of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is fighting the clock to catch Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck welcomed Cruz onstage. He told the crowd that he […]
Cruzin’ to Caucus with religion (VIDEO)
By Emiliana Molina AMES, Iowa — For most Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz supporters, religion seems to play a big role in making their decision on Monday. More than 200 people attended the ‘Cruizin’ to Caucus’ event in the Gateway Hotel in Ames, Iowa Saturday morning. His wife Heidi Cruz, who also attended the […]