{"id":27303,"date":"2016-01-29T16:22:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T22:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=27303"},"modified":"2016-01-30T09:23:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T15:23:34","slug":"taniesha-kauten-a-day-in-the-life-of-an-iowan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/taniesha-kauten-a-day-in-the-life-of-an-iowan\/","title":{"rendered":"Taniesha Kauten: A Day in the Life of an Iowan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Misha Euceph<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/IMG_3907.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27304\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27304\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/IMG_3907-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Taniesha Kauten in Iowa\" width=\"474\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/IMG_3907-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/IMG_3907-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/IMG_3907-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I remember growing up, my mom talking about it. I don&#8217;t think I really understood everything going on until the 2008 elections&#8230; When it was like Obama and the old guy&#8230; What was his name? Mc? McClain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Taniesha Kauten, University of Iowa student. She was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27423\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27423\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/MedillReportsLogo1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27423\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27423\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/MedillReportsLogo1-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"Campaign 2016\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/MedillReportsLogo1-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/MedillReportsLogo1.jpg 556w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click here to check out all of Medill Reports&#8217; coverage of the Iowa Caucus and the road to the white house.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Misha Euceph &#8220;I remember growing up, my mom talking about it. 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