Tag Archives: Iowa Caucus

NBC News reports: Iowa Republicans will hold caucuses Monday at 7 p.m. CT to select a presidential nominee. Former President Donald Trump has held a commanding lead in polls of the state since he announced his intention to run for president a third time. The real competitiveness of the race has come down to a contest for second place between …

Iowa’s legalization of same-sex marriage already has the pundits pondering possible presidential permutations for the 2012 Republican Caucus. Charlie Crist, Mike Huckabee, Jon Huntsman, Bobby Jindal, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Mark Sanford, and Newt Gingrich are all against gay marriage. The key difference: Crist and Huntsman favor civil unions for gay couples, while the other seven are against. …

Via Daily Kos: Total Voter Turnout (approximate): 356,000 Percentage of total vote:24.5% Obama20.5% Edwards19.8% Clinton11.4% Huckabee (R) From Daily Kos diarist Devil’s Tower: Who walked away with the most impressive number of the night? We did. In 2000, the last time there was a caucus in both parties, Republicans turned out 87,000 voters, while Democrats produced 59,000. There are around …

Right-wing fringe presidential candidate Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) has released his first attack ad in Iowa, complete with a bomb explosion. Tancredo, as always, is playing to xenophobes. Job stealers! Jihadists! Close the borders! The Iowa Caucus takes place January 3rd.