A former staffer for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has been charged with attempting to steal the identity of Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz in a scheme to frame the official in some sort of illegal activity. (more)
A week and a half ago, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s victory in the Republican primary was near inevitable, likely to be locked up at the South Carolina primary. The mood of political reporters everywhere was that primary season would soon end, and the campaign trail would be merely a fond memory. (more)
Don’t pull out the record books just yet — former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum just may have won the Iowa caucuses after all. (more)
Now we’ve seen everything: A bookie with a conscience. (more)
Tuesday night’s Iowa caucuses, with their historically close results, were not the first razor-thin margin in modern Iowa presidential politics. In 2000, the general election in Iowa was decided by three-tenths of a percentage point. In 2004, Iowa was decided by seven-tenths of a percentage point. (more)
It’s been a mixed week for Mitt Romney’s campaign. On one hand, Romney won Iowa, but on the other, he was endorsed by John McCain. (more)
Democrats and independents showed up in large numbers for Tuesday’s Republican Iowa caucuses — a 179 percent increase from 2008 — with nearly half of independents throwing their support behind Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who came in third place. (RELATED: Romney wins Iowa caucuses, Santorum places close second) (more)
After Iowa, the picture on who will be this year’s Republican presidential nominee is becoming a bit clearer, for better or for worse. (more)
The Ames Straw Poll can be hugely influential for candidates, and can make or break a presidential hopeful’s campaign. But when it comes to predicting a winner for the Iowa caucuses, the straw poll’s influence is minimal at best. (more)
A half-hour after the Iowa caucuses got underway Tuesday night, Des Moines Register reporter Jason Noble caught an unusual indicator of how little support Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann enjoys in the Hawkeye State. (more)
Conservatives across the country will be closely eyeing Tuesday night’s Iowa caucuses, knowing that state law allows non-Republicans to participate if they register as a Republican on location. (more)
“America’s toughest sheriff,” Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., is knee-deep in the fray in Iowa, speaking once again on Tuesday on behalf of his chosen Republican candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry. (more)
As the first-in-the-nation Republican presidential caucuses are set to begin in Iowa, news is breaking that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has already made a significant ad buy in New Hampshire. (more)
Republican presidential candidate and Texas Rep. Ron Paul dominated Google searches in Iowa over the past month. (more)
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is taking heated criticisms from nearly all of his Republican opponents heading into Tuesday evening’s Iowa caucuses. (more)
PERRY, Iowa — He once was a full-time congressman, but Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the law should change so members of Congress only work part-time in Washington. (more)
NewsCorp head Rupert Murdoch praised former employee and GOP presidential nominee Rick Santorum via Twitter, just before the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday evening. (more)
Rep. Gerry Connolly dismissed the Iowa caucuses as underwhelming on Tuesday due to “[l]ittle diversity in [the] state.” (more)
Texas Gov. Rick Perry took stabs at former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum on Tuesday morning. (more)
Rick Santorum won an endorsement this week from a family of reality TV stars best known for their 19 kids, several of whom joined the candidate at events in Iowa. (more)
