“Iowa” on The Daily Caller

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)

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is testing its 2012 media strategy on Tuesday by rolling out a new video that uses Democrats’ and supporters’ words to contrast presidential candidate Barack Obama’s promises with his accomplishments. (more)

Republican presidential candidate and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is comparing herself to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. (more)

1.) Debbie Does Caucus — The Iowa caucuses are mere hours away, and you can feel the excitement. That is, if you can still feel anything after Saturday night. (Jager bombs? You’re not in college anymore, dude. Wait… did you even go to college?) The Republicans are getting all the attention today, and the Democrats just can’t have that. TheDC’s Neil Munro reports: (more)

PERRY, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry whipped up some much needed support among his supporters at a hotel rally on Monday night, invoking the biblical prophet Isaiah to say he feels called to serve as president. (more)

NEWTON, Iowa — An invigorated Rick Santorum is coming under increasing scrutiny at campaign stops now that he has a shot at winning the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday. (more)

DES MOINES, Iowa — Michele Bachmann may be polling at the very bottom of the pack of Republican presidential candidates, but you wouldn’t know it by the crowd she attracted as she mingled with voters on the eve of the Iowa caucuses along Elm Street. (more)

On Monday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” veteran political reporter Brit Hume declared that the Iowa results on Tuesday night probably won’t change former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s position as the front-runner in the 2012 Republican nomination race. (more)

Democratic campaign officials are fighting to get onto the GOP’s Iowa podium, because they’re hoping to jostle the GOP candidates, trip up Mitt Romney and color the public’s image of the Republican coalition and the eventual winner. (more)

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During a tele-townhall Monday evening, Newt Gingrich had a verbal face-off with a caller who insisted the former House speaker could still win the Iowa caucuses. (more)

Just weeks after leading the rest on the Republican field by double digits in the Hawkeye State, Newt Gingrich now says he doesn’t expect to win Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses. (more)

DES MOINES, Iowa — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul predicted before a rally of hundreds of energetic Ron Paul fans on Monday that his dad will be victorious in the caucuses here. (more)

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and current frontrunner is positioned to win the Hawkeye state. Rasmussen has Romney leading the GOP presidential primary candidate pool in Iowa by 2 percentage points ahead of Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican. At the moment, Romney is ahead of his nearest competitor by double digits in New Hampshire. The Romney campaign, which is looking to convince conservatives within the GOP that Mr. Romney follows a Reaganesque philosophy. new ad titled ”American Optimism”which is playing on New Hampshire’s airwaves. Only he and Congressman Paul managed to make it on to the Virginia ballot–a testament to being a presidential candidate in 2008. (more)

Regardless of which candidate wins Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses, Mitt Romney has a seemingly insurmountable lead in New Hampshire while his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination struggle to find their footing. (more)

DES MOINES, Iowa — No matter what happens at the Iowa caucuses Tuesday, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann said Monday she will not drop out of the race for president. (more)

So what is oh-so-important about Iowa, a state that has more bushels of corn than Republican voters? (more)

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – Texas Gov. Rick Perry views the road beyond Iowa as one working more in his favor than in Michele Bachmann’s or Rick Santorum’s, saying the two rivals, who are competing for the same conservative evangelical votes, have no national organization to be viable in other primary states. (more)

ATLANTIC, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took a subtle swipe Sunday at rival Rick Santorum for being a Washington insider during a campaign stop at a local diner. (more)

The Republican White House hopefuls launched a two-day dash to the finish in Iowa on Sunday, with front-runner Mitt Romney poised for a strong showing that could set him on the path to the nomination. (more)