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McCotter also decries exclusion from upcoming GOP debate

By | 09.02.11 | 12:45 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

A Michigan Congressman says rules connected to invitations to an upcoming 2012 GOP presidential debate appear to have purposefully excluded certain candidates, including himself, from participating.

FEC to investigate Fox News’ refusal to let GOP candidate Karger into presidential debate

By | 09.02.11 | 11:25 am

The Federal Election Commission agreed Thursday to investigate a complaint GOP presidential candidate Fred Karger filed last month against Fox News, according to Karger’s presidential campaign.

How Agenda 21 hysteria seeped into mainstream Florida politics

By | 09.02.11 | 9:24 am | More from The Florida Independent

Image by: Matt MahurinFlorida right-wing groups are up in arms over a 19-year-old initiative launched by the United Nations in an effort to promote sustainable development in communities all over the world. The groups are convinced the U.S. is being held hostage in a secret plot by the U.N. to steal our sovereignty More…

VIDEO: Ron Paul calls supporter’s ad seeking Perry sex partners ‘silly’

By | 08.19.11 | 3:52 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

An Austin supporter of Ron Paul wants to know if there are any women who have engaged in promiscuous activity with Rick Perry. Paul refused comment on the print ad Friday, saying it would provide something “rather silly” with “too much credibility.”

NOM’s Brown laughed at on ‘Stossel Show’ for argument against marriage equality

By | 08.19.11 | 11:01 am

On Thursday night’s “Stossel Show,” which airs on the Fox Business channel,

Glenn Beck moving from Fox to new ‘GBTV’

By | 06.30.11 | 2:58 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Glenn Beck, one-time shock jock now wildly emotive and popular TV political conspiracy theorist, is airing his last regular show on the Fox network tonight. He plans to stride from the Fox studio after his nightly show to the home of his new “GBTV” outlet to do a post-Fox interview– More…

Huckabee’s avoidance of 2012 presidential race could split GOP voters

By | 05.17.11 | 9:17 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Image by Matt MahurinAnother potential presidential candidate has confirmed what his role will be in the 2012 election — uninvolved, at least personally.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Saturday he intends to sit out the 2012 presidential election.

Prison lobbyists used millions in pressuring state lawmakers to adopt Arizona-like immigration laws

By | 05.16.11 | 12:38 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Private for-profit prison companies spend millions of dollars every year lobbying at the local, state and federal levels for stricter immigration laws and enforcement.

The largest such company, Corrections Corporation of America, spent more than $18 million on such activities between 1999 and 2009, reports Fox News.

The company is More…

With announcement out of the bag, Ron Paul begins new media campaign

By | 05.13.11 | 6:38 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

In the wake of his announcement today he is running for President, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has also established a website to inform and encourage attendance of Iowa’s August straw poll, campaign officials said this afternoon.

The site is also selling straw poll tickets for $20, or $10 More…

Gingrich: Obama will lose in ‘fair’ fight, House should investigate Holder’s beliefs

By | 05.12.11 | 9:49 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Hours after officially throwing his hat into the 2012 presidential contest via Twitter, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich told a national news outlet that he doesn’t expect to “get a break from elite media,” President Barack Obama will lose in 2012 if it is a “fair” fight, and More…