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Religious groups stage get-out-the-vote effort in 34 Florida churches

By | 11.14.11 | 9:09 am | More from The Florida Independent

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr)

This Saturday, 34 churches in Florida hosted a viewing of “One Nation Under God,” which is being promoted as a “two-hour premiere DVD event featuring top American thinkers and political leaders who will bring More…

(Video) AINN reporters give home-state insight into 2012 candidates Bachmann and Perry

By | 11.10.11 | 3:13 pm

Last night’s GOP presidential debate in Michigan featured nine candidates vying for the party’s nomination in 2012. Among the participants were U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Texas Governor Rick Perry, two candidates who have seen their respective campaigns reach considerable buzz and hype, followed by an equally impressive More…

Perry campaign fundraising on his own gaffe

By | 11.10.11 | 1:47 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Doing damage control in the wake of Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry’s “senior moment” during last night’s nationally televised debate, in which he cast about for full minutes in search of a government agency he could vow to slash, Team Perry is spinning the gaffe as a folksy human flub, More…

Perry fails to name third department his platform seeks to eliminate

By | 11.10.11 | 9:01 am

In what is being described as a “royal gaffe” and a “senior moment” during Wednesday night’s GOP presidential debate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry failed to remember the third federal department his platform seeks to eliminate if elected president.
It’s being seen as a flub that could seriously hamper his More…

Planned Parenthood starts new campaign to stave off anti-abortion-rights measures in 2012

By | 11.09.11 | 5:56 pm

Leading up to the 2012 election, women are watching — more specifically, Planned Parenthood is watching.

Bets on Gingrich rising in Iowa futures market

By | 11.09.11 | 11:39 am | More from The Iowa Independent

GOP presidential candidate and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s stock is up on the Iowa Electronic Markets, a real money futures market operated by the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business.

Perry-supporting super PAC begins ad buy in Iowa

By | 11.08.11 | 8:03 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

A super-PAC backing GOP presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry has begun buying ads in the Des Moines TV market, while Perry himself is continuing a media blitz in the Hawkeye State that began in late October.

Bill Clinton defends Perry on immmigration

By | 11.08.11 | 5:45 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

It’s hard to see how this helps Rick Perry in a brutal Republican primary contest, but former President Bill Clinton on Monday defended Perry’s position on immigration and his support of the Texas Dream Act.

Texas history standards get poor review from university researcher in state-funded report

By | 11.07.11 | 4:27 pm

Following censure earlier this year from the national conservative research group the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, the Texas State Board of Education’s hotly debated social studies curriculum is now facing a new round of disapproval from officials on another state board.

Women would be disproportionately affected by tax plans proposed by Cain, Perry, experts say

By | 11.07.11 | 12:47 pm

As campaign-finance filings come out from 2012 Republican presidential candidates, the records show women are not big-money donors for this year’s crop of hopefuls. Recent campaign-finance records evaluated by the Center for Responsive Politics reveal the median percentage of campaign cash over $200 from female donors to the GOP More…