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Fight Over Fear: Warren Tackles Electability Question Head-On
It was Sunday morning in Davenport when Elizabeth Warren was asked about her chances at being elected in a general election compared to some of the field’s more moderate candidates. “What would you say to us?” A woman asked, after saying she was between caucusing for Warren and someone like Pete Buttigieg or Joe Biden.…
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Fight Over Fear: Warren Tackles Electability Question Head-On
It was Sunday morning in Davenport when Elizabeth Warren was asked about her chances at being elected in a general election compared to some of the field’s more moderate candidates. “What would you say to us?” A woman asked, after saying she was between caucusing for Warren and someone like Pete Buttigieg or Joe Biden.…
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From Republican Voter To Pete Buttigieg Precinct Captain
Charles City resident Denise Morozov made a few major life changes last year. She took a new job, moved from her home state of Nebraska, switched her party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, and became, for the first time in her life, active in politics. The 46-year-old is now a precinct captain for Pete Buttigieg,…
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Foreign Policy Driving Discussions To Biden’s Benefit On Iowa Trail
As Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar took to the Senate floor Tuesday to attend the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, the role of the presidency was posed as a question to former Vice President Joe Biden at a town hall. “Does the presidency matter anymore?” a man asked in Ames. “Someone…
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Climate And Racial Justice Linked, Advocates Urge Ahead Of Brown & Black Forum
Ahead of Monday’s Brown and Black forum, event participants held a climate-focused panel calling upon local and national leadership to act on the issue that most often and disproportionately affects communities of color. Mustafa Santiago, vice president of the National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) environmental justice revitalization program, today in Des Moines is participating in the…
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‘Rules Of The Road’ Guide Buttigieg Volunteers On Caucus Night
Thursday evening, while hundreds gathered to see Pete Buttigieg at a town hall in Sioux City, 268 additional supporters signed into a caucus training session in Des Moines. The advanced class, Caucus 102, was a third training session for attendees, all either precinct leaders or volunteers. After packets of materials were passed out, the group practiced…
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Iowans Use Influx Of National Press To Lift Up Unsung Issues, Prep Candidates
All eyes were on Iowa Tuesday night as the largest names in politics and media descended on the state to watch six Democratic hopefuls debate for the last time before the Feb. 3 caucuses. Well-known cable news hosts like CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper were gone the following day, leaving the remaining members of…
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The Climate Activists Organizing Iowa For Pete Buttigieg
Tucked away in the bright front room of an Iowa City ranch home on a recent Sunday afternoon, Pete Buttigieg field organizer Ruby Goldberg seamlessly demonstrated a mock door-knocking simulation and casually rambled off persuasive canvassing skills at the precinct’s last field meeting before caucus day. “I thought that was a really good example of…
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Sunrise Endorsement Adds To Sanders’ Momentum In Iowa
As the importance of climate change climbs in the polls, a recent endorsement from the national Sunrise Movement might drive home Sen. Bernie Sanders’ new leading spot in Iowa. At an Iowa City climate rally on Sunday, for the first time since the group’s Thursday announcement and his leading placement in the Jan. 10 Des Moines…
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Sunrise Endorsement Adds To Sanders’ Momentum In Iowa
As the importance of climate change climbs in the polls, a recent endorsement from the national Sunrise Movement might drive home Sen. Bernie Sanders’ new leading spot in Iowa. At an Iowa City climate rally on Sunday, for the first time since the group’s Thursday announcement and his leading placement in the Jan. 10 Des Moines…
