Tuesday, November 6, 2012
President Barack Obama ended his campaign last night in Des Moines, just steps from his former 2008 campaign headquarters, making a final push for Iowa voters with over 20,000 looking on.
President Obama brought the final campaign rally of his political career back to the place where it all began, asking voters Monday night to help him win a second term. More than 20,000 Iowans packed the streets in the East Village of Des Moines, and both the President and first lady were serenaded with chants of "Four more years!" as they spoke to supporters last night. The president brought Bruce Springsteen along with him. Springsteen, who has appeared alongside Obama through much of the campaign, came out to a rousing ovation. Urging Iowans to get out to vote, Springsteen told attendees that he was convinced Obama was the right choice for the country. Obama will spend the day in Chicago waiting for the election results to come in, …
Monday, November 5, 2012
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan made a final stop in Iowa Monday with a rally at Elliott Aviation in Des Moines.
Iowa voters who see the GOP ticket as the best chance to improve the nation's economy gathered Monday afternoon at Elliott Aviation in Des Moines to hear Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan speak during his final stop in Iowa on the "Victory Rally" tour. The event, held at an airplane hangar at the Des Moines Airport, was decked out in banners promising, "Real Change on Day One," reiterating the Romney/Ryan promise that, should they be elected, the turnaround in the country's economy would be swift. "This is it, this is huge," Ryan told the crowd after arriving an hour later than the announced time. Flanked by his wife, Janna, and their three children, Charlie, Liza and Sam, Ryan riled up the crowd by highlighting a quote …
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
** Spoiler Alert ** Read on for results from Lolo Jones's track and field event today.
** Spoiler Alert ** Read on if you want to know Lolo Jones' results. Story begins below the line. ____________________ Sally Pearson just proved too tough in the 100-meter hurdles. The Australian World Champion won the gold medal with a new Olympic record time of 12:35. American Dawn Harper pushed her to win the silver medal and Kellie Wells won the bronze. After narrowly making her way through the semifinals, Lolo Jones failed to medal in the finals of the 100-meter hurdles Tuesday afternoon, finishing fourth behind the three favorites. Jones, 30, a Des Moines native, was a big star heading into the 2008 Olympics in China when one clipped hurdle prevented her from winning the gold. This year's Olympics in London was seen as her chance for…
** Spoiler Alert ** Read on for results from Lolo Jones's track and field event today.
** Spoiler Alert ** Read on if you want to know Lolo Jones' results. Story begins below the line. ___________________________________________ Update 1:34 p.m.: It appears that Lolo Jones is in to the finals by the narrowest of margins. Finals are at 3 p.m. Previous Coverage Lolo Jones' dream of winning a gold medal in this year's Olympics games may still be alive after this afternoon's performance in the semifinals of the 100-meter hurdles. If she qualifies with her time of 12.71 in the semifinals heat, the Des Moines native will be scheduled to run in the finals of the 100-meter hurdles at 3 p.m. today. NBC will be showing the races tonight during its 7 p.m. broadcast. Whether or not she makes it will depend on the times of the final …
Monday, August 6, 2012
Spoiler Alert -- Jones runs well in the first round and tries to console an emotional fellow hurdler.
Lolo Jones will live to hurdle another day. Jones, 30, won her heat in the 100-meter hurdles at roughly 4:00 a.m. Iowa time this morning. Jones finished with 12.68 seconds, just a little behind the fastest time of 12.57 pace set by world-champion Sally Pearson in another heat. The time qualifies the Des Moines native to run in the semifinals on Tuesday. Times for the semifinals and finals can be found here. After winning her heat, Jones tried to console Jamaica's Brigitte Foster-Hylton, who after running the second fastest time in the world this season, failed to qualify after tripping on a hurdle. She hit the fifth hurdle in her heat, veered toward the inside lane, got off stride and never recovered. She threw herself to the ground after…
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Some argue that the fame for Jones has exceeded her performance on the Olympic stage. Will she be able to prove them wrong?
You'd think it would be hard enough just trying to medal in the London 2012 Olympics. For Iowan Lolo Jones, 30, whose fame outranks many other athletes with more Olympic success, the stakes are even higher. There is a growing sentiment that the Des Moines native and former Louisana State University track star does not deserve the attention -- and endorsement deals -- she has received up to this point. As if to make this point, Jones' recent revelation that she is a virgin gained more attention than nearly anything else she had done involving hurdles or a track. For example of this criticism, see this post on the New York Times that declares that Jones is valued more for her sex appeal than her athletic exploits. Women have struggled for …
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Jan Bauer plans to make the trek to Des Moines to see Obama at the State Fairgrounds tonight.
When Jan Bauer, Story County Democrat chair, meets someone trying to decide between President Barack Obama or his challenger, Mitt Romney, she pulls out a card detailing Obama's achievements. Stepping in and preventing the second Great Depression is first on Bauer's list. “I don't think anyone knows how close we were to financial collapse,” Bauer said on the eve of the President's Des Moines campaign stop. Bauer credits Obama with rescuing the auto and housing industries, reforming the credit card industry, making college more affordable and her list goes on. She said Obama delivered universal health care, passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay act, restored the nation's reputation in the world, withdrew troops from Iraq and dealt with …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
In his first visit to the battleground state since the January caucuses, the presumptive GOP nominee tells Iowans a "prairiefire of debt is sweeping across … the nation."
As a military wife and stay-at-home mom, federal spending plays a huge role in the day-to-day life of 30-year-old Rebecca Hayes. In fact, her family’s livelihood depends on it. “My husband is in the military and that’s how we receive our paychecks,” Hayes said. “And it always seems like that’s the first area they cut.” Hayes, a native of Boston, Mass., who now lives in Ames, Iowa, was among dozens of local residents who turned out to see former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at the Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines Tuesday. This marked Romney’s first Iowa appearance since the Jan. 3 caucuses. The stop is part of a weeklong stint coordinated by Romney’s campaign and the Republican National Committee to stress “Obama’s debt, deficit and …
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The battle over gay marriage in Iowa continues.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
By Lynn Campbell IowaPolitics.com DES MOINES — Opponents of same-sex marriage stormed the Capitol on Tuesday, with a target on retiring Democratic senators who could tip the balance in a closely divided Senate and allow Iowans to vote on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. “Let us vote! Let us vote!” chanted the crowd of about 250 people, a sea of red T-shirts in the Capitol rotunda. Outside, a handful of same-sex marriage supporters — a married lesbian couple, an openly gay state senator, a union leader and a Christian pastor — put a human face on the issue. They countered what they considered an attack on themselves, their friends and their neighbors. Tammy Steinwandt, of Solon, gushed about how much it meant to marry …
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
An accident on Interstate 35 between Ames and Des Moines stopped traffic this morning the Des Moines Register reported.
Kurt B.
12:44 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Was this his 20th visit to Iowa since June ? No wonder the country is in such a horrible financial mess. The high paid people in Washington are doing nothing but traveling around. more ›