Nov. 16, 2011 Des Moines, IA — Becca Mataloni, a Drake University journalism student, will live blog the event on Thursday. The event will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Pomerantz Stage in the Olmsted Center. It will last approximately 45 minutes. The blog will go live about 9:45 a.m. with color and commentary....

Government control and foreign policy dominate discussion at town hall meeting as Paul argues for a return to constitutional values By Jackie Wallentin |  Drake University Des Moines, Iowa (Oct. 23, 2011) – Presidential candidate Ron Paul met for a brief town hall meeting Saturday morning with an...

By Mary Bess Bolling At the heart of Florida’s move to push its primary into January is that it wants what Iowa and New Hampshire have—prime influence on the Republican nominee and the advertising dollars that accompany . But Iowa needs to be first. First of all, the Iowa legislature mandates that...

Michele Bachmann poses with a supporter at a September Tea Party Express Rally at Water Works park in Des Moines, Iowa. By Mary Bess Bolling Michele Bachmann fascinates me. I know she’s old news, but maybe it’s because some part of me wants a woman president sooner rather than later. Or perhaps it’s...

  We all know that younger generations are reading less and less, but they know more about presidential candidates than some adults. By Ann Schnoebelen They don’t use vowels. They’re completely unfamiliar with the concept of privacy and are too busy updating their Facebook statuses to figure...

By Kylie Rush The first “real” political event I attended was a Tea Party rally in a balloon field in Indianola, Iowa. That should have been my first clue. For some reason, I felt that the people involved in politics and attending this event would probably be old, stuffy and dressed in suits. Call...

We’re out to expose the hometown secrets of the Iowa Caucuses. Other people cover the candidates, but we’re covering the characters. We want to share who Iowans really are and how they think. Our funding and staff come from Drake University in Iowa’s capital city Des Moines, giving us a unique...