Edwards in Iowa City calls for big change
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards spoke at Hamburg Inn No. 2 and then at Prairie Lights, urging major reforms. He listed universal health care, higher minimum wage, action on global warming, labor support, and withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq during an 11 minute address amid a 250 plus crowd in Iowa City.
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Thompson testing the waters on fair trip in Iowa
Thompson debuts at the Iowa State Fair as a prospective Republican presidential candidate tester. He meets conservatives and lawmakers with Grassley, tours exhibits, and signals a decision next month while urging patience on Iraq and touting abortion and gun rights. Local Democrats call him a pandering actor.
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Obama outlines rural policy at Iowa rural summit
Barack Obama pledges to shift federal farm payments away from Fortune 500 firms and multimillionaires, proposes lowering the payment cap to 250000, and seeks rural economic development ideas at a Real Change for Rural America summit in central Iowa. He tours a VeraSun Energy ethanol plant in Charles City and addresses supporters in Clear Lake.
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