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Today's Blogs - Yahoo! News: Rick Santorum says he's raised more money in the past few days than in the last four months Rupert Murdoch urges Iowans to support Rick Santorum Mitt Romney on Iowa: 'We're going to win this thing' Rick Perry is working hard to chip away at Rick Santorum in Iowa 19 endorsements and counting: Duggar dad supports Santorum, says Romney snubbed him Romney's test in Iowa and beyond: Can he unify social conservatives? Ron Paul greeted by overflow crowd first day back in Iowa Mitt Romney is now autographing voters' checks in Iowa Photo: Ron Paul ballroom expands to accommodate masses Rick Perry to reporter: Out your sources or I won't talk New poll: Paul, Romney and Santorum tied in Iowa What do Mitt Romney and the Green Bay Packers have in common? Good odds Fickle Iowans and a consistent message give Santorum a chance to win Rick Santorum appearing more confident as crowds grow in Iowa Michele Bachmann testifies at politically themed sermon on the Plains For the next 48 hours, to keep up with 2012 candidates in Iowa you'll need a good GPS and a lot of gas Pro-Romney advertising did not wait one second of 2012 Gingrich says his Iowa campaign needs no adjustment despite plummeting poll numbers Mitt Romney and Ron Paul top new Iowa poll, but Rick Santorum has momentum Confidence shaken, Rick Perry tries to rescue his 2012 campaign Bachmann calls voters from HQ, then says Occupy protesters are Obama's 'advance team' Video: Occupy protesters arrested at Michele Bachmann's campaign HQ Facing attacks, Gingrich prepares to shift strategy Year in Review: What Yahoo! readers remember about 2011 What's the likelihood that Democrats could control Washington in 2012? Occupy Des Moines camp welcomes antiabortion protesters, pays its electric bills Mitt Romney says crying is 'nothing to be ashamed of' Ann Selzer, queen of the Iowa caucuses: For a day, the most powerful woman in American politics Campaign trail photo of the day Slideshow: GOP candidates on the trail in Iowa Des Moines business owners enjoy caucus stimulus, but weren't suffering Romney's schedule offers clue about his Iowa expectations—they're high Christie warns he'll return 'Jersey style' if Iowans don't vote Romney Video: Newt Gingrich tears up in Iowa while speaking about his mother Video: Voter shows how negative TV ads are hurting Gingrich in Iowa Video: Des Moines coffee-shop owner evicts Occupy protesters; 'You're not allowed to ever come back' Photo: Is Michele Bachmann's iPad the new Teleprompter? Making big bets on Iowa: Gingrich and Perry, not Romney The Mitt Romney restoration: A vision of a past we can believe in Rand Paul kicks Newt Gingrich while he's down Rick Santorum says he's raised more money in the past few days than in the last four months Mon,2 Jan 2012 06:21 PM PST The Ticket - ALTOONA, Iowa--If you judged Rick Santorum solely by his campaign's financial records, you'd never guess that he was polling near the top in Iowa, the former senator said Monday. Wrapping his last townhall in the state, Santorum made a final pitch to Iowa voters here, promising that no matter how he ranks in Tuesday's first-in-the-nation [...] Full Story Top Rupert Murdoch urges Iowans to support Rick Santorum Mon,2 Jan 2012 06:02 PM PST The Ticket - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch comes out for Rick Santorum the night before the Iowa caucuses: Before launching his bid for the presidency, Santorum was a paid contributor to the Fox News cable channel, which is owned by Murdoch's News Corporation. Other popular Yahoo! News stories: Romney is now autographing voters' checks in Iowa Rick Perry [...] Full Story Top Mitt Romney on Iowa: 'We're going to win this thing' Mon,2 Jan 2012 04:38 PM PST The Ticket - MARION, Iowa—Appearing before a jubilant crowd at a rally here, Mitt Romney appeared to predict a victory in Tuesday's Iowa caucuses—surprising his own advisers in the process. "We're going to win this thing with all of our passion and strength and do everything we can to get this campaign on the right track to go [...] Full Story Top Rick Perry is working hard to chip away at Rick Santorum in Iowa Mon,2 Jan 2012 03:12 PM PST The Ticket - Rick Perry's campaign clearly sees Rick Santorum's caucus eve rise in the polls as a direct threat to the Texas governor's ability to move on from Iowa with any energy or enthusiasm surrounding his candidacy. Perry is out with a new web video today driving home the message he has been touting on the trail: [...] Full Story Top 19 endorsements and counting: Duggar dad supports Santorum, says Romney snubbed him Mon,2 Jan 2012 02:17 PM PST The Ticket - BOONE, Iowa -- It's too bad for Rick Santorum that Jim Bob, Michelle, Joshua, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jeremiah, Jedidiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer and Jordyn-Grace can't vote in Iowa. The Arkansas-based Duggar Family, stars of the reality TV show "19 Kids and Counting," have thrown their support behind [...] Full Story Top Romney's test in Iowa and beyond: Can he unify social conservatives? Mon,2 Jan 2012 02:17 PM PST The Ticket - DAVENPORT, Iowa--Mitt Romney bounded on stage at the local fairgrounds here Monday morning with a final request for the voters who braved a wind chill in the single digits to hear him speak. "This county did good things for me last time around," Romney said. "I need you to go out and do that again, get [...] Full Story Top Ron Paul greeted by overflow crowd first day back in Iowa Mon,2 Jan 2012 12:23 PM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa-- Ron Paul's first public event in Iowa since the release of a Des Moines Register poll putting him within striking distance of Mitt Romney was so packed that workers took down a dividing wall at the downtown Marriott's Salon D ballroom. Supporters as well as national political reporters lined up to cover [...] Full Story Top Mitt Romney is now autographing voters' checks in Iowa Mon,2 Jan 2012 11:43 AM PST The Ticket - DUBUQUE, Iowa--Mitt Romney has said he will keep cautious watch over the nation's checkbook should he be elected president, but that doesn't mean he's not willing to sign a few checks on the road to the White House--at least those put forward by voters. At rally here, Lori Pearce asked Romney to sign a personal [...] Full Story Top Photo: Ron Paul ballroom expands to accommodate masses Mon,2 Jan 2012 08:57 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Organizers for Ron Paul announced a half hour before the start of the candidate's 11 a.m. press conference here at the downtown Marriott that they had decided to slide open the wall to accommodate the growing number of attendees as press, supporters and volunteers continued to flow into the Salon D [...] Full Story Top Rick Perry to reporter: Out your sources or I won't talk Mon,2 Jan 2012 07:55 AM PST The Ticket - Out on the trail with Texas Gov. Rick Perry in Iowa, Politico's Mike Allen tries to ask a few questions about disarray within the Perry operation based on information from anonymous sources within the campaign. Perry refuses to play ball unless he gives up the names. Awkward hilarity ensues. Must watch: Other popular Yahoo! News [...] Full Story Top New poll: Paul, Romney and Santorum tied in Iowa Mon,2 Jan 2012 07:38 AM PST The Ticket - SIOUX CENTER, Iowa--Here's where we stand in the final day before the caucuses. According to the latest survey from Public Policy Polling, it looks like a statistical dead heat between Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum for the top slot in the state. With a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage [...] Full Story Top What do Mitt Romney and the Green Bay Packers have in common? Good odds Mon,2 Jan 2012 07:04 AM PST The Signal - This week the real action begins in two beloved American sports: politics and football. And analyzing the football playoffs can tell us a lot about how we predict elections. Using prediction market data from Betfair and Intrade, the Green Bay Packers have a 32 percent chance of winning the Super Bowl. The next best likelihoods [...] Full Story Top Fickle Iowans and a consistent message give Santorum a chance to win Mon,2 Jan 2012 05:29 AM PST The Ticket - ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa -- In the final hours before Iowans make their choice for the Republican presidential nominee, Rick Santorum has been making some of his final stops here in Iowa's rural, conservative northwest corner. As he makes the last push to the finish, Santorum is clearly hoping to put himself over the top with [...] Full Story Top Rick Santorum appearing more confident as crowds grow in Iowa Mon,2 Jan 2012 03:15 AM PST The Ticket - SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- There was something different about Rick Santorum on Sunday. As he spoke before a packed downtown coffee shop here on New Year's Day, Santorum displayed a more confident tone and demeanor--a marked change from just a few days ago, when he was considered a hopeless candidate in the state and certainly [...] Full Story Top Michele Bachmann testifies at politically themed sermon on the Plains Sun,1 Jan 2012 02:10 PM PST The Ticket - OSKALOOSA, Iowa--"It's kind of like if you've seen the movie 'Wizard of Oz,'" Michele Bachmann said Sunday at Jubliee Family Church as she described her spiritual rebirth on Oct. 31, 1972, at the age of 16. "It starts off black and white, and all of a sudden it's technicolor--that's what it seemed like. All of a [...] Full Story Top For the next 48 hours, to keep up with 2012 candidates in Iowa you'll need a good GPS and a lot of gas Sun,1 Jan 2012 01:42 PM PST The Ticket - ATLANTIC, Iowa--Mitt Romney began his final campaign push before the caucuses by making a stop Sunday at a small diner in this tiny western Iowa town—which, unsurprisingly, could not fully accommodate his audience of voters and reporters. It was the first stop of what will be a 625-mile cross-state journey over the next two days. [...] Full Story Top Pro-Romney advertising did not wait one second of 2012 Sun,1 Jan 2012 12:17 PM PST The Signal - The Times Square ball drop on New Year's Eve was officially sponsored by Toshiba, but if you tuned in right at midnight you could be forgiven for thinking Mitt Romney was bankrolling the celebration. As fireworks detonated to mark the first seconds of 2012, a red-white-and-blue "Mitt Romney 2012" billboard flashed behind the ball. An [...] Full Story Top Gingrich says his Iowa campaign needs no adjustment despite plummeting poll numbers Sun,1 Jan 2012 12:04 PM PST The Ticket - AMES, Iowa--Newt Gingrich probably didn't feel much like a candidate on the decline when he entered the West Towne Pub Sunday afternoon and found a crowd of 200 patrons, buttressed by a throng of journalists from national news media. Gingrich and his wife, Callista, worked the crowd, signing autographs and shaking hands as they moved [...] Full Story Top Mitt Romney and Ron Paul top new Iowa poll, but Rick Santorum has momentum Sat,31 Dec 2011 05:15 PM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--The last Des Moines Register poll before Tuesday's Iowa caucuses shows Mitt Romney ahead of the Republican presidential field, with Ron Paul just 2 percentage points behind, within the poll's margin of error. Here are the results: Mitt Romney: 24 percent Ron Paul: 22 percent Rick Santorum: 15 percent Newt Gingrich: 12 percent [...] Full Story Top Confidence shaken, Rick Perry tries to rescue his 2012 campaign Sat,31 Dec 2011 04:03 PM PST The Ticket - FORT DODGE, Iowa--For weeks, Rick Perry has been everywhere in Iowa, or at least that's how it has felt. Backed by nearly $4 million in ads, the Texas governor's face has been a ubiquitous presence on television across the state, his voice a constant mainstay on local radio. "I'm Rick Perry, I'm not ashamed to [...] Full Story Top Bachmann calls voters from HQ, then says Occupy protesters are Obama's 'advance team' Sat,31 Dec 2011 03:54 PM PST The Ticket - URBANDALE, Iowa--Volunteers and supporters at Michele Bachmann's Iowa headquarters received some motivation Saturday when the Minnesota congresswoman herself walked in the door, promising to take a photo with each supporter and even putting in a little time to do some phone banking herself in front of the cameras. Her first two phone calls, made on [...] Full Story Top Video: Occupy protesters arrested at Michele Bachmann's campaign HQ Sat,31 Dec 2011 03:28 PM PST The Ticket - URBANDALE, Iowa--Some Occupy protesters created a scene at Michele Bachmann's Iowa campaign headquarters Saturday afternoon before the Minnesota congresswoman's arrival, resulting in the arrest of a number of individuals, at least two of whom were under the age of 18, for trespassing. All were taken away in police vehicles. The mother of a 16 year-old [...] Full Story Top Facing attacks, Gingrich prepares to shift strategy Sat,31 Dec 2011 02:43 PM PST The Ticket - ATLANTIC, Iowa -- Facing a barrage of attack ads in the run-up to Tuesday's Iowa caucuses, Newt Gingrich said Saturday that his campaign plans to shift its messaging strategy by increasing its focus on his competitors' records. "We may go to a much more clear contrast," Gingrich told reporters here, suggesting that he would begin [...] Full Story Top Year in Review: What Yahoo! readers remember about 2011 Sat,31 Dec 2011 01:40 PM PST The Newsroom - We rounded up the biggest news stories of 2011, and Casey Anthony's trial came out on top. But what do Yahoo! readers remember about a year that also saw a wave of protests around the world, the death of Osama bin Laden and a royal wedding? Full Story Top What's the likelihood that Democrats could control Washington in 2012? Sat,31 Dec 2011 08:47 AM PST The Signal - As of December 31, 2011 the likelihood of the Democrats retaining the Presidency is 53.7 percent, retaining the Senate is 20.7 percent, and taking the House is 32.7 percent. This is compiled from Betfair, Intrade, and Iowa Electronic Market prediction market data. The chart shows how these three main predictions have shifted during the course [...] Full Story Top Occupy Des Moines camp welcomes antiabortion protesters, pays its electric bills Sat,31 Dec 2011 07:59 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Young anarchists may be synonymous with the stereotype of Occupy Wall Street, but at the Occupy Des Moines camp Friday, many people standing in the 41 degree weather at noon in Stewart Park were adults, some more than 60 years old, and all were obeying the law. "Our mayor has been [...] Full Story Top Mitt Romney says crying is 'nothing to be ashamed of' Sat,31 Dec 2011 07:06 AM PST The Ticket - Mitt Romney's stump speech still lacks any mention of the other candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. But he appeared to make a passing reference to Newt Gingrich during a brief campaign swing in New Hampshire Friday, when he told a crowd that he wouldn't tear up when talking about his parents. "At a time [...] Full Story Top Ann Selzer, queen of the Iowa caucuses: For a day, the most powerful woman in American politics Sat,31 Dec 2011 06:30 AM PST The Ticket - Every presidential candidate, campaign operative and political journalist in Iowa will spend most of Saturday in suspended animation, waiting for the results of the final Des Moines Register poll before the caucuses. The results are scheduled to hit the paper's website at 7 p.m. CT. The outsize attention paid to the paper's poll findings is [...] Full Story Top Campaign trail photo of the day Fri,30 Dec 2011 12:22 PM PST The Ticket - Via @JamilSmith, a segment producer for MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow Show," who tweeted, "Just in case it wasn't clear, Vast Majority of America: you're the dude holding the chair." Full Story Top Slideshow: GOP candidates on the trail in Iowa Fri,30 Dec 2011 12:14 PM PST The Ticket - So much tension, campaigning and grandstanding in the final days before Tuesday's first-in-the-nation caucuses! Feel like you're there with this hand-picked selection of Iowa photos, courtesy your Ticket reporters on the ground in Iowa and the Election 2012 Flickr group. Have a photo to share? Join the Flickr group. Planning on attending a caucus next [...] Full Story Top Des Moines business owners enjoy caucus stimulus, but weren't suffering Fri,30 Dec 2011 11:58 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--Don't tell Iowans that politicians don't know how to stimulate the economy. Thanks to the presence of the six major presidential candidates criss-crossing the state in anticipation of Tuesday's Republican caucuses, an influx of journalists, political staffers, candidate supporters and even Occupy Des Moines protesters is boosting Iowa's economy this week and next. "The [...] Full Story Top Romney's schedule offers clue about his Iowa expectations—they're high Fri,30 Dec 2011 11:52 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--Mitt Romney isn't making any predictions about the outcome of next Tuesday's Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa, but his upcoming schedule suggests his campaign is confident he'll do well. Romney will stay overnight in Iowa next Tuesday after the caucuses, according to a press release sent out by his campaign on Friday. He [...] Full Story Top Christie warns he'll return 'Jersey style' if Iowans don't vote Romney Fri,30 Dec 2011 09:58 AM PST The Ticket - WEST DES MOINES, Iowa--Chris Christie came to Iowa on Friday, not as a 2012 presidential candidate, as many Republicans in the state had hoped, but as Mitt Romney's most high-profile surrogate in the final days before Tuesday's first-in-the-nation caucuses. More than 100 people turned out before daylight in the parking lot of a Hy-Vee supermarket, [...] Full Story Top Video: Newt Gingrich tears up in Iowa while speaking about his mother Fri,30 Dec 2011 09:23 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--In a rare personal moment on the campaign trail for Newt Gingrich, the former House Speaker and Republican presidential candidate broke down when asked to speak about his mother, Kathleen Gingrich. At a town hall meeting at a coffee shop here, Gingrich reflected on the role his mother played in his life, and [...] Full Story Top Video: Voter shows how negative TV ads are hurting Gingrich in Iowa Fri,30 Dec 2011 08:40 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--Newt Gingrich's support in Iowa is cratering, a new NBC/Marist poll out Friday morning indicates. The poll shows Mitt Romney and Ron Paul leading the pack in with the support of 23 percent and 21 percent, respectively, of likely Republican caucusg0ers. Gingrich, who was leading in most Iowa polls three weeks ago, is in [...] Full Story Top Video: Des Moines coffee-shop owner evicts Occupy protesters; 'You're not allowed to ever come back' Fri,30 Dec 2011 07:58 AM PST The Ticket - DES MOINES, Iowa--On Friday morning before a planned event appearance by Newt Gingrich, some members of "Occupy Iowa" made a stop at Java Joe's, a coffee shop here that MSNBC has been broadcasting from. The protesters didn't get far before the owner of the shop gave them the boot. About four or five Occupiers stood chanting [...] Full Story Top Photo: Is Michele Bachmann's iPad the new Teleprompter? Fri,30 Dec 2011 07:18 AM PST The Ticket - Republicans blast Barack Obama for using a Teleprompter, but that didn't stop Michele Bachmann from reading her remarks from her iPad during a talk with reporters Thursday in Des Moines. Full Story Top Making big bets on Iowa: Gingrich and Perry, not Romney Fri,30 Dec 2011 07:14 AM PST The Signal - After months of speculation over how much effort Mitt Romney will put into winning in the Iowa caucus, the Huffington Post is declaring him "All in." Romney will spend Friday in New Hampshire before coming back to Iowa on Saturday and staying through the Tuesday caucuses. Previously, some observers assumed he would stay another day [...] Full Story Top The Mitt Romney restoration: A vision of a past we can believe in Fri,30 Dec 2011 05:53 AM PST The Ticket - DAVENPORT, Iowa--I'm told the reason it remains illegal to raise chickens in Iowa City, where I live, is because Iowans moved to our relatively cosmopolitan college town to get away from the country people and, by extension, their chickens. Twentysomethings from bigger cities, where it is fashionable to raise your own chicks and harvest fresh [...] Full Story Top Rand Paul kicks Newt Gingrich while he's down Thu,29 Dec 2011 01:54 PM PST The Ticket - Newt Gingrich seems to be sliding further down in the Republican presidential campaign polls every day, but Ron Paul isn't coasting to the finish line in Iowa. His son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, just sent out a fundraising letter that rubs Gingrich's new low numbers in his face: Not too long ago, Newt Gingrich said [...] Full Story Top

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