Wednesday was a difficult day for The American Independent News Network, which is the larger entity that operates The Iowa Independent. Our chief executive and founder announced two of our sister sites would close and their content would be moved to The American Independent.
A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
He saw tall corn and soy crops, and “Boy, God must love Iowa… I love Iowa, and I love the people of Iowa.”
“Change begins in Iowa, and change begins today!”
1:04PM “If there’s ever a time that we need change in Washington, it’s now!”
Change, change, change, change, change. And the results here tonight are going to reflect change (i.e., Romney is going to win).
“I believe the best ally peace has ever known is a strong America.” Calls for “a turn to strength” — strengthen military, economy, and families.
Wants to add at least 100,000 troops to the military.
1:06PM We should remember that Bush has kept us safe for the past six years.
He thinks FISA/eavesdropping authorization was a good thing.
Huge applause for “interrogators in Guantanamo”
Big boos for “Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards.”
1:09PM Calls for 0% capital gains rate for when middle Americans get their divident checks from mutual funds. Crowd applauds — do all of them own shares in mutual funds? I doubt it.
Digs at Edwards’s haircut.
Applause again: “End illegal immigration.”
1:10PM “I am firmly pro-life.”
Strengthen families: “I want to make sure that before they have babies, they get married.”
“I want to clean up the dirty water our children are swimming in, and by that I’m not just talking about pollution” but also “moral pollution.”
Wants parents to be able “to block pornography from their kids’ internet screen.”
He may be tearing up, but I’m told he has a bad allergy to grass, so that might be it, too. He isn’t talking about anything really sentimental, so crying right now would be a little weird.
1:14PM Now he’s telling a long anecdote about the Straw Poll.
1:15PM And he’s finished? He went way short!
Now he’s filling time by bringing out his family. “It’s a great family! I love ‘em!”
And now he’s done. Shockingly short. I guess he knows he isn’t actually trying to convince anybody in the audience to vote for him; he’s just trying to go through his sound bites and avoid saying anything off-message. Arrogant and probably effective.
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