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.
State Sen. Jeff Angelo, R-Creston, has been on board with the Rudy Giuliani campaign for some time. And Angelo is sticking with Hizzoner even though Mr. 9/11 pulled a no-show for the Straw Poll.
That said, Angelo, who has emphasized what he thinks is Rudy’s strength in a crisis in previous interviews with Iowa Independent, admitted he was intrigued with the prospect of one famous Republican who was in Ames: former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Iowa Independent spotted Angelo getting a copy of Newt’s “Winning The Future” signed and asked the southwest Iowan about it.
If Newt were in the presidential race instead of pushing another one of his books (which appeared to be the most popular at the Hilton grounds Saturday as I saw no one carrying around Romney’s book), Angelo said he might consider the human fountain of ideas (Georgian Gingrich) as a White House candidate.
“I’d give it serious consideration,” Angelo said.
Just a few tents away, near the site of California Congressman Duncan Hunter’s ego exercise (errr, White House campaign), State Sen. Steve Kettering, R-Lake View, (who was just at the Hunter camp to get the homemade ice cream) said he is still none-too-pleased with the conspicuous absence of Rudy and the Arizona war hero.
Kettering said he heard complaints from no-show Sen. John McCain of Arizona about the Straw Poll being nothing more than a fund-raiser for the Iowa Republican Party.
“My reaction was, ‘Yes it is … where are you?’” Kettering said.
In an earlier interview Kettering had expressed some interest in Romney but the Lake View pol was coy about his vote today. Kettering did say he would be meeting in coming days with former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn.
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