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Bob Vander Plaats (Dave Davidson/www.TEApublican.com)

Vander Plaats: ‘I am not the voice of the tea party’

By Meghan Malloy | 05.12.11 | 9:27 am | More from The Iowa Independent

More…As GOP presidential prospects prepare to announce their candidacies and eye the Hawkeye State for supporters, members of Iowa’s tea party movement are vetting which candidates will best carry their message of regaining fiscal responsibility and limiting government.
Yet, a highly decentralized movement and diversity of political interests within Iowa’s

Just a few of the potential 2012 candidates: Tim Pawlenty, Newt

Most Republican Iowan voters unsure if Obama was born in the U.S.

By Tyler Kingkade | 04.21.11 | 9:53 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Recent polling of Iowa Republican voters found three-quarters believe President Obama More… was either not born in the United States, or are unsure if he was.
Forty-eight percent of respondents said they were unsure, 26 percent said they thought he was not born in the country. Only 26 percent believe Obama