WATCH/LISTEN: Obama speaks about middle class tax cuts
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, a Democratic presidential candidate, discusses tax cuts for the middle class at a town hall meeting Sept. 22 in Osceola.
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, a Democratic presidential candidate, discusses tax cuts for the middle class at a town hall meeting Sept. 22 in Osceola.
Former Sen. John Edwards announced his education policy at a speech at Brody Middle School in Des Moines. The plan features an early education program for four-year-olds, teacher pay increases in low-income areas, and an overhaul of No Child Left Behind.
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State Representatives Jeff Kaufmann, R-Wilton, and Jodi Tymeson, R-Winterset, along with former Rep. Ed Fallon, D-Des Moines, discuss a proposed water source in Clarke County at the Iowa Capitol. The lawmakers and affected landowners question the potential use of eminent domain and if challenges the current state law.
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New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, a Democratic presidential candidate, proposes her health care plan at Broadlawns Hospital in Des Moines.
On the first official campaign stop since declaring his candidacy, former Republican Sen. Fred Thompson told more than 200 Iowans that he was ready to run for president to improve the country for his children and grandchildren.
"The preseason is over," Thompson said. "Let's get on with it."