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SNAPSHOTS FROM OUR INTERVIEWS

The Des Moines Register’s editorial board met with all of the candidates competing in next month’s Iowa caucuses with the exception of Jon Huntsman, who never responded to our invitation. You can view videos of those meetings here.

After each editorial board meeting, we published essays we call “Impressions of the Candidates” on the Register’s Opinion page. Here are snapshots of those essays.

Michele Bachmann virtually sprinted through the newsroom and talked at an equally rapid clip. She unapologetically reeled off a litany of tea party ideals, including abolishing Great Society programs, shrinking government and eliminating the entire federal tax code (though she wants even poor people to pay taxes).

Overall impression: An impressive fireball who can absorb and regurgitate tons of information, even if some of it turns out to be inaccurate. 


Gingrich was in his kinder if not gentler mode and made the case that he’s best equipped to cure what ails America. He says he’s the only candidate with ideas and the ability to execute them. Despite his divisive reputation, he said he’s changed and could bridge the partisan divide.
Overall impression: Between the books he’s read and the books he’s written, Gingrich juggles endless ideas, but he has yet to make the case he could focus his attention on the important ones. 


Ron Paul was on a libertarian streak that made clear his devotion to a strict reading of the Constitution. He would eliminate any laws not explicitly authorized in that document, along with the Federal Reserve and five Cabinet departments (all of which he can name). He insists these principles he’s held for 30 years make him the only true Republican.
Overall impression: A well-schooled contrarian who shouldn’t be written off as a nut, even if some of his ideas are nutty. 


Rick Perry did not wear cowboy boots, but his Texas drawl was distinct. Some of his points in were not, though, and his answers often rambled. He would administer the Texas tonic he’s administered there and replicate his state’s economic success nationally. He would make Congress part time, and he’d end what he sees a war on religion by judges and the current president.
Overall impression: After some debate stumbles, he asks voters to take a second look, but it may take more than that. 


Rick Santorum was most passionate about preserving marriage against attacks from gay couples. He also became animated about needing to sacrifice a few moose and drill for oil in Alaska. Beyond establishing moral values, he believes the government should mostly get out of the way and let Americans fend for themselves and free enterprise will flourish.
Overall impression: He’d use the presidential bully pulpit to be the nation’s minister-in-chief. 

http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/12/17/23902/




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POLITICO Breaking News
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Sun, 18 Dec 11 5:04 AM 		Msg. 37102 of 65535

POLITICO Breaking News
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The Des Moines Register, Iowa's highest-circulation newspaper, backed Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination in an endorsement published online Saturday evening. "Sobriety, wisdom, judgment," the board wrote, citing the qualities it found in the former Massachusetts governor that make him "stand as the most qualified Republican competing in the Iowa caucuses."

For more information... http://www.politico.com


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