CEDAR RAPIDS — More than 40 people from a Northeast-side precinct hosted a pre-caucus party Saturday in hopes of beefing up their group of volunteers for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. Hosted at the Theobold residence, volunteers and staffers with Organizing For America (OFA), the campaign’s ...

CEDAR RAPIDS – Here's the message Democrats are sending during as the presidential campaign heats up: Iowans, especially the elderly, are increasingly “terrified” by suggestions from 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls that government spending, including entitlement programs, will be cut. “It’s real fear. The fear is running rampant,” ...