Michele Bachmann chose her birthplace, Waterloo, Iowa, to announce her formal bid for the GOP presidential nomination on Monday. Judy Woodruff discusses the launch of her campaign with Des Moines Register political columnist Kathie Obradovich.

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The former House speaker will need to convince voters that the past 30 days was just an aberration and not emblematic of what his presidency would look like.

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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is the latest official entry into the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

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Shields, Brooks on Obama's Mideast Address, GOP 2012 Field…

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Jeffrey Brown reports on the Iowa Writers' Workshop, the nation's oldest and most prestigious postgraduate writing program for elite writers and poets. The workshop celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.

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AMES, Iowa | I have this little theory that has long served me well. Everything, I believe, is politics. Politics determines whether your children go to school or to jail; whether they eat or starve; whether their futures will improve…

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Alex Walton, a student in the Iowa Writers' Workshop, reads a poem.

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Jessica Laser, a student at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, reads a poem.

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Writer Allan Gurganus reads an excerpt from his current project.

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More of Jeffrey Brown's interview with Iowa Writers' Workshop director Samantha Chang.

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