With two months left until the Feb. 5 California Primary and 31 days until the Iowa Caucus, candidates from both parties are in full election cycle mode as they try to convince voters of their cause. more ›

The most popular story on reddit yesterday and this morning was this blast from Texas Congressman Ron Paul who denounced the continued, failed practice of the United States to involve ourselves in unconstitutional, undeclared wars. After waving off Mitt Romney who tried to interrupt his roll by asking "what about 9/11?", Paul said that he was in Vietnam for five years and saw how pulling out of there did not end in disaster, neither... more ›

To celebrate the fact that they didn't completely fuck up their first debate, the Democrats have announced that they're going to tempt fate six more times around the country, ending up here in the city of Angels July 23, 2007: YouTube/Google and CNN in Charleston, SC August 19, 2007: ABC in Des Moines, IA September 26, 2007: NBC News/MSNBC in Hanover, NH October 30, 2007: NBC News/MSNBC in Philadelphia, PA November 15, 2007: CNN... more ›

LAist is on a post-Labor Day roadtrip. Friday night we spent some quality time with the exotic dancers of Las Vegas, Saturday we were in Salt Lake City, Sunday we enjoyed the wonders of Wyoming, and Monday we drove through Nebraska and made it here to Iowa. We couldn't help but notice a few very interesting things at the Kum & Go, besaides that amazing name. First of all, the gas prices were the... more ›