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Covering the sprint to the Iowa Caucuses | #2012Unfiltered The PostPolitics team used the iPhone app Instagram and the tag #2012Unfiltered to document the week leading up to the Iowa caucuses.
"Aaah. Iowa," Amy Gardner tweeted from the Gingrich campaign bus.
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Newt and Callista Gingrich pose on Jan. 2 in front of Big Bud, the world's largest tractor, in Independence, Iowa.
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Amy Gardner tweeted: "Another rally, another town in Iowa."
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The Newt Gingrich embeds on the press bus. The Washington Post's Amy Gardner is in the center.
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Sen. John Thune speaks at a Mitt Romney campaign event in a Dubuque paper towel warehouse.
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Philip Rucker posted on Jan. 2: "Hundreds await @MittRomney in Marion, part of Romney's Cedar Rapids area stronghold."
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A supporter braves the harsh wind in Des Moines to hold up his sign reading, "A Ron Paul win will discredit the mainstream media."
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Dan Balz tweeted from a Ron Paul stop in Des Moines: "Bethany, age 9, is all for Ron Paul"
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The crowd for Mitt Romney in Davenport on the morning of Jan. 2 was smaller than at his events over the weekend.
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Newt Gingrich is interviewed by Fox News from West Town Pub in Ames on Jan. 1 while his wife, Callista, watches.
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Reporters get to know one another between campaign stops. Amy Gardner posted: "Politico's Ginger Gibson rocks her LSU self with Gingrich bus pals Trip Gabriel of the NYT and Jeff Mason from Reuters."
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And a scene from the Romney media bus: "One of the boys on @MittRomney's bus, @garrettnbcnews, [Garrett Haake] reading 'Boys on the Bus.' #iowaclassic #2012unfiltered"
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In 2016, Rucker says media can forget the Des Moines Marriott. "Press can stay at this Atlantic joint."
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Philip Rucker tweeted on Jan. 1: "The line to see @MittRomney in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Down stairs, thru lobby & out door."
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Rucker tweeted on Jan. 1: "At a crushed Iowa diner, @MittRomney escapes to the kitchen."
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The media outnumbered voters before this event in Indianola, Iowa, as The Washington Post’s Dan Balz and Ned Martel covered Rick Santorum on Dec. 31.
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Martel posted: "This is how Santorum rolls. The Chuck truck."
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In Knoxville, Iowa, Santorum and his son "speed-date" with voters in a museum of race cars.
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The venue for the "speed dating" event was the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville.
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Martel posted: "Museum-quality tee, where Santorum decried the Obama 'war on carbon.' "
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Historic race cars in the museum where Santorum spoke.
Santorum spoke before a large crowd in Pella on Dec. 31.
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Martel said other media highjacked a CBS interview with Santorum. "The producer's hand gesture says it all."
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Post staff member Dan Balz posted a Drummond Ayres quote on the Iowa sunset: "The road is what you make it."
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Post staff writer Philip Rucker covered a Mitt Romney event at the Blue Bunny ice cream capital in Le Mars. He said Romney "went for Rocky Road."
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Mitt Romney rings in the new year in Sioux City.
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A very tired Newt Gingrich makes a surprise swing through his Iowa headquarters on New Year's Eve.
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The scene at Gingrich's headquarters earlier on New Year's Eve. "A sea of political industry," Post staff writer Amy Gardner posted.
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On the wall at Gingrich's headquarters.
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Rick Perry returns to Waterloo on Dec. 30, where he kicked off his presidential campaign in August.
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Mitt Romney shakes hands at a campaign stop in Ames on Dec. 30.
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A potential future Iowa caucusgoer dances on stage before a Mitt Romney event in Ames on Dec. 29.
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Mitt Romney's top strategist, Stuart Stevens, takes advantage of a quiet spot at a Mason City stop.
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Philip Rucker tweeted on Dec. 29: "I nominate @CBSJanCrawford for best boots on #iacaucus trail."
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@PhilipRucker: "Awaiting @MittRomney in Mason City's Music Man Square, I wonder: is that a Rambler? Early model? #2012unfiltered"
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On Dec. 29. "Michele Bachmann defiant in the wake of Iowa state chair [Kent Sorenson's] defection to Ron Paul."Sorenson endorses Ron Paul.
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Dan Balz (@WPDan on Instagram) posted on Dec. 28: "Good advice at venue for Bachmann appearance in Indianola. #2012unfiltered"
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Dan Balz captured Iowa State Sen. Kent Sorenson at his first Ron Paul event after he switched from chairing Michele Bachmann's Iowa game to endorsing Paul.
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Amy E. Gardner watches as Newt Gingrich makes chocolates at the Chocolate Factory in Algona.
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Newt and Callista Gingrich and a wall of tractors at the National Farm Toy Museum in Dyersville.
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On Dec. 28 "@NewtGingrich is rocking another no-tie day at Southbridge Mall in Mason City, Iowa."
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Ron Paul before a packed crowd at the Iowa Speedway.
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Ron Paul at Iowa Speedway says "people are waking up" to his message.
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@PhilipRucker tweeted: "My view awaiting @MittRomney's avail in an Iowa donut shop. Mmmmm... #2012unfiltered"
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Newt Gingrich addresses a crowd in Dubuque on Dec. 27.
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Chief correspondent Dan Balz, reporter Philip Rucker and editor Steven Ginsberg road-trip through Iowa on Dec. 27. Rucker posted: "This is my view for the next 3.5 hours. I feel safe with @wpdan behind wheel & @stevenginsberg riding shotgun. #2012unfiltered"
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Following his bird hunt in Adel on Dec. 27, Rick Santorum claims Iowa momentum.
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Reporter @PhilipRucker in Iowa after Rick Santorum's bird hunt on Dec. 27.
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@PhilipRucker in Des Moines: Get ready for DSM Marriott's swanky new lobby.
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Rucker: "Yep, this is pretty much the whole @MittRomney traveling press corps, Marriott elites. #2012unfiltered"
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![And a scene from the Romney media bus: 'One of the boys on @MittRomney's bus, @garrettnbcnews, [Garrett Haake] reading 'Boys on the Bus.' #iowaclassic #2012unfiltered'](/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/01/02/National-Politics/Images/01.01 PRonbus.jpg)
![On Dec. 29. 'Michele Bachmann defiant in the wake of Iowa state chair [Kent Sorenson's] defection to Ron Paul.'<br>
<a data-xslt='_http' href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/kent-sorenson-bachmanns-iowa-chair-defects-to-paul/2011/12/28/gIQALSDPNP_blog.html'>Sorenson endorses Ron Paul.</a>](/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2011/12/29/National-Politics/Images/12.29 DBBachmann.jpg)
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