Panther Loss, Inspiration and Caucus, Caucus, Caucus: Monday Roundup

Panthers in Montana:

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier had this report from the UNI Panther football team's devastating loss to Montana in a Football Championship Subdivision playoff quarterfinal game in Missoula, Montana. Patch's condolences to the Panthers, who had a great season.

Snow Shuffle Inspiration:

Check out this inspiring story from KWWL about Annabel Leasure, 12, of Cedar Falls, who overcame 12 surgeries to treat club foot to run in the Holiday Hoopla Snow Shuffle on Saturday. Go Annabel!

Tea Party Time:

The Cedar Valley Tea Party is picking a president - or at least, picking who they would like to see in the White House. The group will have a straw poll tomorrow from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the , with guest speaker Rod Blum, First District Iowa congressional candidate. The event, which is free and open to the public, should be an interesting glimpse into how a signifigant section of the Republican base will vote. Check back with Patch for coverage.

In case you missed it, here's a roundup of some of Patch's weekend caucus coverage.

Ron Paul Mania:

At Ron Paul's Friday night rally at UNI, more than 700 students got really, really excited. And they were switching their registration from Independant and even Democrat to Republican - all so they could caucus for the Texas Congressman.

Debate Watchers:

Patch asked Republicans across Iowa to weigh in on Saturday night's debate at the Drake campus in Des Moines. shone and who they thought stumbled.

Who do you think won the debate? Tell us in the comments.