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Drew Ivers, Iowa campaign chair for Paul, said the Occupy movement had "no impact at all" on the campaign. Five protesters were arrested outside Paul's Iowa campaign headquarters in suburban Des Moines last week. The protestors' message seemed to vary by the day. One theme was the influence of corporate money in politics. But Iowa protesters also denounced everything from Romney's reluctance to release his tax returns to Paul's plan to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency to Obama's decision to sign a law giving the president the power to indefinitely detain enemy combatants. In New Hampshire, which holds its primary election Jan. 10, Occupy protesters are planning a gay pride parade Saturday and a "funeral for the American dream" outside a candidate debate the same day. They expect hundreds of activists from along the East Coast to join their events. Lauren Dickson of Occupy New Hampshire said activists would be trained on the art of "bird-dogging," or confronting candidates with hard questions. She credited Iowa's protests with bringing attention to the movement. "This is the beginning of the Occupy movement. As time goes on, we'll see the effect it's having," she said. Tim Liszewski, an activist with Occupy Columbia in South Carolina, where the third nomination vote will be held, said he was only aware of one event
-- a gathering outside a Jan. 16 debate -- planned so far. He said the movement will avoid aggressive steps that would limit its appeal in the heavily Republican state. "We want to reach out to people in all parties. Heckling people might show the Republicans who were willing to work with us that, `Oh, they're just a partisan group,'" Liszewski said.
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