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Nathan Tucker and I will be guests on Jan Mickelson’s radio program today at 10 a.m.  We will be on the show to discuss the constitutional convention option that voters will get to decide this November.  It should be an interesting conversation so be sure to tune in! Full story

This fall, Iowa voters will be asked whether or not they want to call for a constitutional convention that would allow them to revise the state’s constitution.  Voters are automatically asked this question once every decade.  The thinking behind the ballot question is to give the people of Iowa a route around an ... Full story

On Monday, TheIowaRepublican.com released the results of its 2012 caucus poll.  The survey included the names of ten likely candidates that have either already been traveling to the First-In-The-Nation Caucus state, or are rumored to be interested in a presidential run.  As is the case with any poll that uses a hypothetical list of ... Full story

While President Obama’s favorability rating is upside down nationally, TheIowaRepublican.com’s recent statewide poll shows the President with a 51 percent favorability rating in Iowa.  The President’s unfavorable rating was 46 percent. Even thought his favorability rating is better in Iowa than across the nation, the 34 percent of people who have a strongly ... Full story

Believe it or not, the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination is already underway in Iowa.  Potential candidates like Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich are already making frequent visits to the state that hosts the First-In-The-Nation Caucuses. While most people, including most Iowans, think that ... Full story

TheIowaRepublican.com will release the results of its Battleground Poll tomorrow morning. The poll surveyed 399 Republicans across the state and asked them who their choice for the Republican nominee for president would be. TheIowaRepublican.com commissioned the poll in conjunction with Concordia Group LLC, an Iowa based public affairs company. The poll surveyed 399 Republican ... Full story

Today is the last day that independent candidates have to file the necessary petitions to be on the ballot this fall.  Normally, independent candidates don’t make much of an impact on elections, but as we have seen with Ross Perot’s presidential run in 1992, strong independent candidates can alter the outcome of an ... Full story

Former President George W. Bush surprised U.S. Troops yesterday when he showed up to thank them for their service before they depart to Afghanistan. The following pictures were posted on the USO Dallas/Fort Worth's Facebook page. ... Full story

Yesterday, Bob Vander Plaats held a mid-afternoon press conference in front of the Iowa Judicial building. It was the second time in less than a week that Vander Plaats held a press conference about his new initiative to oust the three Supreme Court Justices who face a retention vote in November. The purpose of the ... Full story

Three years ago today, the Iowa Straw Poll was held in at the Iowa State Center in Ames, Iowa. It is likely that a year from now it will host a similar event, but today the entire complex is under water. It is being reported that eight feet of water now covers the floor at Hilton Coliseum. Below is a video of the flood ... Full story