Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’

Here is a simple rule of thumb.  If you are the National Committeewoman from Iowa, and a comment you made via Twitter ends up being the top story in the Des Moines Register, which is then linked to by the Drudge Report, it’s a good bet that your probably not helping the Republican cause. In case ... 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

Claim: List documents fifty lies told by Barack Obama.  This data is from an email I received... Obama's 50 Lies 1.) Selma Got Me Born - LIAR, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. 2.) ... Full story

By Nathan Tucker Recently, it appears that the commissioners on the Iowa Civil Rights Commission are playing musical chairs with their party affiliation. Iowa Code section 216.3 provides that “no more than four members of the Commission shall belong to the same political party.” Despite conflicting voter registration data, it seems that the ... Full story

In response to the administration’s silence and lack of a denial, Senator Chuck Grassley and 11 other senators again have asked top government officials if the Obama administration has plans, as has been rumored, to unilaterally extend either “deferred action” or “parole” to millions of illegal immigrants in the United States.  The senators are asking ... Full story

The current political environment may be the most favorable that Iowa Republicans have ever experienced. The last time Republicans had a favorable environment like this was in 1994. That year, they re-elected Governor Terry Branstad after a bitter primary with 57% of the vote, won 63 seats in the Iowa House, and ... Full story

(URBANDALE) – The Governor Branstad 2010 campaign today pieced together a sampling of clips demonstrated the failed experiment conducted by the Democratic Governor’s Association in Iowa’s Republican primary for governor. “Donors and strategists in the DGA have to be shaking their heads at why they not only spent nearly $800,000 against Terry Branstad – but ... Full story

Documents filed yesterday with the Internal Revenue Service show that the group named “Iowans for Responsible Government” (IRG) was funded entirely by the Democratic Governors Association (DGA).  The DGA gave over $782,000 to the group, which attacked Republican gubernatorial candidate Terry Branstad in the weeks leading up to the Republican primary. Ironically, the DGA blasted ... Full story

Browse videos with Joe the Plumber, Herman Cain, Brad Zaun from the Des Moines Tea Party & more July 4th West Des Moines parade fuzography by Dave Davidson. 4th of July Fuzography- Joe The Plumber at the Des Moines Tea Party- Herman Cain at the Des Moines Tea Party- Brad Zaun - Boswell Isn't Listening... Full story

Throughout most of the last decade, there have been almost as many registered Republicans as there were registered Democrats in Iowa.  During the first part of the decade, Iowa Republicans held a slight advantage in registration over the Democrats.  Their advantage fluctuated between a 20,000-voter advantage in January of 2000, to a 50,000-voter advantage in ... Full story