Posts Tagged ‘Bob Vander Plaats’

With contested Republican primaries up and down the ballot this year, evaluating all of the various campaigns is a difficult task. Last week, TIR blogger Dave Davidson graded a number of the campaigns on their use of social networking tools. Before that, the congressional and gubernatorial candidates were sized up on the amount of ... Full story

Written by James Johnson Four Iowa gubernatorial candidates will address hundreds of homeschool activists on Tuesday in Des Moines during the annual “Homeschool Day at the Capitol,” sponsored by the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators (NICHE). The gubernatorial candidates will speak beginning at 1:40 p.m. in the Wallace building on Grand Avenue, and will include three Republicans and ... Full story

As you all know, I’m not a big fan of endorsements. Sure there nice to receive, but at the end of the day that don’t account for much. In many instances, endorsements have greater consequences to those who actually make the endorsement than the candidate who receives them. I would point to Tom ... Full story

An overwhelming majority of Iowa Republicans are undecided about who they would support in the 2012 First-in-the-Nation caucuses. A poll conducted for Rightosphere.com on March 4th shows that 57% of likely Republican caucus goers were undecided when asked who they would support. The early caucus poll shows that Iowa is ... Full story

Republican candidates will be busy traveling to county conventions this weekend.  TheIowaRepublican.com compiled the list of counties that the gubernatorial candidates will visit. If you live west of Interstate 35, don’t expect to see one of the three candidates. If you want to see all three candidates together, you will ... Full story

If you are a loyal Krustacean, you know that I’m not the biggest fan of Bob Vander Plaats being Iowa’s next governor. It’s not that he’s not a good guy. He just doesn’t float my boat. I also think it’s laughable when some of his most ardent supports rail on Branstad ... Full story

Governor Tim Pawlenty and four Iowa candidates for Governor will speak at the 2010 Iowa Taxpayers’ Day MUSCATINE, IA—Iowans for Tax Relief announced today the line up for the 2010 Iowa Taxpayers’ Day on Saturday, April 17, 2010 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Northwest in Des Moines. The keynote speaker is ... Full story

Huckabee and Vander Plaats at IFPC Event Below are videos of the speeches that Mike Huckabee and Bob Vander Plaats gave at the IFPC event in Des Moines on Wednesday. I have also posted a few pictures of Vander Plaats’ events in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday. Bob Vander Plaats Mike Huckabee... Full story

2008 Iowa Caucus winner Mike Huckabee was in the state yesterday to help his former Iowa campaign chairman, Bob Vander Plaats. Huckabee devoted most of his day to helping Vander Plaats’ campaign for governor. He attended a high-dollar fundraiser in Cedar Rapids over the noon hour, headlined an event for the ... Full story

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Genesis 2:24 Today's date is March 24th or 2:24 just as the numerical address in the verse above. About 12 years ago I compiled the most compelling verses from the bible that corresponds to ... Full story