- Thursday, September 2, 2010, 3:59
- Iowa, News Center
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Ben Lange, the rising conservative candidate in Iowa's 1st congressional race, released a video today dismantling a recent attack ad launched by the liberal Democrat incumbent Bruce Braley. In the video, Lange defines Braley's ad as the same old politics and urges Braley to discuss the real issues facing Eastern Iowans, like rising ...
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- Thursday, September 2, 2010, 1:10
- Iowa, News Center
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Rep. David Loebsack’s explanation that he worked against a health care provision that hits small business before he voted for the bill that includes it sounds exactly like 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry’s claim that he voted for funding the Iraq war before voting against it.
On Monday, Republican candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks said she would ...
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- Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 9:53
- Iowa, News Center
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During the Farm Progress Show in Boone today, Gov. Branstad outlined his goals for growing Iowa’s agricultural economy.
Branstad noted that agriculture is in the business of nourishing bodies and a major engine for job creation and economic growth. In 1983, with Iowa in the depth of an agricultural recession, its 115,000 farmers produced economic ...
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- Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 1:51
- Iowa, News Center
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Steve Forbes, President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine, announced his endorsement of Dave Jamison for State Treasurer on Monday.
"Dave Jamison's experience as Story County Treasurer is what the people of Iowa need," said Forbes, who is also the Honorary Chairman of Iowans for Discounted Taxes, "Dave has put ...
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- Monday, August 30, 2010, 16:44
- Iowa, National, News Center, Presidential, Top Story
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Well-placed sources tell TheIowaRepublican.com that Sarah Palin is slated to be the keynote speaker at the Republican Party of Iowa’s Ronald Reagan Dinner on Friday, September 17th. The state party is slated to release more details about the event tomorrow.
The visit would be Palin’s first visit to Iowa since making a brief stop ...
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- Monday, August 30, 2010, 2:57
- Iowa, National, News Center, Top Story
- 587 views
When candidate Barak Obama traveled to Germany in July of 2008 to give a speech under the shadow of the Victory Column at Tiergaten Park, the news media from all around the globe were in awe of the crowd that gathered to hear him. They also surmised that Obama represented the best hope of ...
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- Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 11:00
- Iowa, National, News Center, Top Story
- 700 views
Coming through on its
promise to target Congressman Bruce Braley in Iowa’s First District this fall, the American Future Fund has released a scathing TV ad that highlights Braley’s support of the proposed mosque at Ground Zero.
“This insensitive and crass opinion by an Iowan Congressman does not reflect the views of hardworking people of ...
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- Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 3:21
- Iowa, News Center
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Former Gov. Terry Branstad, along with lieutenant governor nominee Sen. Kim Reynolds, this afternoon unveiled his latest policy proposal for job creation in Iowa.
Stressing the need to market Iowa more aggressively, Branstad says he will form “IGNITE” teams throughout the state, and initiate the Iowa Network of Entrepreneurial Transplants (INET) to identify key former ...
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- Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 2:10
- Iowa, National, News Center, Top Story
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By Ben Lange, Republican candidate for Congress in Iowa's 1st District.
Nearly four years ago, Eastern Iowans sent Bruce Braley to Washington on good faith that he would listen to his constituents, represent our interests, and be a voice for Eastern Iowans. Since then, voters of all political stripes -- Republicans, Democrats, and Independents -- ...
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- Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 1:31
- Iowa, News Center
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With national unemployment hovering near 10 percent, a number of leading Democrat Senators and candidates are abandoning liberal trial lawyer Roxanne Conlin (D-IA), embattled U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and President Barack Obama as they seek to implement legislation for the largest tax increase in ...
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