Posts Tagged ‘Conlin’

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 ... Full story

It’s funny what you find when you are cleaning out your desk. Yesterday, while having an organizational meeting with myself, I stumbled upon a copy of a mugshot of a well known Iowa. The photo is of Roxanne Conlin who is running for the US Senate against Sen. Grassley. Conlin was arrested in West Des Moines back in the 1990’s for drunk driving. ... Full story

A new TIR/Concordia Group poll shows the political environment in Iowa has improved for Republicans in the last six months. The poll was commissioned by TheIowaRepublican.com in conjunction with Concordia Group LLC, an Iowa based public affairs company. Voter Consumer Research, a highly respected polling firm based in Washington D.C., conducted the poll ... Full story

Less than three months after launching a campaign promising to “take on the special interests,” Roxanne Conlin is now spending her weekend hobnobbing with her fellow trial lawyers on a balmy beach in Hawaii. Meanwhile, her would-be constituents in Iowa are facing frigid temperatures and flooding as they suffer through some of the worst winter weather ... Full story

Rasmussen has just released polling results for the Iowa U.S. Senate race between Sen. Chuck Grassley and liberal millionaire trial attorney Roxanne Conlin. The poll shows that Grassley leads Conlin 59% to 31%. In October, Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Mike Kiernan said that Grassley would be in for the race of his life. ... Full story

It should come as no surprise. A few weeks after announcing that she is a candidate for the United States Senate, Roxanne Conlin is standing beside Governor Chet Culver announcing that Iowa schools will receive $60 million in vouchers for computers as part of the Microsoft settlement that made her rich. In a ... Full story

The focus of Roxanne Conlin’s campaign for the United States Senate is pretty simple. First, take on special interests groups and political action committees that have too much influence in American politics. Second, remind people that her opponent Senator Chuck Grassley has held elected office for over fifty years. Those are the two issues that create ... Full story

The month of November has been incredibly busy. With countless big news stories and major events taking place all over the state, it has been difficult to cover everything that has gone on. There have been a number of stories that need to be written. Some of these issues and events may still ... Full story

By Emily Geiger I’m not one of those people who is willing to cut a politician a break for identity politics reasons. Hence, despite the fact that Nancy Pelosi is a historical figure (the first female Speaker of the House), I just can’t let it slide when she does stupid stuff… which tends to happen a lot. I was reading the Register’s report of Pelosi’s ... Full story