Posts Tagged ‘Des Moines Register’

The Des Moines Register has an article today about Branstad’s inner circle. The title of the piece seems to indicate that Branstad has mixed in some new faces with his old crew. What a refreshing idea. The only problem is that the story goes on to focus on Doug Gross, Rich ... Full story

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

Third District Republicans: I understand that this entry isn’t going to make be a popular dude in central Iowa, but let’s face it, Brad Zaun had a really bad week. It began by Boswell launching a negative attack ad betting up Zaun on jobs and his stance on ethanol, continued with a Des Moines ... Full story

Brad Zaun, candidate for Congress from Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, today issued the following statement on his website: “I wanted to thank you for your continued support over the past few months. We won the primary convincingly, we’ve built a strong organization, and I continue to get my message out through town halls, press interviews, ... Full story

U.S. Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin, who still hasn’t articulated any semblance of a coherent farm policy, revealed her ignorance about agriculture by writing that ethanol is made from the same corn that people eat. Conlin revealed her lack of knowledge when she attempted to snipe at Sen. Chuck Grassley’s over his support for ethanol. The Des ... Full story

Roxanne Conlin, the liberal millionaire trial attorney who the Iowa Democratic Party recruited to run against Sen. Chuck Grassley, recently traveled to Las Vegas to where she participated on girl power panel at the Netroots Nation convention. In my opinion, Conlin didn’t have much to say to the people who attended her panel. ... Full story

By Emily Geiger If you are an incompetent, not-so-bright, big spending Democratic governor, the last person you should pick a fight with is the highly competent, so-much-smarter-than-you, fiscally conservative Republican state auditor. Every time Auditor Dave Vaudt brings up the little fact that Chet Culver has royally blown the state budget to bits, Culver starts crying and goes ... Full story

The special prosecutor looking into Governor Chet Culver’s fundraising tactics has determined that the Governor solicited campaign contributions from a second casino operator who was seeking a gambling license at the time. Earlier this year Culver was busted for soliciting campaign contributions from the people trying to build a casino in Fort Dodge. This morning’s ... Full story

By Emily Geiger There were some fascinating tidbits in the Register yesterday. First, there was an article talking about how the West Des Moines Police Department is recruiting more minorities because, out of a police force of 66 officer, there is one woman and one black person. That does seem more than a bit lopsided to me. ... Full story

You must be an idiot if you didn’t think I’d take the entire week following the 4th of July off.  I have a little rule that says if I get a Monday off of work, I’ll do whatever I can to take the rest of the week off because I’m not going to be worth squat.  So don’t be upset that I didn’t post anything, ... Full story