Posts Tagged ‘IFPC’

Iowa’s largest and most influential tax relief organization endorsed former Governor Terry Branstad’s campaign yesterday. Iowans for Tax Relief had never backed a gubernatorial candidate in a contested primary before endorsing Branstad. This is the second major endorsement Branstad has received in the last two-weeks. ... Full story

Written by Nathan Tucker Judicial activism was brought home to Iowans last April when the Iowa Supreme Court struck down the state’s Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), leading to a debate, lively at times, over what the conservative response should be. At its core, this discussion is over what the law is, who decides ... Full story

Last Thursday, Danny Carroll, the Chairman of the Board of the Iowa Family Policy Center, responded to the article I wrote earlier in the week, which brought light to his previous associations with the people he called out by name on Steve Deace’s radio program a few days earlier. The purpose of the article was ... Full story

Iowa Family Policy Center Chairman Danny Carroll has written a lengthy rebuttal to the story that I published on Tuesday. While this article was not sent to TheIowaRepublican.com, it was forwarded to me. I will respond when time allows. CR On Monday of this week, Republican blogger Craig Robinson wrote an article that detailed several ... Full story

By Emily Geiger It seems TIR created quite a firestorm yesterday with its article on Iowa Family Policy Center Chairman Danny Carroll. A few observations… It is totally fair to point out that Carroll appears to be holding certain candidates to a higher standard than the one to which he held himself in his past ... Full story

Last Thursday, Danny Carroll, a former State Representative and the current Chairman of the Board of the Iowa Family Policy Center, was the guest on Steve Deace’s radio show for two hours. Carroll was brought on to discuss a recent article in the National Journal in which both he and Doug Gross ... Full story

Republicans in the Iowa House of Representatives used a procedural rule yesterday in an attempt to advance a bill that would allow the people of Iowa to vote on an amendment to the state’s constitution that would define marriage as the union between one man and one woman. The procedure required 51 votes to pass, ... Full story

Given the unwillingness of Democratic leaders to allow a marriage amendment to the Iowa Constitution to come to the floor in either chamber of the General Assembly, the question has been raised as to the practicality and the wisdom of pursuing a constitutional amendment by another procedure—the constitutional convention. The Promise: The Iowa Constitution provides two ... Full story

A loyal Krustacean (that’s a fan of this blog by the way) sent me an email saying that he/she saw a Des Moines Register reporter Jason Clayworth near a gay bar yesterday. I’ve written about Clayworth sexual preference before and his affinity of ugly ass used sweaters. Clayworth seems to be the Register’s ... Full story

Last night WHO Radio host Steve Deace, IFPC communications Director Bryan English, and myself debated some of the options that conservatives are exploring in the wake of the Iowa Supreme Court’s April 3rd ruling that opened the door to gay marriages in Iowa. The debate focused on two main areas. First, is ... Full story