Posts Tagged ‘Iowa Caucuses’

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 ... Full story

If you told someone that a former presidential candidate just spent the last three days headlining events in Davenport, Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and Des Moines, they probably come to the conclusion that the word “former” should be dropped and “potential” should be used instead. If you then said that this former presidential candidate, who is ... Full story

Last week, TheIowaRepublican.com’s 2012 caucus poll showed that Sarah Palin garnered the support of 11 percent of Iowa Republicans.  Palin’s 11 percent put her in fourth place behind Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Newt Gingrich. Any candidate who is considering a presidential run for the first time would gladly start off in double-digits in Iowa. ... Full story

On Monday, TheIowaRepublican.com released the results of its 2012 caucus poll.  The survey included the names of ten likely candidates that have either already been traveling to the First-In-The-Nation Caucus state, or are rumored to be interested in a presidential run.  As is the case with any poll that uses a hypothetical list of ... Full story

While President Obama’s favorability rating is upside down nationally, TheIowaRepublican.com’s recent statewide poll shows the President with a 51 percent favorability rating in Iowa.  The President’s unfavorable rating was 46 percent. Even thought his favorability rating is better in Iowa than across the nation, the 34 percent of people who have a strongly ... Full story

Three years ago today, the Iowa Straw Poll was held in at the Iowa State Center in Ames, Iowa. It is likely that a year from now it will host a similar event, but today the entire complex is under water. It is being reported that eight feet of water now covers the floor at Hilton Coliseum. Below is a video of the flood ... Full story

KANSAS CITY – Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn announced that the Republican National Committee (RNC) today adopted new rules that recognize and protect Iowa's First-in-the-Nation presidential caucus. The vote came during the RNC’s summer meeting in Kansas City. Under the rules adopted today, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada may hold their ... Full story

By James Johnson This is my last column for TheIowaRepublican.com. Next week, I will be moving to Virginia to start law school. And for the next three years, my wife will become a law school widow, my kids will become law school orphans, and I will become a slave to classes, to case law, to ... Full story

By Congressman Ron Paul Last week I was pleased to see my Republican colleagues take up the cause to fully and completely audit the Federal Reserve by including my language from the Federal Reserve Transparency Act in a Motion to Recommit the financial regulation reform bill. Although this effort was defeated by the Democrat ... Full story

Former United States Senator Rick Santorum will be in Iowa today helping Iowa Republicans.  Santorum is scheduled to attend a luncheon for the Scott County Republicans at noon before heading to Washington, Iowa, to headline a fundraising event for State Senate candidate Sandy Greiner. Santorum will be the featured guest at the State Convention lunch ... Full story