Posts Tagged ‘latham’

What kind of barometer are social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to a candidate's effectiveness in a primary or general election? Social media is obviously a tool to reach constituents where they already hang out online, but does the popularity of candidates social networking sites translate to votes on Election Day like it did ... Full story

The June 8th primary is only 128 days away. Just three months ago, retired airline pilot Dave Funk was the only Republican candidate in the race. As the weather turned cold, Republicans began to sense that seven-term incumbent Congressman Leonard Boswell was on the hot seat. Since then, a number of candidates have ... Full story

Washington, Jan 15 - By Iowa Congressman Tom Latham Iowa’s 4th Congressional District The only person for whom the “system worked” surrounding the Christmas Day bombing attempt on Northwest Flight 253 over Detroit was the perpetrator, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Rather than facing detention and questioning by military officials as an enemy combatant for the terrorist attack ... Full story

TheIowaRepublican.com will Cover Vice President Joe Biden visit to Iowa LIVE While the political divide that exists between Republicans and Democrats is wide, the political community in Iowa is still rather small. When the Iowa Democratic Party announced that Vice President Joe Biden would be headlining their annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner, I sent Norm ... 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 Iowa Congressman Tom Latham In the flurry of debate and news coverage coming out of Washington right now, two trends are indisputable: unemployment is rising while health care costs chew up more and more of the average family’s budget. American families, who did nothing to create these problems, are suffering the most because ... Full story

President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress last night in an attempt to revive his healthcare reform proposal. It was his second such appearance since taking office just 232 days ago. President Obama made one thing abundantly clear - he will continue to pursue a public option for those ... Full story

With Vander Plaats, Rants, Fong, McKinley, Roberts, and Behn either in the gubernatorial race or seriously thinking about running, I think it is time we look at other potential candidates who haven’t ruled the office out just yet. In doing this, I’m not diminishing the values of the current candidates; I just think ... Full story

The 2nd quarter fundraising reports are in for our five members of Congress. As always, there is some insight into what kind of Congressman you have by where they get their money. This report offers that same looking glass into, what I believe, is the mentality of your Congressman. They reveal where the members are getting their money and what person, ... Full story

After the past few months of gubernatorial candidate speculation and having three actually take the plunge and file papers with a fourth planning to do the same in a few days, people are getting a little anxious. I don’t think that would be the case if a Latham, Northey, or King jumped in ... Full story