Blogs Archive

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

The  big fundraiser for Iowa Democrats is the Jefferson Jackson dinner. It will take place on October 16th, 2010. Before they announce who their keynote speaker is, they want to give people a chance to guess. Here are the clues from their Facebook and Twitter page. Everyone who enters a correct guess will ... Full story

By Emily Geiger I just can’t take it anymore. I’m a diehard conservative, socially and fiscally. I’ve been to a Tea Party Rally. I want Obamacare repealed, the bailouts to stop, and taxes to be cut. But I just want to puke every time I see Glenn Beck’s face. I can’t help it. I think ... Full story

State Representative Roger Thomas: Thomas, a State Representative from Elkader, was in the Quad Cities on official business last Wednesday. Official business means that you and I paid for Rep. Thomas to travel to the Quad Cities. It also means that we rented a room, or built the facility where the meeting ... Full story

It came out yesterday that Ken Mehlman is gay. Mehlman was George W. Bush’s campaign manager in 2004 and followed that up by heading up the RNC in 2006. My blog brother Grant wrote a tribute to Mehlman a month ago. It has some good information if you are looking ... 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

Nathan Tucker and I will be guests on Jan Mickelson’s radio program today at 10 a.m.  We will be on the show to discuss the constitutional convention option that voters will get to decide this November.  It should be an interesting conversation so be sure to tune in! Full story

By Emily Geiger If I hear one more person tout the awesome “nonpartisan” system Iowa has for selecting judges, I’m going to puke. It happened yet again yesterday when I was reading a column in the Register (I know, what was I thinking?) by Marc Hansen. He was talking to some middle school civics teachers and listing a ... Full story

Governor Culver has given up on trying to score points against Terry Branstad and instead is trying to win the sympathy vote.  Culver unveiled his new campaign tactic at the Des Moines Register’s Soap Box at the Iowa State Fair yesterday. “I also want you to know that we’ve worked very hard.  I’ve been to ... Full story