Constitution Daily Archive

Legislators Mike May, Jodi Tymeson, and Kim Reynolds, along with Republican Party Chairman Matt Strawn, held a press conference outlining their new plan to increase accountability in our public schools. Basically the plan calls for the testing of new teachers and for high school seniors to take an exit exam before graduation. Rep. May is ... Full story

One of the themes to come out of many political discussions lately is responsibility. Those of us who believe in personal responsibility tend to look to ourselves for solutions, not the state or federal governments. The health care debate spurred much of this discussion lately with liberals wanting the wealthy to pay for the poor’s health care. ... Full story

President Barack Hussein Obama is a liar. Congressman Joe Wilson said it best last night during the President’s speech to a joint session of Congress. There is no language in the current crop of bills explicitly outlawing government from funding abortion or illegal immigrants. Joe was right. The liberals will point to section 242 in HR 3200 where ... Full story

Americans should breathe a big sigh of relief as the US House began its August recess and the Senate has just four more days this week before they, too, head back home to their constituents. We are part of a grand experiment – this Representative Republic of ours – and we cannot afford ... Full story

Yesterday, State Representative Kent Sorenson released an open letter to Senator Grassley questioning Grassley’s compromise on Obama’s health care legislation. This is a pretty bold move by a relative newcomer to the political scene – but is it the right move? First, Grassley, as of late, has been ... Full story

Emily over at Battleground pointed out how bad a week, or I would say presidency, Obama is having. With his socialized health care support dwindling, the deficit and debt at record highs, making race-baiting comments turning out to be way off base, increased unemployment, wasting trillions in bailouts, and moderates on his side ... Full story

CQ Politics has come out with their U.S. House elections ratings map. In looking at Iowa, they’ve made the same mistake most media has by claiming Congressman Latham’s district is winnable for Democrats. It seems every year Latham is targeted by Democrats only to crush them mightily on Election Day. There ... Full story

With just one small statement, Barack Obama has helped turn a belligerent Harvard Professor getting arrested for disorderly conduct into a race baiter case. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen black politicians jump to the occasion when two or more people of a different color have conflicts. One of the most notable ... 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

Friday’s headline story by Craig Robinson really has Republican and Democrat politicos buzzing. With the revelation of Terry Branstad’s polling numbers verses Chet Culver so positive for our side, we have a new look at the GOP field. I thought I’d take a few moments to examine how a Branstad candidacy would play ... Full story