Constitution Daily Archive

Does contributing to a Democrat disqualify you from running as a Republican? With Krusty’s post yesterday about Christian Fong donating to two Democrat state candidates and also donating to ActBlue, the internet fundraising website for liberals, the exciting new, fresh-faced candidate went from a possible game-changer to a lightning rod in the comments ... Full story

With the Cash for Clunkers program getting rolled out tomorrow and Cap and Trade being passed by the House, I thought I’d look at the green movement again. To do so with any accuracy you must define what green really is. If you take the liberal definition, which is the ... Full story

After the news of Senator Randy Feenstra and Story County Treasurer Dave Jamison looking at running for State Treasurer, we have more good news about possible candidates for other seats. Christian Fong, a young Cedar Rapids businessman, is seriously considering a run for Governor. Krusty hit on this last Friday ... Full story

Once again Krusty hit the nail on the head with his post today about Coach Thomas. Most of us didn’t know the man, only knew of him. We heard the stories about the four NFL players coming out of that small town. We also heard the stories about how he helped lead Parkersburg out of the destruction of last year’s tornado. ... Full story

In August 2008, I wrote my first Republican Gubernatorial race ranking. I knew it was really early to do something like that but I just find those conversations fun so I thought, what the heck. Now the 2010 race is almost in full swing so I thought I’d revisit some of the remarks ... Full story

After watching the U.S. Open Golf Championship this weekend and seeing the crowd’s absolute love for Tiger Woods, and with President Obama’s historic following as the messiah, I realized traditional racism is dead in this country. At all levels of our society, black men and women are leading. Whether in ... Full story

Yesterday I wrote about possible State Treasurer candidate Senator Randy Feenstra. Today I’m going to focus on his possible primary opponent, Dave Jamison. Jamison is currently the Story County Treasurer and has been since 1995. He’s known by most in the Republican circle for his work as a Republican State ... Full story

Word on the street is northwest Iowa State Senator Randy Feenstra is seriously considering running for State Treasurer against Michael Fitzgerald. Senator Feenstra was the Hull city manager before being elected to Sioux County Treasurer. He was first elected to the Iowa Senate last year and has been actively trying ... Full story

If you haven’t heard by now, Democrats are trying to tax our carbon footprint. Actually, they are targeting businesses – because that’s what they do. For some reason, Democrats hate businesses. Anyway, they want to tax carbon emissions and allow the sale of unused carbon credits back to the government or other businesses. ... Full story

With the campaigns just around the corner and candidates coming out of the woodwork, it is pretty easy to focus on the candidates and not so much on the issues. For some candidates that mindset works well, for others, the issues is where there victories will come. Either way, for the people, if ... Full story