Craig Robinson Archive

Republican candidates will be busy traveling to county conventions this weekend.  TheIowaRepublican.com compiled the list of counties that the gubernatorial candidates will visit. If you live west of Interstate 35, don’t expect to see one of the three candidates. If you want to see all three candidates together, you will ... Full story

TheIowaRepublican.com is one year old today. The site has had more than one million page views, received visits from 155 countries, all 50 states, and 632 different communities across Iowa over the past year. This entry marks the 1,366th story published on the site. That’s a lot of content on a daily basis, ... Full story

Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s eldest daughter Liz spoke at CPAC yesterday on national security. She told the crowd, “President Obama and Attorney General Holder don’t get it, and it’s time for Congress to act, a wise man wouldn’t fret over whether a terrorist was read his Miranda rights.” At the end of her ... Full story

Congressman King recently killed a rabid raccoon that was trying to get into his house. Not only did he kill it with a hand gun, but he alerted the public with a twitter account of the episode. TheIowaRepublican.com was recently told that the 5th District Congressman once again has full twitter privileges so you ... Full story

A bizarre story from the Olympics, Mitt Romney was in an altercation on an Air Canada Flight. Romney, who was traveling with his wife Ann, asked the person in front of him to put his seat in the upright position for takeoff, the man turned violent and swung at the presidential hopeful. Former governor Mitt ... Full story

Tonight at 7:00 p.m. the two candidates running for the Republican nomination in House District 8 will participate in a candidate forum. The event will be held at the Prairie Lakes AEA, which is located at 500 N.E. 6th Street in Pocahontas. Participating in tonight's forum is the Republican candidate from 2008, Dr. Stephen Richards. ... Full story

Former Governor Terry Branstad’s campaign has released its first web video of his campaign. The video captures video, images, and interviews from the various events that the Branstad campaign has organized this month. Full story

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No, I’m not getting sued. I’m probably just going to get roughed up a bit. From 4 to 6 p.m. tonight, I will be debating Steve Deace, Bryan English (IFPC), and State Representative Dwayne Alons on WHO Radio. Here are the questions that we will be debating. 1) Is voting for a ... Full story

As many of you know, Steve Deace is a personal friend of mine. The friendship is genuine. My wife and I have been to his home for dinner, I occasionally show up to his regular card game and I’ve even embarrassed myself while playing Rock Band with Iowa’s most controversial radio talk ... Full story