Krusty Konservative 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

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

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

Mark Chelgren: Chelgren is running against State Senator Keith Kreiman for his seat in Iowa Senate District 47. Chelgren held a campaign event in the park this weekend where he provided live music and 20 kegs of Keystone, 5 kegs of Blue Moon, and 5 kegs of Sam Adams. Chelgren defended his event to ... Full story

I-Jobs/Iowa Democrats: Governor Culver and people like Jerry Crawford are out there defending Culver’s I-Jobs boondoggle as a necessary infrastructure program to help the state deal with flooding. If that’s the case, why are people under water this morning? Why have we seen major flooding all summer? If I ... Full story

Later this week the Iowa State Fair will open and hundreds of thousands of people from all over the globe will descend on Des Moines’s east side. Yeah, who would have ever thought… Anyway, some of those people are looking to be the next President of the United States. I find it a little ... Full story

Just a few thoughts in advance of Vander Plaats’ press conference this morning. I love the fact that I compared Vander Plaats to Brett Favre yesterday then a few hours later he announces a press conference.  Seriously, this might be the best analogy I’ve ever made. If the news reports that say Vander Plaats is going to ... Full story