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By Gabe Haugland As we agonizingly inch closer to the day we have to leave our friends and family for a distant, hostile war zone, I struggle with the wide range of emotions I experience from day to day, moment to moment. Monday morning I woke up for what I believed to be my ... Full story

I’ve been forwarded several emails to this website complaining about my article regarding Roxanne Conlin’s…  Well, you know what I’m talking about.  Anyway, I appreciate them taking the time to write, I mean that’s more than the Chairwoman of the Iowa Democratic Party did, she just fired off a press release. Anyway, today’s korrespondence comes from ... Full story

Roxanne Conlin, the liberal millionaire trial attorney who the Iowa Democratic Party recruited to run against Sen. Chuck Grassley, recently traveled to Las Vegas to where she participated on girl power panel at the Netroots Nation convention. In my opinion, Conlin didn’t have much to say to the people who attended her panel. ... Full story

BP must get a handle on their waves of irresponsible destruction... Full story

Matt Schultz, the Republican candidate for Secretary of State, turns 31 years old today.  If elected this fall, Matt would be the youngest person in the state’s history to hold that office.  Matt is an outstanding candidate who is out there campaigning hard to earn the support of all Iowans. I’m excited about his campaign ... Full story

It has been twelve years since a Republican occupied the Secretary of State’s office.   Chet Culver used the office as a platform to run for governor after two terms in office.  According to the Feds, he also used it to throw elaborate parties and misspend taxpayer dollars, but who gets worked up over things ... Full story

By Emily Geiger If you are an incompetent, not-so-bright, big spending Democratic governor, the last person you should pick a fight with is the highly competent, so-much-smarter-than-you, fiscally conservative Republican state auditor. Every time Auditor Dave Vaudt brings up the little fact that Chet Culver has royally blown the state budget to bits, Culver starts crying and goes ... Full story

I took some time yesterday to comb through Governor Culver’s most recent fundraising report. After doing so, it is even more apparent that without continued support of the Democratic Governors Association, Culver will have a difficult time raising the necessary resources to win in November. The following is the breakdown of Culver’s contributions in his most recent report. Total Contributions: Terry Branstad had over 2200 ... Full story

When Brenna Findley announced her candidacy to be Iowa’s next Attorney General, Tom Miller basically blew her off.  His peeps said that she wasn’t qualified to be the state’s top attorney, and then Miller went on with his day. Findley has proven herself to be an aggressive campaigned and a surprisingly strong fundraiser.  Before posting her ... Full story

The special prosecutor looking into Governor Chet Culver’s fundraising tactics has determined that the Governor solicited campaign contributions from a second casino operator who was seeking a gambling license at the time. Earlier this year Culver was busted for soliciting campaign contributions from the people trying to build a casino in Fort Dodge. This morning’s ... Full story