With as much agriculture and pork production that goes on in this state, there are a lot of misconceptions about what types of environmental regulations are currently in place. In light of this, I think that Cathy Haustein did an awesome job putting together a really [...] 
I woke up this morning to the exciting new in my inbox, that Hillary Clinton will be seeking the democratic nomination. Her email starts:
I would definitely echo Common Iowan's take on the entrance of Bill Richardson into the presidential race. I really want him to campaign in Iowa so that he can at least get some name recognition so that people will seriously look at a formerly little [...] 
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For anyone who is interested, especially those in the 3rd congressional district, and especially Central College Democrats (because I need someone to give me the scoop), I just got an e-mail that from Cathy Lewis (a Boswell liaison) via Phyllis Weeks (Marion County Dems President) which [...] 
For the most part I think that Rep. Steve King's plans are dumb, racist, and ignorant, and I can only shake my head in embarrassment that he is from Iowa. However, his most recent idea (which is still dumb politically) to possibly take on Harkin for [...] 
Rising college costs is an issue that I have really focused on, as both a student and an advocate of making a college education affordable for anyone who wants to better themselves.
The news that Nussle will be a consultant for Rudy Giuliani has already got quite a bit of coverage from notable like political forecast and krusty, but I don't think anyone has really underlined how truly weird of a match the two are.
I don't intend to comment yet about the potential benefits and disadvantages of amending Iowa's right to work law, but rather simply to speak to the impetus that Rant's has for making it his pet issue for the session. If you're looking for some early support [...] 
If anyone wants to check out the January 10th edition of Juice, the cover is dominated my Vilsack insider and Iowa campaign manager Dusky Terry. The article is all about his life and has some good tidbits about Vilsack's presidential run, especially here in Iowa.
This is a great [...]
"Following my challenge to the Iowa State Legislature, we've created a draft resolution for you to sign and an activist toolkit [...]
Right after the Governor's Condition of the State address (read earlier post) I was able to see some of the ICCI (Iowans Citizens for Community Improvement) rally.
Unlike many political get-togethers, this was a real rally! With chants like "Can you hear us now" and "local control" the group [...]
A few overall comments first. I think Vilsack's speech was very well prepared, even if it wasn't a "true" Condition of the State address. The tone of it was very "I'm running for President," although he tied it all in relatively well. I have no problem with the speech having [...]
Days after his re-election on Nov. 7, 1972, Nixon vented his frustrations about the [...]
