edited by: Art Smith,
Iowa Editor
DES MOINES – Vice President Joe Biden took on critics of the Obama administration in a forceful speech to Democratic activists in Des Moines Saturday.
Appearing at a fundraising dinner for Iowa Democratic Party, Biden pointed to the economic challenges he and President Obama faced when they were sworn into [...]
Des Moines trial lawyer Roxanne Conlin portrayed Republican Sen. Charles Grassley this evening as beholden to special interests and appealed to a crowd of about 200 party activists to lend their time and dollars to her campaign to oust him.
She noted that Grassley, a five-term senator, has served in public [...]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty took aim at President Barack Obama in Iowa tonight, telling Republican activists in the leadoff caucus state the president’s handling of health care legislation had broken his bipartisan campaign message.
Headlining an Iowa Republican Party fundraiser in Des Moines, the governor mentioned as a 2012 presidential prospect [...]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty plans to present the image of a common-sense conservative who can win in Democrat territory when he introduces himself today to a key political focus group, a hall full of Iowa Republican Party activists.
The Republican, who is eyeing a 2012 presidential bid, says a profile like [...]
It's important to have strong, well-funded organizations working to stop climate change before it's too late. But even more important is the need for committed activists and volunteers who work together and organize themselves on this issue, just like any other. It was this sort of organizing that made the [...]
By Brent Hoffman
While activists may debate the credentials of the Republican candidates for Governor, it seems “conservative values voters” are the focus of the candidates in advance of the primary. At the most recent debate, held in Sioux City on October 27th, the four candidates emphasized [...]
Politico’s Jonathan Martin rounded up some key Iowa GOP activists yesterday, finding that some, including some better-known party operatives, object to the idea of paying former Gov. Sarah Palin to speak in Iowa.
Names like Ed Failor, Steve Scheffler, Ann Trimble-Ray and Tim Albrecht say, in Martin’s piece, say in effect: [...]
Former Gov. Terry Branstad has accepted the invitation to speak at the Nov. 7 Iowa Republican Party fundraiser at the State Fairgrounds, giving GOP activists their first look at him as a prospective candidate for 2010.
Branstad is the latest to accept the invitation, which five other potential Republican candidates had [...]
This Saturday, participants in over 3,000 events in 170 countries will observe the 350.org International Day of Climate action. Activists will ask international and national leaders to take real action to reduce CO2 levels from 390 to 350 parts per million and protect our planet.
1Sky has helped plan many [...]
