edited by: Art Smith,
Iowa Editor
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver took the stage at HyVee Hall to the Rolling Stones’ classic “Start Me Up.”
Here’s the list of tunes played for some of the other speakers as they approached the podium at the state Democratic Party’s Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Des Moines.
Iowa Democratic Party Chairman, Michael [...]
Lt. Gov. Patty Judge repeatedly poked fun at former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who is touring in support of her new book, “Going Rogue.”
Tongue in cheek, Judge said she plans to write a book, too, titled,”Going to Des Moines,” full of good stories that are actually true, she [...]
Democrats laughed nervously at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Des Moines tonight as periodic crashes of dishes hitting the cement floor interrupted the program.
At one point, a tray of dishes — packed with grilled pork, chicken, vegetables and potatoes — hit the floor, prompting Iowa Democratic Party [...]
The first in a long line of speakers at the Iowa Democratic Party’s 2009 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner will soon take the stage at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines.
At this point, attendees are still milling about, and organizers are urging those in attendance to take their seats. Scheduled speakers include U.S. Reps. [...]
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 [...]
Event set-up
The dinner is being held at Hy-Vee Hall at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. The stage is located in the middle of the room which is set for 1400 guests. On the far wall behind the state a huge sign that reads “Iowa [...]
By PETER HUSSMANN
The Iowa Economic Development Board did not take up the issue of state financing for an Illinois company's plan to retrofit the Newton biodiesel plant into a fully functioning biorefinery when it met in Des Moines on Thursday.
The agenda for Thursday's development board's meeting included Elevance Renewable Sciences,' [...]
Former Gov. Terry Branstad said Iowa voters’ early preference of him over Gov. Chet Culver is helping his fundraising as the longtime Republican governor begins cranking up his campaign operation.
“It doesn’t hurt,” Branstad said today in his first Des Moines Register interview since forming a campaign organization to seek the [...]
Veteran Democratic operative Mark Daley will manage Roxanne Conlin’s U.S. Senate campaign, Daley told The Des Moines Register today.
Daley, an Urbandale political consultant since 2004, had been helping Conlin, a Des Moines lawyer and former nominee for governor, get her bid for the Senate underway.
Daley, 32, is a former congressional [...]
Earlier today Des Moines Register reporter Jason Clayworth wrote a blog post that has been removed from the Register’s website. My trustworthy staff of researches saved me a copy of what he wrote so I can share it with you.
Here is what Clayworth wrote:
Pictures of a shirtless Chet Culver?
Pictures of [...]
The Des Moines Register showered more poll numbers on readers today, and the news is better for Democrats than it was over the weekend.
Though each Iowan seems to have his or her own ideas for how money should be cut from the budget, few blame the Democrats for overspending on [...]
Former U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt is coming back to Iowa Friday to make a policy announcement about medical research, event planners said.
Gephardt plans to hold an 11:30 a.m. press conference at the Pappajohn Higher Education Center in Des Moines, as part of the longtime former Missouri congressman’s role with the [...]
Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet with Dave Funk at the new Smokey Row in Des Moines. Dave is one of the GOP candidates for Iowa’s Third Congressional District seat held by Congressman Leonard Boswell. Below is his bio shamelessly stolen from his [...]
The results are in on Iowa Gov. Chet Culver’s first triathlon: 3:03:27 for an “intermediate distance” triathlon. According to a Des Moines Register analysis, his swim time was very good, his bike time wasn’t bad, and his run time was, frankly, somewhat turtle-like.
But he had a great [...]
Allowing military service for those with “different beliefs and different religious structure” is a “recipe for disaster,” a West Des Moines pastor told controversial Christian radio host Steve Deace Friday.
Deace was discussing the shootings at the Ft. Hood military base in Texas with Bob Deever, pastor at [...]
The latest Iowa Poll by The Des Moines Register finds Gov. Chet Culver losing to both former Gov. Terry Branstad and Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats in hypothetical head-to-head campaigns.
Culver’s job approval rating, at 40 percent, has hit the lowest point since taking office and has dropped 20-percentage-points since [...]
Chet Culver
I find it interesting that Chet Culver began to run a series of TV ads just a couple of weeks before the Des Moines Register polled. Culver spent $250k on the ads and still tanked in the polls. So we are left with just [...]
Grassley's 57 percent approval figure [...]
Iowa Governor Chet Culver has been falling and he can't get up. At least not yet. Culver's popularity, according to the Des Moines Register Iowa Poll ,has dropped 20 points during the year and 10 points just since September. It's doubtful the budget mess or filmgate has' [...]
Some miscellany this dreary morning (in Des Moines at least).
ABC News: The 5 Worst Cities for Urban Youth Fox News: Blinded Prison Guard: Don’t House Terror Suspects in NYC NY Post: A loss for America- Why NYC terror trial is a major mistake by Kris Kobach The [...]
