Two years ago, Iowa Republicans struggled to find one candidate to challenge Congressman Leonard Boswell in the general election despite the fact that Boswell faced a primary challenge of his own. Now, as many as five candidates are vying for the Republican nomination in Iowa’s [...]
Some miscellany for your Monday morning:
The Iowa Republican: Flaws Begin to Emerge in Branstad Campaign Washington Times: Obama secrecy Times of London: Developing nations stage walkout over Copenhagen stalemate Wall St. Journal: The ‘Cost Control’ Bill of Goods The Washington Post: An interference call for college [...]There's a must read article in The Iowa Republican regarding liberal Roxanne Conlin, who hopes to win the Democrat nomination for U.S. Senate and oppose Senator Chuck Grassley.
Conlin Proves She is Good At Spending Other People's Money
It should come as no surprise. A few weeks after announcing that she is a [...]
Congressman Steve King returned from Afghanistan this week with the sense that the nation’s cities have become more secure in the past year.
The Iowa Republican spent four days in the country, meeting with President Hamid Karzai, Iowa troops and civilian advisers. It was the third trip to Afghanistan for the [...]
Earlier today, Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn joined Rep. Chris Hagenow and Rep. Matt Windschitl to announce The Liberty Agenda. The Liberty Agenda consists of three elements.
Allow Iowans to vote of the definition of marriage.
Restore the number of State Troopers to the pre-1998 [...]
The Des Moines Register this evening has released additional details from a poll done on high-profile political figures. The one that Tom Beaumont has just dropped on his blog shows 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is in strong favor among Iowa Republicans. [...]
Congressman Steve King Friday said terrorists would get a foothold in the U.S. if Sept. 11 suspects or suspected terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay Cuba were tried in the United States, as Attorney General Eric Holder has signaled.
Here is the key passage from the Iowa Republican’s comments during a [...]
A TV and film star is throwing a $100,000+ fundraiser for a candidate for Iowa governor tonight, but the beneficiary isn’t the bleeding-heart Hollywood liberal you might expect.
The Iowa Republican reports that Sioux City businessman and social conservative leader Bob Vander Plaats could raise $200,000 for his gubernatorial campaign [...]
At Ames High School, he won three state' [...]
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said today Iowans would be afraid to have terrorism suspects housed in a federal prison in Illinois across the Mississippie River from Clinton, Iowa.
“I oppose them even coming to the United States,” the Iowa Republican said during a conference call with Iowa reporters.
Grassley opposes closing the [...]
A spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Waterloo, responded Monday to attacks from Iowa Republicans who say transferring Guantanamo detainees to U.S. soil is a “clear threat to national security.”
President Barack Obama has said he wants Guantanamo Bay facility by January. A nearly-empty Illinois prison near the Mississippi River on [...]
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley urged President Obama to act soon to grant Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s request for roughly 40,000 additional troops to the war in Afghanistan.
The Iowa Republican also noted that U.S. troops were dying as Obama deliberated and met with military advisers before making a decision.
“Based on the president’s [...]
