The push is on to dilute the climate change bills moving through Congress, and it’s not coming only from conservatives. Mother Jones’ Kate Sheppard reports today that 14 Senate Democrats, including U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, are urging their leadership to amend the proposal to grant more free polluting permits [...]
The agreement includes five mandatory unpaid furlough days between now and June 30, which is expected to save about [...]
What do you get with a Tea Party Convention, an RPI Leadership event focusing on Gubernatiorial candidates and a Huckabee book signing all in Des Moines in one weekend? Answer: Lots of “Here In Iowa” photos.
If you would like to see [...]
I was going to render the video I took of the gubernatorial candidates’ speeches at the “Leadership for Iowa” event on Saturday and put it up. C-Span did it for me so I’ll be lazy. You can watch all of the Gubernatorial candidate speeches below, my comments will [...]
Iowa’s workers, taxpayers now living with the results of Culver’s mismanagement and lack of leadership
DES MOINES, IA. -- Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley (R-Chariton) issued the following statement today regarding the agreement that Governor Culver and AFSCME/Iowa Council 61 has reached:
“Governor Culver caused this current problem when he agreed [...]
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty was the featured speaker at the “Leadership for Iowa” event hosted by the Republican Party of Iowa. You can watch his speech here or below:
I was very impressed by Governor Pawlenty’s ability to connect with his audience. I appreciated [...]
Some miscellany I’m reading while rendering video. Always a fun job, so if you are looking for video from the “Leadership for Iowa” event that I was at last night… hopefully will have some video up tonight of Governor Tim Pawlenty’s speech (no promises), [...]
Tonight Republicans from around Iowa met at the Elwell Family Center at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Isaiah McGee, Iowa State Central Committee Member, acted as Master of Ceremonies. He made some brief remarks, including “We Must Unite!”
Video presentations from David Vaudt, who criticized Democrats 30% slash of [...]
Sitting at Bloggers row at the Republican Party of Iowa “Leadership for Iowa” event.
One thing I’ve learned, comparing myself to Grant Young at Questions, Comments & Insults, I really suck as an interviewer. The life of the blogger row party.
Iowa Republicans are holding their Leadership For Iowa event this evening, which will feature Tim Pawlenty, governor of Minnesota, and all of the remaining candidates for Iowa governor.
New for me tonight is the Press Pass. Even though I would have planned to attend anyhow, I was invited to be part [...]
Today, I’m sacrificing watching the whole Iowa Hawkeyes game to attend the Iowa Tea Party Statewide Convention here in Des Moines. They are currently beating Northwestern 10-0 in the first quarter. Later tonight I’m going to be Leadership for Iowa, an event hosted to the Republican Party of [...]
Gov. Chet Culver’s goal of making a decision on hundreds of state employee layoffs passed on Friday without any action, and an aide said it could be weeks before anything is determined.
Republican legislative leaders responded by criticizing Culver for a failure of leadership. Further delays will only worsen the impact [...]
WASHINGTON D.C. -- The House Democratic leadership announced that it will propose a "Rule" on the health care bill, H.R. 3962, that will insert language proposed by Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-In.), and exclude a House vote on an amendment proposed by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mi.).
The House is expected to [...]
Two Iowa U.S. attorney’s offices are one step closer to being under new leadership.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, of which Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley is a member with seniority, agreed today by unanimous consent to pass the nominations of Stephanie Rose and Nick Klinefeldt on to [...]
Governor ignores Republican warnings on spending and now property taxes are set to rise
DES MOINES, IA. -- Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley (R-Chariton) issued the following comment today regarding Governor Culver’s budget actions leading to higher property taxes for Iowans:
“Republicans have consistently and continually [...]
We have a clash of ideas within the Republican Party, and it is being fleshed out in NY 23. Who is showing principled leadership in lending their voice (and cash) to Doug Hoffman, the true conservative in the New York 23rd Congressional District [...]
By PETER HUSSMANN
To a man and woman, the six people seeking election to the two open seats on the Skiff Medical Center Board of Trustees said reinstilling community trust in the leadership at the city-owned hospital is a top priority, with some going as far as saying the two out-going members [...]
The Obama Administration’s foreign policy has been an absolute disaster. Charles Krauthammer in today’s Washington Post describes the White House effort rather pointedly:
Henry Kissinger once said that the main job of Anatoly Dobrynin, the perennial Soviet ambassador to Washington, was to tell the Kremlin leadership that whenever they received [...]
