Vice President Joe Biden greeted Iowans at 8:21 p.m. with his familiar “folks” and thanked the crowd for pushing Barack Obama and Biden to the White House.
Of course, Iowans pushed Obama a bit harder than they pushed Biden, he acknowledged. Obama won the caucuses, but Biden came in fifth and [...]
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin addressed the Hy-Vee Hall crowd via video, saying he expected Gov. Chet Culver to win re-election and praising congressional Democrats’ work on health-care reform.
He remained in Washington for a key procedural vote to move a health-care reform bill forward in the Senate. After he spoke, Iowa [...]
Rep. Bruce Braley told the crowd it’s not the time for Iowa Democrats to be walking around and looking glum.
He recalled that when he first ran for office, in 2006, Democrats trailed Republicans in voter registrations. Now, Democrats far outnumber Republicans in registrations.
He also made mention of a favorite theme [...]
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 [...]
Each candidate was given ten minutes to address the crowd.
Jerry Behn kicked things off.
7:17 – Jerry Behn takes stage
VA and NJ proves that GOP ideas are alive and well.
The only way dems get elected with when the co-opt GOP ideas, but they don’t follow through in [...]
To the Newton Independent
Thank you to everyone who attended the Jasper County Democrats' Annual Soup Supper and Auction on Sunday. Your contributions will support our candidates and causes.
It was exciting to see such a large crowd come out to hear Congressman Boswell, Secretary of State Mauro, First Lady Mari Culver,' [...]
If Sarah Palin is so irrelevant as many in the left roots would claim why is it that the DNC is attacking her? Vice President Joe Biden decided to chime in today as well when he spoke to a gigantic, huge crowd of 250 [...]
Iowans Play Prominent Role at Showdown in ChicagoJohnson County Democrats held their annual fall BBQ today, and the speakers included Congressman Dave Loebsack, and the two announced Senate contenders: Tom Fiegen and Bob Krause.
Details after the break.
The BBQ was held in Hills again this year, and there was a good crowd on hand. [...]
With former Gov. Terry Branstad’s tentative entrance into the already crowded field of Republican gubernatorial candidates, conventional wisdom dictates that several lesser-known hopefuls will likely exit the race.
Branstad has high name recognition and will undoubtedly be able to raise a huge campaign war chest quickly, which will likely drain resources [...]
Speaking before a group of high school seniors back in June, Anita Dunn, the White House Communications Director told the crowd one of her favorite philosophers was Chinese dictator and mass murderer Mao Tse Tung.
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