Last week, during a stop in Cedar Rapids, former Gov. Terry Branstad was asked about the likelihood that he could choose former rival Christian Fong as his lieutenant governor.
Branstad, who has been traveling around the state holding events but has not yet officially joined the race, said it [...]
For most of this year, former Governor Terry Branstad has dominated political news stories across the state. The speculation that began this past summer about a run for a fifth term for Branstad came to fruition this fall when he retired from Des Moines University to [...]
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Governor Sarah Palin stopped in Sioux City yesterday as part of the book signing tour for her new book, Going Rogue: An American Life. I had hoped to be there, but alas I was not one of the 625 who had [...]
It’s no surprise that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s visit to Sioux City Sunday generated a lot of media attention. In addition to fueling speculation that the 2008 vice presidential nominee is laying the groundwork for a 2012 run for the White House, it also reminded observers of her popularity [...]
Everybody has an opinion, and 2012 is still three years away. Oh but how we love to speculate. The lamestream media reaches opposite conclusions when they try to strain a gnat over what Governor Palin has said or hasn’t said about 2012. Speculation [...]
