August 2016
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Retired Justice Calls Grassley Obstruction “An Unpatriotic Act”
Retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul Anderson is speaking out and holding Senator Grassley accountable for his obstruction of the Supreme Court hearings. Anderson says Grassley’s refusal to hold hearings is an abdication of a sworn duty to “support and defend” the Constitution. He says Grassley’s obstruction of the President’s nominee is a “dereliction of…
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Mike Pence Does The Full Fair Tour, Sees A Few Protesters Too
Many major candidates doing the mandatory Iowa State Fair visit often just do a quick in-and-out, hitting up the Butter Cow, Pork Tent and maybe one other location before leaving. Not so for Mike Pence. Donald Trump’s running mate spent a little over two hours at the State Fair on Saturday afternoon, hitting up eight…
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Gary Johnson Files Candidacy Papers For Iowa Ballot
Today is the final day for federal candidates to file their paperwork to get on the Iowa ballot. Gary Johnson’s supporters turned in their papers this morning, confirmed the Iowa Secretary of State’s office, the last of the four most well-known candidates to do so. There’s a one-week period for which objections can be filed that…
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Iowa Democrats Offices Point To State Legislative Strategy
The Iowa Democratic Party announced several new field offices around the state this week, bringing their total number of offices to 24 in the state. The party began opening local offices for the 2016 election back in early May. Taking a look through the list, most of the obvious cities are there, whether by size…
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Citizen Kaine: Clinton’s VP Takes His Everyman Persona To State Fair
No trip to Iowa during mid-August is complete without a visit to the Iowa State Fair. So that’s where Virginia Senator Tim Kaine ended up on a hot and sunny Wednesday afternoon. Hillary Clinton’s running mate began the day with a rally in Cedar Rapids, then made the unannounced stop at the State Fair afterward. He’s…
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Critical Next Two Weeks In Iowa For Trump And Clinton
For the next week and a half, Iowa is back in the center of the political universe, as is only right. But will we be after that? The presidential campaigns are barnstorming through Iowa over the next 10 days. Tim Kaine speaks today in Cedar Rapids. Jennifer Jacobs reported that Mike Pence will tour the Iowa…
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What’s Next: The Movement We Need
Guest post from Tobita Chow, chair of The People’s Lobby, who will be speaking at this weekend’s CCI event The Bernie Sanders campaign came out of nowhere and took everyone by surprise by nearly winning Iowa. He showed that people are fed up with business-as-usual politics and are hungry for a bold new kind of progressive politics.…
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Patty Judge Hits The Doors In Search Of Suburban Vote-Switchers
In the year of Donald Trump, Democrats are increasingly looking to make inroads into independent and Republican-leaning suburban voters, typically those with higher education and higher income. So that’s exactly where Democratic Senate candidate Patty Judge was this weekend, going door-to-door with State House candidate Jennifer Konfrst in West Des Moines. If Judge is to…
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Steve King Suggests Some Additions To Donald Trump’s Wall
The Iowa State Fair kicked off today, as did the Des Moines Register’s Soapbox series. There’s not a non-stop schedule of presidential candidates on stage this year, but most of Iowa’s candidates for federal office will speak. Steve King was the first up on Thursday morning. As expected, the 4th District Republican had some interesting…
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Voter Revolt Growing Over Iowa’s Mental Health Care Mess
Iowa families dealing with mental health issues have hit the breaking point. The closure of mental health institutions and the privatization of Medicaid have put increasingly unbearable strain on many seeking help. That frustration is quickly spilling over into the political realm. Around 500 people showed up to a loosely-organized mental health rally in downtown…
