2016
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Another Lifelong Republican Voting For Hillary Clinton
Guest post from Paul H. Anderson, former Supreme Court Justice in Minnesota, 1994 – 2013 I will vote for Hillary Clinton. This is the first time I have publicly endorsed a Democrat for president. My Republican roots date to the Civil War, when my Minnesota ancestors gave their support to “Father Abraham.” Before becoming a…
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There Are No Rules
To many Democrats and independents watching the debate, the most shocking part of Sunday’s forum didn’t come during the personal attacks on sexual misconduct. It happened when Donald Trump promised to prosecute and jail Hillary Clinton over her email server if he is elected president. That sounded exactly like what a dictator would do. Lock up…
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Iowa GOP’s Congressional Candidate Peters Ditches Trump
Dr. Christopher Peters, the Republican candidate in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional district, is announcing today that he will not vote for Donald Trump for president. His decision comes after the release of Trump’s 2005 comments where he bragged about sexually assaulting women. Peters will “abstain from voting in the presidential election,” according to his press release…
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Steven Leath Banged Up ISU’s Optics, Too
You should never under-estimate the importance of timing in business decisions. Or the importance of “optics”. We’re seeing an example of that playing out now in Ames with Iowa State University President Steven Leath and the Iowa State University Foundation. Leath has been in the news recently for an incident that occurred in July 2015…
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Cracks Start To Show In Iowa GOP’s Trump Unity
While the state party was as unified as ever for Donald Trump at the Republican Party of Iowa’s Reagan Dinner in Des Moines last night, two defections happened outside the fundraiser. Ankeny State Senator Jack Whitver was the first major Iowa Republican to publicly call for Donald Trump to step down as the party’s nominee this…
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Jeff Kaufmann: “Two Flawed Candidates,” Implies Bill Clinton Worse Than Trump
Republican Party of Iowa Chair Jeff Kaufmann responded to Donald Trump’s bombshell comments from 2005 ahead of the state party’s Reagan Dinner in Des Moines tonight, comparing Trump’s comments to Bill Clinton’s actions. “I find Donald Trump’s comments 11 years ago disgusting,” Kaufmann said in a prepared statement. “I condemn those kinds of comments when…
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Time For Iowa Republicans To Abandon Trump
Wake up already, Iowa Republican leaders: this election is over. Donald Trump will never recover from the revelation of the 2005 tape that shows his abhorrent views on women and sexual assault. Yes, we’ve all thought any number of his earlier outrageous, sexist and racist comments would have done him in, only to be proven…
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Chris Brase’s Firefighter TV Spot One Of The Best Iowa Ads Of The Cycle
It’s the time of year when all of the competitive state legislative campaigns start rolling out their television ads. Most of these candidates only have enough money to go up on air for the last several weeks, and the quality of their ads often vary widely. Some are rather dull or poorly produced, some are carbon copies…
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Chris Hagenow Tried To Shut Down Preschool Program He Claims To Support
Voters are used to seeing political TV ads that stretch the truth around election season, but State Representative Chris Hagenow’s recent commercial on education funding could win an award for dishonesty. In an ad that shows his children getting ready for school, Hagenow’s family touts the legislator’s supposed support for public schools. One of his…
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How Iowa Sanders Supporters Are Slowly Moving To Clinton
“That’s Clinton’s position, that’s my position, that’s not Donald Trump’s position.” Bernie Sanders repeated that line often during his visit to Drake University’s campus yesterday in an effort to win back his disaffected former supporters. He continually implored the crowd of students and activists to support Hillary Clinton, who he insisted supported many of the…
