January 2018
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Senator Brad Zaun Is Bringing The Trump Tax Scam To Iowa
Governor Kim Reynolds and the Republican-controlled Legislature already face a major state budget crisis with declining revenue forecasts. Their current budget drastically fails to meet the essential funding for Iowans’ education needs, mental health demands, water cleanup and much more. Reynolds must first repay the money she borrowed from this year’s budget to balance last…
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Iowa Can’t Waste Another Year On GOP’s Water Quality Facade
These are not normal times, with real concerns about interference in our elections by a hostile foreign power, powerful voices seeking to legitimize sexist, racist and other discriminatory actions at a level not seen in decades, and what at least feels like wholesale attacks on working families and the middle class. Yet, other serious challenges…
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Why January 19 Is The Most Important Date Yet In Governor’s Race
Did you email inbox nearly implode over the past week with constant fundraising pleas from every Iowa candidate you’ve ever heard of? You’re not alone, as each campaign went all-out in the closing hours of the year, insisting that it was their most critical finance deadline of the campaign. Of course, they often say the same…
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From Eastern Iowa Base, Cathy Glasson Looks To Organize A Surprise
Organize, organize, organize. That’s been the model of nearly every Democratic candidate waging an outsider run from the left for major office. If you don’t have the connections or the positions to pull in enough money to go toe-to-toe with better-funded opponents on the airwaves, best to even the odds on the ground. Cathy Glasson’s…
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Thanks For A Great Year – The Plan Ahead For 2018
Starting Line is back from a much needed week-and-a-half break from writing over the holidays, though we were still plenty busy during that time. We’ve got a lot of great stories in the pipe for this week and next, but let’s first take a quick look back at our accomplishments in 2017. Let’s start with…
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A Women’s Movement With Major Implications
Sometimes elections are about movements. In my view, the 2016 election was certainly that. Lots of issues came together to defeat Hillary Clinton, but the rise of a disgruntled white, working class made up of semi-skilled males was the core of the movement. With Hillary writing lengthy policy proposals on tons of issues and her…
