May 2018
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Progressive Movement Prioritizes Cathy Glasson, Working Families Party Endorses
The Working Families Party is endorsing Cathy Glasson in her bid for Iowa governor today, adding to Glasson’s coalition of national progressive organizations to help her close strong in the primary. They hope that will serve as one more sign to Democrats’ left-leaning voters in Iowa that they should back Glasson for the party’s nomination.…
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Don’t Sour On Early Voting From Boulton Incident
Thousands of Iowa Democrats have already cast their vote for a candidate who won’t be in the race on Election Day. That’s a frustrating situation to be in for many former Nate Boulton supporters. But there’s simply no option to change your vote after the county auditor has received your absentee ballot. Many are now…
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CEOs Reaping Obscene Payoffs From GOP Tax Cuts
Five months after Republicans passed their massive corporate tax cut, the CEOs of American companies are popping their champagne corks, toasting their bonanza of pay increases. American workers are still waiting for Trump’s promised wage increase of $4,000 per year. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals CEO Ian Read should be the poster child for runaway corporate greed. Thanks…
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Nate Boulton Bows Out
Senator Nate Boulton ended his campaign for governor this morning following yesterday’s accusations of past sexually inappropriate behavior with women, detailed in a Des Moines Register story. It was an abrupt finish to what had been an otherwise promising political career and campaign for the first-term senator from Des Moines. He did not yet indicate…
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No More Excuses, Governor. Come Clean On Medicaid Costs
Last week, Governor Kim Reynolds’ Department of Human Services (DHS) gave three separate and wildly contradictory estimates of Medicaid privatization savings. Not only do these three latest estimates conflict with one another, none of them come close to earlier estimates made by Reynolds’ office. Adding to their latest wacky estimates, Reynolds has failed to provide…
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Don’t Lose Hope, But Do Accept Responsibility
A guest piece from Cody Woodruff, ISU student and school board member. “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” -Elie Wiesel Since the story about sexual misconduct allegations against Senator Nate Boulton broke, I’ve been struggling with a torrent of thoughts and emotions.…
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Nate Boulton Accusations Rock Gubernatorial Primary
The Democratic gubernatorial primary may very well have ended today when the Des Moines Register published a story of three women’s accusations of sexually inappropriate behavior they experienced from Senator Nate Boulton. The report from Brianne Pfannenstiel detailed encounters that three women had in bars where Boulton allegedly touched them in a sexual and unwanted…
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Don’t Hide Government Officials From The Public
I sometimes think government officials overlook the important role the public plays in our system of government. That was my takeaway last week from the monthly meeting of the Iowa Public Information Board. When Mrs. Gentry lectured in my high school government classes 50+ years ago, I remember her talking about how American government is…
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Ep34: Polling & Fundraising In Democratic Primaries
Iowa Starting Line Podcast host Pat Rynard breaks down poll numbers for the Democratic gubernatorial primary and District 3 race with show producer Chance Dorland, followed by an interview with Jerry Crawford about the gubernatorial candidates’ fundraising numbers.
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Undecided On Governor’s Race? Check Out Our Profiles
With the June 5 Democratic primary fast approaching, lots of voters around the state are just now beginning to tune into the race. Iowa Starting Line has been covering the race for well over a year and a half, interviewing the candidates, covering forums, tracking endorsements and scrutinizing fundraising numbers and TV ad buys. My…
