2019
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How Cory Booker’s Message Of Love Can Still Win In Iowa
In Iowa, the voters are angry. Even the really old ones, like 95-year-old Bud Guthrie, a World War II veteran who lives in rural Story County. He’s so upset by Donald Trump, that Guthrie, a lifelong Republican, has now switched to being a lifelong Democrat, as he told Sen. Cory Booker in early November. “As…
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Giddens: Elizabeth Warren Will End The Corruption That Has Captured Our Government
Guest op-ed from State Sen. Eric Giddens of Cedar Falls. Our nation’s guiding principle is enshrined in our founding document: the government derives its power from the people, and the people direct the operations of their government. That’s what the Declaration of Independence says, and it’s the optimistic view of government that I grew up…
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From Peppers To Prosperity: One Latino’s Contribution To Iowa Economy
The best weather to grow peppers is at 80 degrees in the daytime and no less than 55 in the evening. Texas was, and remains, a great place for peppers. Martin Perez knows this because was born and raised in Michoacan, Mexico, and came to work in the Texas pepper fields in 1987. He would…
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As 2020 Dems Talk Housing Plans, Iowans Take Notice
During a significant few weeks for the nation’s widening affordable housing needs, several federal bill proposals and candidate plans were rolled out to address the crisis. In her role as a California senator, 2020 Democratic candidate Kamala Harris introduced last Thursday legislation for more than $100 billion in infrastructure investments focused on bettering the country’s…
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Iowans Press Pete Buttigieg On Foreign Policy On Western Iowa Swing
In his first appearance since taking the lead in Iowa polls, Mayor Pete Buttigieg spent the past two days in Western Iowa, a conservative stronghold and sparsely populated part of the state. On Monday, he visited Red Oak, Creston, Atlantic and Council Bluffs. On Tuesday, he stopped in Denison, Storm Lake and Sioux City. There,…
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Bernie Tries To Save The Bees
Bernie Sanders, a die-hard baseball fan, took a swing this week at Major League Baseball and its proposal to shutter 42 Minor League Baseball teams, three of which are in Iowa. The proposal is far from finalized — the current Professional Baseball Agreement expires at the end of 2020 — but the initial report from the New…
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“Professor” Cady Gave Us A Remarkable Lesson
Mark Cady was right at home at the piano and was an occasional singer, too, maybe best known among family and friends for his rendition of “Easter Parade” each New Year’s Eve — a whimsical tidbit that widened the eyes of some people at his funeral last week. But it was no surprise the music…
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IA-02: Schilling Takes Aim At Miller-Meeks’ Conservative Credentials
When Republican Bobby Schilling announced his candidacy for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, he was the only GOP candidate in the race. Now, the former Illinois congressman faces a primary challenger in state Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Ottumwa. Though Schilling has experience in the U.S. House of Representatives, he largely is seen as the outsider in…
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Ep133: Vilsacks Talk Joe Biden, Jeff Link On Holidays and Mayor Forum
Pat Rynard sits down with Jeff Link about Holiday strategies for presidential candidates and an upcoming mayor forum with presidential candidates and mayors from around the country. Pat also talks with the Vilsacks about their recent decision to officially endorse Vice President Joe Biden for President, ahead of his eight-day “No Malarkey” tour through…
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Tom Steyer: Can Dems Talk Real Health Care Policy Now?
Every Democratic debate so far has included at least a few questions about health care. Namely, which version of universal health insurance the candidates support. Moderators have used the differences to drive wedges between the party’s factions of “Medicare for All” versus a public option. “I think that everybody on that stage believes that health…
