It’s hard to imagine anything positive resulting from Congressman Steve King’s latest anti-immigrant rants and tweets. However, there may be one silver lining to the dark and ugly racist cloud surrounding King: donations are pouring in to Kim Weaver, encouraging...
"I do not agree with Congressman King's statement," read Republican Party of Iowa chair Jeff Kaufmann's statement early Monday morning in response to Steve King's initial racist tweet. Ok, that's nice. Now what are you going to do about it? Since King's...
Martin O'Malley's frequent trips back to Iowa since the 2016 Iowa Caucus seem to be keeping him in the minds of Iowa activists and likely caucus-goers. A new PPP Poll today showed that O'Malley garners the largest share of a host of potential 2020 presidential...
Congressman Steve King must have woken up today and realized he hadn't said anything really racist in a while, judging from his incendiary tweet that he shot out around noon. Once again King aligned himself with the far-right Dutch nationalist politician Geert...
Finally, one of Iowa's Republican senators has scheduled a public forum in the state's largest cities. Joni Ernst announced this morning that she will host town hall meetings on college campuses in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids on March 17. Here's the details: Linn...
Republicans may have wished they'd had a better-funded 2nd District candidate in 2016 when Donald Trump won the Democratic-leaning seat held by Dave Loebsack. The six-term Democrat has weathered every difficult year in Iowa politics and remains in a good position...
The best chance for Democrats to stop President Donald Trump's agenda is to retake the U.S. House in 2018. To do that they'll have to pick up about two dozen seats, as well as not lose any. Here in Iowa, a top priority will be protecting Iowa's 2nd District and...
Despite his comfortable victory in 2016, Democrats are eager to take another shot at Republican Congressman David Young. The Des Moines, Council Bluffs and Southwest Iowa-based district was won by Donald Trump 48.5% to 45%, but the recent Iowa Poll showed Trump's...
I've watched as Donald Trump buzzed his helicopter directly over Hillary Clinton at the Iowa State Fair, then come back for a second pass. I've attended a Ben Carson event that turned a downtown bridge into a lavishly expensive family fun concert complete with...
A packed room of nearly 100 Democratic activists in Des Moines' Beaverdale neighborhood gave Todd Prichard a positive reception Tuesday night as chatter increases over his likely run for the governor's office. Prichard, a state representative from Charles City,...
