"Nothing Compares" says this year's Iowa State Fair slogan. They had no idea how right they'd be. I've experienced a lot of crazy, surreal days in Iowa politics around caucus season, but yesterday's madness at the State Fair definitely surpasses them all....
It's the most fun eleven days of the political season: the Iowa State Fair during the Iowa Caucus! The campaign festivities got off to a great start on Thursday with three presidential candidates (and a former POTUS) making speeches, shaking hands and eating pork...
PPP Polls released two extremely interesting Iowa-focused polls on Monday and Tuesday, taking a look both at the presidential race and Iowa issues. The first poll surveyed candidates' favorables within their party and how they compare for the caucus. The second...
Four of the five Democrats running for President spoke to an AFL-CIO convention at Prairie Meadows Casino in Altoona, giving Iowa labor leaders a policy-focused look at their potential candidates. Richard Trumka, the national president of the AFL-CIO sat on a panel...
Face painters, a giant American flag, Disney characters and Maya Angelou's old tour bus. Ben Carson's "Family Fun" night in downtown Des Moines certainly wasn't your typical Iowa Caucus event, resembling a carnival more than a regular presidential campaign stop....
Presidential primary debates, how we've missed you. The Fox News Republican debate last night more than lived up to the weeks of hype, with things getting feisty right off the bat. Candidates sparred back-and-forth with each other, the moderators asked incredibly...
Iowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen surprised the state's political watchers yesterday by announcing that he would be stepping down from his position and not running for re-election. While Paulsen declined to give any specific reasoning as to why now was the time to...
"You could marry your lawnmower with this decision," Iowa Congressman Steve King said last week about the recent Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage. Something about that statement didn't seem very... accurate. But hey, this is an elected member of the U.S....
The race to be the Democrat to beat Rod Blum has taken quite a few twists and turns this summer. Ravi Patel is out; Pat Murphy is in. While Chet Culver remains the 800-pound gorilla in the room that people are waiting on for the 3rd District race, Pat Murphy was...
Governor Terry Branstad sure has gotten unpopular recently. Maybe it's time for a change. But who should replace him? Hmm, how about.... Iowa native Ashton Kutcher? Sure, why not? Here's a list of why we think Governor Kutcher would be much, much better than...
