Linda Anderson admits she's a bit of a CSPAN nerd. That's where she first developed her affection for Bernie Sanders, watching his lively speeches on the floor of the U.S. Senate. She also was a...
There are some liberals in southwestern Kansas, including those in a place actually named Liberal, the Kansas town on the Oklahoma border with a majority Hispanic population and...
Caucuses are won by those who show up. Or, in the case of the Nebraska Democratic Caucus, it could be determined by some who don’t. That depends on how well the campaigns for Hillary Clinton and...
As the Democrats' nominating race looks to go the distance, the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders now turn their sights to the many contests beyond the first four states. 30 states...
Chet Culver's back, apparently. The former Governor popped back onto Iowa's political radar last week by holding a series of public forums on opposing current Governor Terry Branstad's Medicaid...
Muscatine is known around Iowa in political circles for being the headquarters of the influential Iowans for Tax Relief, the anti-government spending organization that supports Republicans'...
Governor Terry Branstad's deeply unpopular Medicaid privatization plan and Statehouse Republicans' under-funding of Iowa's public education is starting to take a toll on GOP unity. It's rare...
"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." - Ecclesiastes 1:9 Hillary Clinton loses big in one of the first two states? Check. Her...
For a week there, it started to look like Democrats' worst case scenario might come true in the presidential primary: Marco Rubio was poised to quickly dispatch the other mainstream candidates in...
Good afternoon readers! Starting Line is still slowly getting back into a normal routine after a considerable amount of naps and late mornings this past post-caucus week. This next week I'll make...
