Beyond what the Wing Ding Dinner meant for individual candidates, the night put on display how excited and fired up Democrats are for 2016. That's not always the case when your party is already...
"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...
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...
The United States loves to view itself as a world leader and pioneer in human rights issues. In reality, we are one of only three countries that do not provide some type of paid maternity leave,...
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...
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...
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,...
Kathie Obradovich has a message for Iowans: you kids better get the heck off her lawn. At least that is what I took away from her recent column How about a question with that caucus selfie? In...
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...
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...
