In every presidential campaign cycle, candidates in a crowded primary field are always looking for that "breakout moment." The clever debate stage quip that gets replayed endlessly on cable news. The powerful speech at a major state party fundraiser that wows the...
Guest post from Nan Whaley, the mayor of Dayton, Ohio and the co-chair of the Committee to Draft Sherrod Brown for President 2020. She visited Iowa last week. When my friend Sherrod Brown was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006, he joked that his new chamber...
For those who have been involved in multiple caucus cycles, you know that the campaign process in Iowa often takes on its own unique character. Every cycle, there are a new group of key local players, issue groups, favorite hang-out spots, and campaign strategies...
Does Cory Booker want to ban the eating of meat? No, of course not. And it's such a preposterous suggestion, most people would roll their eyes and ignore it. But that didn't keep a local Iowa TV station from running a story based on the fake controversy that...
Iowa Democrats get their first taste of some multi-candidate caucus events during the next two weeks, served up with sides of soup and spaghetti. Three Democratic county parties will host at least two to three presidential candidates at their local fundraisers in...
The Iowa Democratic Party unveiled their long-discussed plan to reform the Iowa Caucus process yesterday, laying out what would be the most significant changes to the caucus since its creation. They included a new virtual caucus option, an important tweak to...
A guest post from Paula Meyer of St. Ansgar, Iowa. She's one of John Delaney's Iowa campaign co-chairs. I first heard John Delaney speak in Washington, D.C. in 2013 about his ideas to create and fund an infrastructure bank that would pay for over $1 trillion of...
It's a little under a year out from the Iowa Caucus, and presidential candidates are already inundating the state to make their pitch to local activists. What's particularly fascinating from these initial visits is that the Democrats' campaigning and event styles...
For a man who drew national fame in part because of his clever use of social media while mayor of Newark, Cory Booker's message for his 2020 bid most certainly does not match the mood of today's political Twitter. In his first journey to Iowa after his presidential...
Even in an incredibly crowded 2020 field, there’s plenty of ways that Pete Buttigieg, mayor of a mid-sized Midwestern city, stands out: he’s young, gay, and an Afghanistan War veteran. But his first appearances in Iowa after his presidential campaign announcement...
