Black, Zelenik slam Obama’s immigration decision

Updated at 3 p.m. on 6/16 by Chas Sisk with formal rebuttal from Black campaign Updated at 6 p.m. by Chas Sisk with Zelenik statement Republican Rep. Diane Black and opponent Lou Ann Zelenik didn’t hesitate today to let President … Continue reading

Mixed Metaphors

“This budget is a slow motion train wreck and you’re driving the bus.”

– Sen. Tom Berryhill, a Stanislaus Republican, during the June 15 budget debate referring to the ability of Democrats to pass the spending plan on a majority vote. 

Governor Brandstad? RPI Misspells Governor’s Name on Convention Tabloid

We all know that the Republican Party of Iowa is in the midst of regime change, but how embarrassing is it that the state convention tabloid misspells the last name of the Governor? Most Iowans know that Terry BRANSTAD served as the state’s governor from 1983 to 1999, and returned to office following the 2010 [...]

Kudos to Assemblyman Jim Nielsen

In an interview aired June 14 on KCRA-TV, the Biggs Republican, vice chair of the Assembly Budget Committee,  displayed his mastery of the Lexicon of Common Budget Words and Phrases by describing the budget as not only “kicking the can down the road” and “business as usual” but adding that the process lacked sufficient “transperancy.”

Just one more and it would have been a homerun.

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