Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry. Congratulations to the Democrats in the U.S. Senate. After four long years, they finally passed a budget bill. And it only raises taxes by $1,000,000,000,000 … That’s $1 trillion, for those of you in Lee County … It also [...]
Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner, an hour earlier than usual. I stand with any politician who works to ban daylight savings time. Believe me. I need that extra hour of beauty sleep. There’s no doubt that Rand Paul vaulted himself to the front of the pack for the 2016 Iowa Caucus with his brilliant [...]
By Craig Robinson Despite what one may think of the current administration of the Republican Party of Iowa, they should be commended for their Celebrate Life event on Saturday. The low dollar event isn’t going to solve the party’s fundraising woes or help the party heal the wounds from the 2012 caucus to convention process, [...]
An email sent last week by Republican Party of Iowa Executive Director Steve Bierfeldt to members of the State Central Committee details their troubles in raising funds, even from elected officials. Only three Republican legislators had donated to RPI at the time the email was sent on February 11. They are state senators Brad Zaun, [...]
Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. Everywhere I’ve gone the last few days, people are talking about what happened in Ft. Dodge Tuesday night. The Fourth District Executive Committee’s rebuke of the leadership of the Republican Party of Iowa [...]
Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. It came a month late, but Iowa Republicans received the best Christmas gift possible when Commie Tommy Harkin announced his retirement on Saturday. The ultra-liberal, ethically compromised, Bahamas resident has long ignored the best [...]
In a debate last week, Congressman Tom Latham asked Congressman Leonard Boswell when he had last run a positive campaign ad. Boswell avoided answering the question, probably because he either knows the answer and is embarrassed by it, or he honestly doesn’t remember because it’s been so long. Iowans have grown accustomed to Boswell’s negative [...]