By Craig Robinson Senator Tom Harkin’s decision to retire from the U.S. Senate caught Democrats and Republicans alike off guard. While the prospect of Iowa’s junior senator retiring has been discussed for years, Harkin’s recent activity convinced many that he was gearing up for a re-election campaign, not retirement. Even before people could process the [...]
By Craig Robinson Senator Tom Harkin’s decision to retire from the U.S. Senate caught Democrats and Republicans alike off guard. While the prospect of Iowa’s junior senator retiring has been discussed for years, Harkin’s recent activity convinced many that he was gearing up for a re-election campaign, not retirement. Even before people could process the [...]
By Craig Robinson Senator Tom Harkin’s decision to retire from the U.S. Senate caught Democrats and Republicans alike off guard. While the prospect of Iowa’s junior senator retiring has been discussed for years, Harkin’s recent activity convinced many that he was gearing up for a re-election campaign, not retirement. Even before people could process the [...]
By Craig Robinson Senator Tom Harkin’s decision to retire from the U.S. Senate caught Democrats and Republicans alike off guard. While the prospect of Iowa’s junior senator retiring has been discussed for years, Harkin’s recent activity convinced many that he was gearing up for a re-election campaign, not retirement. Even before people could process the [...]
By Craig Robinson Senator Tom Harkin’s decision to retire from the U.S. Senate caught Democrats and Republicans alike off guard. While the prospect of Iowa’s junior senator retiring has been discussed for years, Harkin’s recent activity convinced many that he was gearing up for a re-election campaign, not retirement. Even before people could process the [...]
By Craig Robinson Three weeks after being elected to a sixth tern in the Iowa House, State Representative Brian Quirk is resigning his seat and giving no explanation why he’s leaving. Quirk represents House District 52 in northeast Iowa. Quirk’s bizarre move means that there will be a special election to fill his vacated seat [...]
By Craig Robinson It seems only appropriate that the 2012 presidential race could very well end where it all began – the state of Iowa. Obviously, Iowa isn’t the only battleground state. A handful of other states are also worthy of the designation, but Iowa is more important than it has ever been in terms [...]