The IRS Targeted The Tea Party & Conservatives Because Washington Democrats Pressured Them To A few years ago Senate Democrats began pressuring the IRS to target many of the conservative groups that the embattled agency now stands accused of doing. In fact, the Senate Democrat majority even threatened to take legislative action against the agency [...]
Iowa Democrats are hoping to convince former state Sen. Staci Appel to run against Congressman Tom Latham in 2014. Appel, who is the wife of an Iowa Supreme Court Justice, lost her re-election bid to state Sen. Kent Sorenson in 2010. In that race Sorenson crushed Appel 57 percent to 40 percent despite Appel running [...]
By Craig Robinson Congressman Bruce Braley appeared in The Insiders with Dave Price on Sunday. The show airs on WHO TV in Des Moines before Meet the Press. In the interview, Price asked Braley how is it possible the Senate hasn’t passed a budget in nearly four years. Braley responded, “How is that possible? One [...]
By Craig Robinson The Republican Party of Iowa State Central Committee will gather in Des Moines this weekend. The major piece of business in front of the committee is the selection of a chairman to lead the Republican Party of Iowa through the 2014 election cycle. The race pits the current Chairman, Ames Republican A.J. [...]
By David Kochel Iowa Strategist for Romney For President The thrill is gone. And in Iowa, the Obama firewall is burning. Today’s headline on Politico said it all:Obama to End Campaign In Iowa. Mitt Romney is going to win Iowa on Tuesday, and the state that launched Barack Obama’s historic run for the White House [...]
By Craig Robinson Iowa Democrats always get a lot of good press when early voting begins. They tout how many requests for absentee ballots they have compared to Republicans, and the media eats it up and asks for seconds. The only problem is that requests don’t count, only returned ballots do. Despite what you hear [...]
By Craig Robinson Unlike the battle for control of the Iowa Senate, most people assume that the Iowa House of Representatives will stay under Republican control after the 2012 elections. House Republicans already hold 60 of the chamber’s 100 seats, so the objective is to retain a sizable majority, not necessarily expand it. As is [...]