DAVENPORT, Iowa – If Mitt Romney is going to carry Iowa this fall, he has to perform well in places like Scott County, the state’s third most populated county. More generally speaking, the Romney campaign needs to do well in a number of counties in eastern Iowa that border the Mississippi River. On Monday, Romney [...]
Six days after he was supposed to file his pre-primary campaign disclosure with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Rod Blum finally made his filing on Wednesday. After looking through the disclosure, one can understand why Blum wasn’t eager to disclose his campaigns fundraising numbers. Blum raised just $9,270.12 in the abbreviated report period, and a [...]
It’s easy to get distracted when presidential politics take over the political scene in Iowa every four years. With 24-hour cable news channels and unlimited campaign coverage via the Internet, one’s attention can easily become dominated by presidential politics even after the caucuses are long over. While caucuses allow us Iowans a chance to play [...]