By Craig Robinson The 2012 presidential campaign was hardly in the books, and some political prognosticators were already sizing up the 2016 presidential field. Their list of Republicans consisted of the usual suspects such as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, and so [...]
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD – The only set of rules that Senator Rand Paul cares about is the U.S. Constitution. Maybe that’s why the senator from Kentucky disregarded CPAC’s unofficial dress code and took to the stage in a pair of jeans and cowboy boots. Senator Paul also complained that he was only given 13 minutes [...]
By Craig Robinson U.S. Senator Rand Paul turned heads after he returned from Israel in January. Senator Paul seemed to break from his father’s anti-interventionist position when he said, “any attack on Israel will be treated as an attack on the United States.” Most political pundits viewed the Senator’s trip and the comments that followed [...]
By Craig Robinson Even though Ron Paul finished a disappointing third place in the Iowa Caucuses back in January, his supporters made sure to become delegates to the county conventions that were held a few months later in March. The Paul supporters were still fully engaged when the convention process began in Iowa, even though [...]
You may have seen that Bobby Casey recently launched an “attack” website called TeaPartyTomSmith.com. One of the major issues he takes with Tom Smith is his stance on Free Trade with South Korea. If you are at all familiar with the Tea Party movement you know what a more disparate group on trade cannot be found. As [...]
Steve Scheffler has been a fixture in Republican politics in Iowa for decades. In addition to serving on the Republican Party of Iowa’s State Central Committee, he has served as the state’s Republican National Committeeman for the last four years. Scheffler has also worked on a number of political campaigns, including the presidential campaigns of [...]
The Ron Paul Revolution is in full affect at 621 E. Ninth Street in Des Moines. While the newly elected committee members don’t begin their terms until the end of the Republican state convention in June, major changes are already underway. The Des Moines Register is reporting the Chad Olsen, the Iowa GOP’s respected Executive [...]