By Craig Robinson July – Chinks in the Republican Armor Republicans remained optimistic about their prospects in the November elections until the very end, but signs that not everything was going as planned appeared in July. Mid-year state campaign disclosures showed that Republicans in the Iowa Senate were unable to raise the significant funds needed [...]
By Craig Robinson While the national media is trying to convince the Republican Party to become a kindler, gentler, more moderate political party, the Des Moines Register has rounded up the usual suspects to disparage Iowa’s role in the presidential nominating process. Iowa Republicans did themselves no favors when they followed up the botched certification [...]
By Craig Robinson As soon as the media reported that President Obama had been re-elected, they turned their attention to what ails the GOP. It’s a common occurrence that we Republicans have come to know all to well. We got a bit of a respite after the 2010 midterm election, but even still, the media [...]
By Craig Robinson The 2012 election didn’t go the way that Republicans had hoped. Things are bad for the Republican Party. Actually things are really bad. Instead of launching into a critique of the election results hours after we knew the abysmal result, I think it’s better to let a little time pass. Next week [...]
By Craig Robinson It’s only human nature that we tend to focus on the top of the ticket in presidential years. While I would love nothing more than to make President Obama a one-term president, there is a lot more at stake in this election that just who occupies the White House. I would suggest [...]
DUBUQUE, Iowa — President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney converged in Dubuque Saturday during the closing stretch of the presidential campaign to sway a shrinking segment of swing voters in Iowa and neighboring Wisconsin. Both campaigns bet their most valuable resource—their limited schedules—that Iowa’s six electoral votes could determine the country’s next leader. “Why [...]
American Future Fund is releasing a new TV ad in Iowa today titled “IA Endorsement” pointing to the multiple news organizations who have endorsed Mitt Romney for President in 2012. In 2008, the Des Moines Register endorsed Barack Obama for President. In fact, the Register has endorsed the Democrat candidate in last 9 presidential elections. [...]