When Hillary says “mandatory,” she means it
I have said it before and will say it again: If leadership under Hillary Clinton doesn’t scare you, it should. In case you were curious just how she would enforce her plan for mandatory health care, you can now rest assured she has that covered. She’ll garnish your wages if you don’t see the wisdom of [...]
When last we left our Presidential candidates
Short version: If it all comes down to a Clinton-McCain contest, I’m screwed.
Last time I blogged about the Presidential race, our intrepid candidates were just leaving Iowa and looking forward to the New Hampshire Primaries. (I think they mostly missed the Wyoming caucuses…) Since that time, the cast of characters has changed considerably - turns [...]
RAGBRAI route announced; will state close liability loopholes? Will counties fill their potholes?
When I read that the list of host communities for this year’s RAGBRAI had been released, I wondered if the county liability issue would come up again - and it has. Since last year’s death and subsequent lawsuit stemming from Crawford County’s failure to fill a major pothole along their part of the route, I’ve [...]
Legislature to debate changes to bottle deposit program
The Iowa Legislature will be taking up a proposal by Governor Chet Culver to change the state’s bottle and can deposit program, wherein the deposit will double to a dime - but customers will only get 8 cents of it back when they turn in their bottles and cans. What a load of crap. As [...]
State Legislature convenes 2008 session
Last fall, I wondered aloud if anyone was polling you to find out what issues you wanted the State Legislature to cover in its 2008 session. You had some interesting thoughts, but a common thread was the desire to see a ban on smoking in public places. I’ve also predicted that we’ll see a call [...]
Political quickies on New Hampshire Primary Day
Okay, not to beat the poor political horse too much, but I just discovered why February 5 is considered “Super Tuesday.” Did you know that 27 states (and something called “American Samoa”) have primaries or caucuses for one or both parties on that day? No wonder it’s often the final shake-out for the weakest candidates.
Speaking [...]
After-caucus picture round-up
Here’s a round-up of some of the bloggers who have posted Caucus-related photos:
Cindy got some ‘celebrity pictures’ from inside the reporting center at the Convention Complex downtown
Here are all my photos of the reporting center
The Mostly Reverend rode his bicycle to the caucus… which is more than can be said for any of the candidates!
Joe [...]
Iowa caucus reporting center a triumph for both parties
Iowa Caucus Results: Republicans - Huckabee, Romney, McCain/Thompson; Democrats - Obama, Edwards/Clinton, Richardson. Boy did I get it wrong! Ah well, perhaps my punditry career is over before it gets started!
Did you watch any of the reporting of caucus results from downtown Des Moines? Man, it looked like Election Night - it looked absolutely fabulous, [...]
My caucus predictions
I mentioned I’d been doing some political blogging, and was thinking about moving some of those posts over here. Below is a post from October 8, in which I made some predictions about the outcome of the Iowa Caucuses. (Claire Celsi has posted her predictions as well - take a look!) Obviously, some of my predictions about [...]
Iowa Caucuses: an opportunity to showcase the state
Over at my day job, we are taking a lot of calls this week from reporters who are interested in the Iowa Caucuses coming up January 3. In particular, they are interested this week in the “economic impact” of the caucuses. What they are asking is, “How much money comes into Iowa as a result [...]
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