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 [...]
Did “new media” help or hurt local elections?
Sean over at The Garden City (Newton, MA community blog) posted a quick note about whether “new media” (meaning blogs, websites, etc.) played a part in their local alderman elections this year. He notes that their oldest candidate, an incumbent, won without a website or even an email address, while community leader Jeff Siedeman had [...]
US Mayors coming to Iowa to lobby candidates
This is an interesting idea, but I’m not sure how it’s going to play out: The US Conference of Mayors (USCM) issued a news release on Thursday stating that they are coming to Iowa in early December to present their legislative agenda to the Presidential candidates prior to the Iowa Caucuses.
“We believe that the issues of Iowa and [...]
Snow challenges media on Freedom of Speech
I found a link over the weekend to Tony Snow’s remarks as he accepted the 2007 Freedom of Speech Award from The Media Institute.
Snow is President Bush’s former White House Press Secretary and, prior to that, was host of a news analysis program on FoxNews. In his remarks, Snow links declining newspaper, television and cable [...]
Iowa House goes bloggy… sort of…
A news release caught my eye today which stated, “Iowa House Launches New Blog.” The article text said, “The Iowa House of Representatives has launched a new web log at IowaHouse.org, that features daily updates with news and information from the Iowa House.”
Encouraged - well, thrilled actually (hooray forward-thinking legislators!) - I wandered over - [...]
A quickie political news round-up, November 1
Look for books of matches to soon be kept behind pharmacy counters along with the cold medicine, obtainable only with written permission of the Attorney General and the Fire Marshall. Where’s Irwin Mainway when you need him??
Dennis Kucinich and Bill Richardson effectively ended their presidential campaigns during this week’s Democratic debate.
John Edwards, meanwhile, managed to [...]
France retreats from interview with US journalist
It’s almost as if he awakened from a victory-induced euphoria and exclaimed, “Mon Dieu! I’m talking to Americans? I HATE Americans!!”
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Duffy Lyon endorses Obama’s buttery goodness
In case you missed the week’s most critical presidential endorsement, it was that Norma “Duffy” Lyon endorsed Barack Obama.
Of course, you would be well within your rights to ask, “Who the heck is Duffy Lyon?” Ms. Lyon is the octogenarian dairy farmer in Tama, Iowa, who for nearly 50 years carved butter sculptures displayed at [...]
Hot for ‘08: Your key state issue for 2008
In my day job, I work for an organization that does some political lobbying at the state level. We spend a lot of time each fall surveying those who are interested in our work to find out what issues are on their minds, and what their positions are on those issues, to develop our annual [...]
Republican Caucuses moved to January 3, 2008
The Republican Party of Iowa has officially moved its caucuses to January 3, 2008. The Democratic Caucuses remain on January 14. I don’t know how this will affect the media reporting center that the two parties were planning to share; I do think the Iowa GOP is going to have its work cut out for [...]
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