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For all future posts, please go to http://theiowarepublican.com/home/.

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I’m excited to announce that Constitution Daily will also be moving over to The Iowa Republican. So far Krusty and Battleground Iowa have announced their move over and I couldn’t be happier about the company this blog will be in.The Iowa Republican will be Republicans’ greatest information asset and one that will stimulate outstanding conservative thought. This is something we’ve needed for years

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Every time I hear or see another report of AIG (and others) being too big to fail, I think of Tony Mandarich.Maybe only a Packer fan would remember Mandarich. But Tony was a Michigan State Spartan in the late 80s that was deemed the greatest offensive lineman ever. Ever. The Packers took the “Incredible Bulk” with the second overall pick (behind Troy Aikman). Most scouts, fans, and especially the

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This morning’s news of the Dow dipping below 7000 points probably doesn’t surprise most of us but it must be a surprise to Obama, Congress, and even Bush….right? I mean didn’t they say without the “rescue” plan the stock market would crash and the world would end? We sure are lucky we did something because if we didn’t maybe the stock market would plunge by half…oh wait, it did!We all know the

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The great Paul Harvey passed away today. This is one of those guys that the world will never have again. I don’t know anybody that didn’t like Paul Harvey. He will truly be missed.There are hundreds of memorable stories he told but one really hit me hard back in the thick of the Iraq war. I heard this driving in south eastern Iowa in June of 2005. It was just perfect at the time and still holds

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Just got done watching Rush Limbaugh speak at CPAC. The guy is unbelievably good. Why he doesn’t do more political events is beyond me.If you didn’t get a chance to watch it, click here and enjoy. He outlines the conservative movement better than anybody and does it a very entertaining way.There is no need to go line by line through his speech because it’s all great! Seriously, if you didn’t see

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Obama sure hoodwinked a bunch of the nation with his fancy campaign rhetoric and cocky little George Clooney head weave while on the campaign. When are people going to realize this guy is the most liberal leader America has ever had? More importantly, when are they going to realize his politics and resulting policies are dangerous to our national sovereignty and identity?Obama’s budget plans are

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The so called “Assault Weapons Ban” will be reinstated if Obama has anything to do about it, which, unfortunately for the 2nd Amendment, he does. According to Attorney General Eric Holder, Obama will be pushing for a permanent ban on these firearms.“As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to

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Next Wednesday at 7:00 a.m., Iowans will have a new place to get accurate news. The Iowa Republican, a self described “center-right news organization,” will launch its premier online-only issue. I don’t yet know everyone involved but former RPI Political Director and former vice president of Iowa’s leading Republican fundraising firm, Craig Robinson, is the editor-in-chief. Craig is an authentic

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After watching Obama’s State of the Union Address last night, I just can’t get over the reactions of the fanatical liberals. Now granted, I’m a really bad loser (everyone should be) but good heavens. Pelosi needs one of those Muslim veils to cover her mouth. If I were Obama, I’d lower the podium or something to get her off the screen. She is a horrible face for their party.Then the reactions for

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Every once in a while I will take the dark plunge over to the liberal Iowa blogosphere. I can’t stand to do it every day but sometimes I feel a little frisky and take the chance. One that I often find myself going to is called Bleeding Heartland. The title about makes me sick to my stomach – and then I get to the content. There are some things to be learned by going to the liberal blogs but you

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Prevailing wage bill is dead - for now! Thanks to those Democrats that voted against it and a big thank you to the Republicans for standing on principle!

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A while back I wrote about how Republicans can get their mojo back after being defeated at all levels of politics in the past few years. Of course we have to change our strategy and stand on principle but we also have to let the Democrats eat their own.This past weekend, we did a great job of doing just that. Majority Leader McCarthy either really sucks at whipping votes or bit off a little more

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Since Krusty has the status of the legislation and the Republican amendments, I thought I’d jump head first into a quick diatribe of what’s wrong with this legislature.This legislature is nuts. Have any of you actually read the prevailing wage bill? I did. It is the height of social engineering. Obviously those in charge in the state capitol don’t believe in free market capitalism. In 2004 could

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The GoodThe best news story I’ve seen in some time is North Dakota’s House passing a law defining life at conception. Republican Rep. Dan Ruby of Minot sponsored the legislation and worked its passage. The bill passed the North Dakota house 51-41 which is somewhat disturbing since there are 61 Republicans and 33 Democrats. The North Dakota Senate consists of 26 Republicans and 21 Democrats. I don

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So while I’m driving to work this morning I hear on the radio all the issues the legislature is either debating now or will be taking up. It about makes me sick to my stomach.First, unions will be the downfall of Iowa’s businesses. There is no way we can compete with surrounding states if unions get their way. This prevailing wage baloney is enough to make smoke come out my ears. On WHO Radio

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Last month, the County Attorney in Linn County (Cedar Rapids) charged 12 voters with election misconduct, a Class D felony carrying a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment. The Linn County Auditor is also investigating 46 others who are believed to have given a false address when they registered to vote on Election Day. Gotta love that same day registration given to us by Chester and the

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With all media outlets focusing on the stimulus bill, news of Obama’s move to take over the U.S. Census is almost nonexistent. For those of you who haven’t heard about this, Obama wants the Census Director to report directly to Whitehouse Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel – not the Director of the Department of Commerce, Republican Sen. Judd Gregg.This really burns me. We all know Obama is one of the

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After yesterday’s news cycle focusing on news of Congressman Steve King mulling a bid for governor, I starting thinking how much better off this state would be with a true conservative at the throne. I’m not talking about if Steve King were Governor how everything would change – because we know that isn’t possible. What I’m talking about is the junk the Democrats wouldn’t be able to do and how

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In yesterday’s taping of Iowa Press, Congressman Steve King seemed to have floated the possibility of running for governor in 2010 – at least that is what all the headlines are saying. When you actually read the article, King just said what most politicians say when asked about running for higher office. He basically said he isn’t ruling it out.The headline for the Des Moines Register is “Citing

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Last week I briefly discussed the huge amount of cash sucked up for education in Iowa. Well that got me digging a little deeper into our tax dollars at work. There is a really nifty webpage that allows us to see our state employee salaries. I’m sure there are potentially thousands of blog articles hidden in the pages of that website but I’ll start with my favorite, the Department of

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With rumors swirling regarding Iowa’s Junior Senator being considered as a possible replacement for Tax-Dodging Daschle as Obama’s Secretary of HHS nominee, joy bubbles in my veins.Though Harkin just won re-election, a role in Obama’s administration could offer him the graceful exit he wants for his Senate career and leave his successor’s appointment in the hands of Governor Culver who’s ever

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This is classic Congressman Steve King. RFK tries to insult King and all of Iowa and King fires right back. This is definitely worth watching to the end. For those not familiar with RFK, you can read up on him here.

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Stimulus Packages - Apparently the first request for state stimulus money is for a freaking bike trail from Waukee to Perry and back. The trail has a price tag for the state of $2.1 million. Supporters say it will provide jobs and recreation. This is ridiculous. Yep – it will provide a few jobs while it is built but has no long term economic payback - unless we have the nation’s first toll bike

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Monday in Sioux City the city council passed a resolution defining marriage between a man and a woman. I wrote about this a few months ago and pointed out that Dave Ferris was the deciding vote to table the discussion until an attorney general could take a look at the resolution.Just when I was starting to think western Iowa may be shifting to the left, they do something great. As many of you

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After last week’s news of Republicans in the U.S. House holding lockstep against the socialist bailout bill, I began to get a little teary eyed with pride. That is the first time in a very long time all Republicans held together on pretty much anything.Now the Senate is taking up the legislation and Republicans there are starting to voice strong concerns on the basic premise of the legislation.

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Michael Steele first jumped into the national spotlight in his run for U.S. Senate against Ben Cardin. I remember at the time I was very impressed with his creativity in his ads and rhetoric. They are definately worth watching again. Steele ended up losing that election by 9 percent.Krusty has the possible political ramifications from Steele’s victory today. A word of caution, don’t read into the

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A couple days ago Rush Limbaugh released an op-ed about Obama’s stimulus plan. As usual Rush delivered a simple, logical, conservative answer to our economic slowdown. But he didn't stop there. Rush challenged the reader to question Obama’s policies and politics - two points every national Republican should do with each thought.The current debate in the cable news networks is whether or not Rush

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Pres. Obama didn’t choose ABC, NBC, CBS, or even CNN for his first official interview as leader of the free world. Nope, he chose Al-Arabiya, an Arabic network based out of Dubai. You may read one of the articles by clicking here.Now I realize that might not seem like a big deal but if you remember back in March of 2008 where King (and others) brought up Obama’s middle name and got bashed by

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Yesterday’s announcement by Bob Vander Plaats for Governor of Iowa wasn’t a surprise to anyone. The real surprise was he offered nothing new. I realize this blog has been a little rough on Bob but I have written nothing that wasn’t true. Here is another truth. Bob needs depth in his campaign or he will become a four time loser.I listened to him on Jan Mickelson’s show yesterday and heard the same

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Today Bob Vander Plaats announced his run for Governor on Jan Mickelson’s show. On November 24th I guessed he would make his announcement on January 15th. So I was only 11 days off.Alright – now that it is official, who else is going to step up and run against Culver? Will it be King, Latham, Larson, Vaudt, Northey, Rants, or others?I have a poll at the right side of the page for you to pick your

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Sunday will be the 3,000th consecutive day Bob Vander Plaats has been running for governor. To illustrate the amount of time he’s been running, I’ve listed some landmarks for reference…Bill Clinton was our PresidentBritney Spears was touring to promote her debut album911 was just a number you dialed when in an emergencyBarack Obama was just a State Senator from IllinoisThe Yankees just won their

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At 11:00 am central time today, the United States officially swore in its first socialist president. Most of us are wondering what the first few policy issues Obama will address are.Will it be the massive socialist economic stimulus package or repealing Bush’s Executive Order on embryonic stem cells? Or will he use his massive political capital to force socialized health care down our throats?

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Yesterday’s news of Bush commutating the sentences of Ramos and Compean really made my day. For those not familiar with the history of the two individuals, you make click here.I want to thank Congressman Steve King and Congressman Tom Tancredo for putting the pressure on Bush for the past few years. I wish it wouldn’t have taken this long.Here is a short video from last night with our very own

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With the inauguration tomorrow, most Democrats and Republicans are wishing the new president well. Even the great one, Krusty, is hoping Obama will unite us.With all respect to Krusty and others, I hope Obama fails miserably at everything he touches. Does this mean I want the United States to fail? Nope. It only means I don’t want socialist, liberal philosophy to succeed.Barack Obama holds

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Once again Pelosi and her liberal allies passed a huge expansion to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The House last passed a similar measure in September 2007 although Pres. Bush vetoed the legislation.Congressman Steve King was the only member of Iowa’s delegation to vote against the measure in 2007. King drew sharp criticism from Gov. Culver and the media, including the

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By now many of you have seen Huckabee’s interview of Ann Coulter. Steve Deace has been talking about it along with some blogs. Most have taken Huckabee’s side on this without giving Coulter her due.First, I absolutely agree that many of the things Coulter said about Huckabee were over the line or just plain wrong. But, the major policy items she battled with Huckabee on she is correct.Huckabee is

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For some reason I find Pres. Bush and Gov. Culver quite alike. Neither sound nor look very smart but both have been very successful in their careers. Their political strategery should be commended. Their policy…not so much.In the 2005 State of the Union Address, President Bush announced, “Tonight, with a healthy, growing economy, with more Americans going back to work, with our nation an active

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As you know I haven’t blogged since before Christmas. It was really nice to take a few days off and enjoy some warmer weather. After looking back through the blogs, nothing much happened anyway. Blago is still messing with Obama’s senate seat, RPI Chairman discussions are still going on, no gubernatorial candidates have announced yet, and it is still really cold in Iowa.There is news on the

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I’ve stayed away from the Chairman’s race partly because Krusty and some of the other blogs cover it so well but also because I find myself not really caring. Don’t get me wrong, I do want to care (hence the list for Santa), but why would I? Seriously, why would I?In the years I’ve been involved in politics, I’ve never been able to rely on the party for anything except some of the very basics

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1. RPI chair with a spine of steel, mind of Gingrich, speaking ability of Reagan, principles of King, alliances of Latham, success of Grassley, and Teflon coating.2. RPI staff installed by said chair who know Iowa has 99 counties, 99 county organizations doing grassroots heavy lifting, where the R votes are, how to communicate, and frequently travel beyond the Polk County border to see the real

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As promised last week, the following is my updated list of possible gubernatorial candidates. I’ve made changes since Election Day and also after seeing the newest voter registration statistics. Please note, these are not in order of who I think would be the best governor of Iowa, these are in order of who I think has the best chance of winning without sacrificing conservative ideals.#9 –

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The race for RPI Chair is definitely heating up. Every blog is talking about who is running and what qualifications need to be met. I think the race is still wide open but these Chair races get weird fast.Since the auto-bailout failed in Congress, it now goes to the President. While the automakers were pushing for a bailout through the House and Senate, Bush said if Congress didn’t pass something

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A recent Research 2000 poll found a Sen. Chuck Grassley v. Governor Tom Vilsack match-up a feasible win for the Democrats (Grassley 48, Vilsack 44). As far as Iowa blogs, Krusty has the scoop on this one.For those not familiar with Research 2000, they had Becky Greenwald within 5 points of Tom Latham. Latham ended up winning with 61% of the vote. In the presidential contest this year in Iowa they

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Yesterday I wrote a little about our state’s budget problems and how Chet is going to cut or freeze new spending. The Des Moines Register actually has a decent article on this today.Culver did take the easy way out. Rather than slashing programs that don’t work or are inefficient, Culver chose to dance around the edges with cuts in the publican universities, out-of-state travel, freezing most

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Gay MarriageToday is the start of the gay marriage court case. I can’t believe Iowa could be worse than California. Iowa is supposed to be the land of family, hard work, and values. Instead we have to work hard to fight for our family values. We better remind voters every chance we get the Democrats knew this case was coming and did nothing to strengthen our marriage law. Gronstal, Culver, and

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Last night was the filing deadline for the post-general FEC reports. I took a little time to go through them and compare them to 2006 reports. The following is the amount each Congressional candidate raised in 2008 and 2006. By the way, the total raised by just the winning Congressional candidates is $6.2 million (about $200,000 less than the 2006 election).Braley raised $1.1 million in 2008 and

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Bill Northey first ran for public office in the horrible Republican year of 2006. He was able to win with 51 percent of the vote. That doesn’t sound like too much but remember Culver won with 54 percent. He is a very likeable guy with very few enemies.Northey is a unique candidate who hasn’t campaigned on his inner conservative beliefs but at the same time, conservatives love him. He’s done a

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Anyone involved in Iowa politics knows Bruce Rastetter has been making an effort to become a player in Republican circles. The question remains, why and to what end?If “big pig” defeated Doug Gross in his gubernatorial bid, Rastetter could quite possibly face the same fate if his objective is seeking the state’s highest office. As a principal in Heartland Pork, Rastetter made more enemies than

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Having been defeated in his bid for re-election for Iowa House minority leader, Christopher Rants has to be scratching his head wondering what to pursue next. I can’t see him just sitting there in the House while not in a leadership position. I do know he’s aggressively trying to be the de facto leader of ramping up Republican campaigning in Iowa, particularly early voting, but I just don’t see

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Back in August I posted a ranking of who I thought would be the best candidate for the 2010 gubernatorial race. For those of you who haven’t seen it, you may view it by clicking here. More than three months and an election have passed since I commented on who I thought would be best to run against Gov. Culver. Some of you may think this is early to be talking about Iowa’s top of the ticket in

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I’d like to get a little competition going here on when Bob Vander Plaats officially announces his run for governor again. Maybe he doesn’t even need to announce it since everybody knows it is coming. And what would the world be like without Bob running for governor?I will make you a deal. Whoever gets closest to the date of his announcement gets my blog for a day.To make this work just email me

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I haven’t written about Doug Gross’s comments the last few days because I didn’t want to get into the blame game any more than I already have. I also was hoping some of these things would go away soon but since there is an article in about every local and national paper incorrectly blaming conservatives and the religious right for our losses, I thought it best to jump in now. Obviously most of

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Any of you who read the blogs are most likely already having conversations about how to get Republicans out of the mess we are in. The blogging community, including myself, has spent the last few weeks constructively offering ideas and analyzing some past mistakes. I don’t know who, if any of the leaders actual read the blogs but it can’t hurt to get some conversation going.Mr. Grant Young over

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Sen. Paul McKinley just took over the reigns as minority leader in the Iowa Senate. McKinley is a very good conservative who should be able to start making up ground in the Senate.This is the second real sign that Republicans are finally willing to make some changes for this election cycle. It is also the second sign that Republicans view conservatism as the path to future victories (the first

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After taking some advice from emails and comments on this blog, I’m jumping headfirst into the RPI positions.I believe the chair’s job is to raise money, communicate with the county chairs, and advance the platform of the Iowa Republican Party (no matter what it says). They should also have an eye on strategy but for the most part the chair’s job is to raise money. The executive director should

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For those of you who caught Flyover Country’s blog post today about Christopher Reed’s loosing margin you probably had about the same reaction as I did. You may click on their link to the right.They try to say that Reed lost because he had an outdated right-wing message. They don’t mention the fact that he had no money. Most people have more money in their couch cushions than he ran a campaign on

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Iowa GOP Flow ChartWhat’s missing? Connectivity. All the stakeholders in the Republican cause have retreated into their own world and none see their peers as allies much less teammates.It isn’t productive to revisit history and debate the reasons why we have become such a dysfunctional family. To become successful we need to totally re-evaluate the structure of the Republican Party in Iowa so we

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With yesterday’s election of Paulsen to be our new minority leader in the Iowa House, we now have our first real sign of change in our Party. I posted yesterday morning on restructuring the Party and wrote first on fundraising. Although I do consider that about half of what a Party should do, the other half is equally important. We must have a state Party mechanism for increasing our voters, not

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We just had our first challenge and change in Republican leadership at the State House since the disaster of the 2008 election. Paulsen was able to knock off Rants for minority leader. Hopefully he will offer a winning strategy. He was Rants’ lieutenant last year – in challenging him, we have to assume Paulsen has an insider’s view of what needs to change.Rants worked very hard for the House

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Since at least 2002, the Republican Party of Iowa hasn’t performed. The job of the Party is to recruit quality candidates without criminal records, help Republicans win elections in Iowa, raise money, and help shape the message of candidates across the state. The Party has done all of these very poorly.This isn’t an attempt to blame individuals although there are many who struggled mightily. This

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Lots of things are happening a lot faster than what many of us thought. Iverson stepped down leaving midget shoes to fill. I don’t necessarily mean that in a derogatory way, it just wasn’t meant to be. We’ve got Ted Sporer running for RPI Chair and I’m finally ready to accept him in that role – unless someone dynamic steps forward. Krusty has a good post about who else is mentioned.We have Renee

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Now that The One is elected and the Republican Party has hit a new rock bottom and hopefully won’t drop any further, where do we go from here?First we need to look at the election real quickly. In Iowa every federal incumbent won and won big. Most surprising to me is Latham and Miller-Meeks. I thought I was predicting a little high with 57% for Latham and I thought Miller-Meeks actually had a

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President Electoral College:John McCain: 227Barack Obama: 311Iowa:John McCain: 46%Barack Obama: 54%US SenateRepublican: 46 SeatsDemocrats: 54 SeatsChristopher Reed: 46%Tom Harkin: 54%US HouseRepublicans: 190 SeatsDemocrats: 245 SeatsBruce Braley 57%David Hartsuch 43%Dave Loebsack 49%Mariannette Miller-Meeks 51%Leonard Boswell 56%Kim Schmett 44%Tom Latham 57%Becky Greenwald 43%Steve King 61%Rob

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The recent blow-up over Kim Lehman's opposition to Miller-Meeks is bringing up a lot of right v. left arguments inside the GOP and it is definitely playing out on the blogs. But this recent flap should give us a clearer picture of what we are up against and maybe why the liberal Dems are poised to shove their left wing garbage down our throats. We as republicans are very quick to highlight

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I want to hear your thoughts/predictions for next Tuesday. I know it is a little early for this but I couldn't wait. I'll have more exact predictions on the day before the election.1. ACORN has undermined our Republic. There is nothing more important than our vote and they have taken it away.2. Obama is a Marxist. Karl Marx said, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs

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Finally! After 34 years, we have a candidate that will hammer Tom Harkin. Christopher Reed owned the entire hour debate with Commie Tommie and even managed to get the steam to pop out of the old Senator's ears.Harkin has been the champion of mud-slinging, partisan gutter politics, and the source of some of the most inflamatory left wing quotes. It appears that he can dish it out, but can't take

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I haven’t commented much on the Iowa House and our chances of getting the majority back partly because I was biding my time and also because every day the dynamics seemed to drastically change.I don’t have the expertise to go race-by-race with every competitive race like Rants or maybe Paulsen could but I do have some thoughts on the strategy used this year.I think if we get the majority Rants

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The highly anticipated fundraising numbers came out Wednesday night. Krusty has a great write up on this. I only have a few things to add.Latham – he’s raised a ton of money. He is well liked in the 4th and has convinced us, with the help from the DCCC, he’s in a tough race. I see Latham not spending all of his $775,000 he has left in the bank. He’ll get his 57% or so and Becky will go back to

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Imagine the Hawkeyes and Cyclones agreeing to play the "big game" every year at Ames. And that the Cyclones get to have their students ref the game. And the Cyclones can add a yard or two after every play without having to show proof of where the ball was downed. The Hawks would never agree to that fantasyworld scenario.So why do Republicans agree to play on the same uneven playing field

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Soon you will start to see ads supporting Tom Harkin and Chuck Grassley for their votes for SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program). The ads are paid for by America’s Agenda: Health Care for Kids. At least that’s what the ad says. Actually they are 100% funded by Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PHRMA), a group dedicated to lobbying Congress for more government run

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My decisions are made. My ballot has been cast. My participation as a voter in the 2008 General Election is complete.Because I will be out-of-town on Election Day, I requested and received an absentee ballot I promptly filled out and returned. The process is ridiculously easy and completely open to fraud! But the bigger concern this November 4 is same day voter registration.There is every reason

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I’ve had enough. After McCain’s $300 billion foreclosure buyout plan, I have decided that I won’t be working to help John McCain. I will still vote for him but no way will I walk precincts for a socialist.As most of you Iowans know, WHO Radio’s Steve Deace has been preaching about how conservatives shouldn’t support moderate Republicans because it only makes this country shift further to the left

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I know I haven’t been posting much lately and I apologize for that. I’m making no excuses but (there is always a but) I just can’t really get my mind off of anything other than the bailout/government screwing us over thing.I’m sick of it. The bailout bill is blatant socialism and it was forced through both chambers by Republican leadership, Democrat leadership, the Whitehouse, and Wall Street

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Now that the Senate has passed the bailout bill and basically jammed the U.S. House with it, I’m betting it passes and does so with a fairly large margin. We all know by now it’s riddled with extra junk but that won’t stop some Republicans and most Democrats from switching their votes. Here is my prediction.Braley – He’ll vote yes and point to a change in the legislation and/or the markets for

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This is one of the first signs I have seen in the past few years that this country still has a chance. We, the American people, have failed so many times lately I was starting to get a little pessimistic. We’ve failed on one level or another on every issue I care about. With immigration we all were tricked into feeling like we were successful by stopping amnesty but at the same time we still have

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This bailout is a futile infusion of money into an economy obviously not standing on its own. We can never trust government for a meaningful, fiscally responsible solution.I realize something may need to be done but there has to be a private sector solution. In the world I live in, if you didn’t pay your bills you will go bankrupt and lose everything. It is called responsibility.The last person I

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I can't even watch Letterman anymore. Over the past few years he has become one of my most hated liberal celebrities. Here he rips on McCain for ditching his show and heading back to Washington to help fix our economic crisis.Letterman is arrogant enough to take it personally.

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I have a very good friend who pays relative attention to what’s going on the world and he still votes Democrat. He is a typical Iowa Democrat – heavily pro-2nd Amendment, anti-government, but doesn’t vote Republican because “they’re only for the rich guy.”He is leaning Obama – not because McCain is a religious fanatic, or because he is hoping for “change.” He hates all ‘politicians’ and the

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Please take a minute to watch this video I put together. An Iowa hog confinement was recently targeted by PETA for the "cruelty" that is part of raising hogs. Please watch until the end.

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The American taxpayer is about to be sucker-punched by the giant bailouts. The Administration and Congressional leaders are crafting a $700 billion windfall for Wall Street that gives new meaning to the words 'corporate welfare.'So, the people that brought you the current economic disaster are going to hunker down and get to work on the financial tourniquet. While they are at it, will they be

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We’ve now had two polls conducted in Iowa showing McCain up by six or down by 12. The problem with both of these polls is they are both done by biased organizations. So let me just split the difference.McCain/Palin is down by six points right now in Iowa. In 2004, polling at this time in the election gave an average advantage to Bush over Kerry by 3.5 points. This comparison doesn’t look too good

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Fresh off the release of an Iowa Poll showing John McCain down double digits to Obama (52 to 40), we hear the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has both of Iowa’s Republican Congressmen on their list of races to watch (King) or emerging races (Latham).Friends, our opponents are neither dumb nor lazy. This DCCC targeting raises the profile of the challengers and will allow them to be

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This is a short video I put together highlighting all Democrat federal candidates and their stance on the surge and/or Iraq. With the most important issue facing us today, they were all wrong. Imagine what Iraq would look like now if we would have pulled our troops out when each one of these candidates wanted to.

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With McCain trailing in the polls in Iowa by a fairly large margin, Iowa Republicans need to get serious about this election. Even if you still think of McCain as McCan’t, he is at the top of the ticket and a major loss by him will take other good Republicans down.We have great Congressional candidates along with a very young and promising Senatorial candidate in Chris Reed. We also have many die

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured Iowa flood and tornado zones this week, locales now in their 3rd month and more of cleanup and restoration. This is after she failed to pass legislation to assist in the Iowa efforts. This is also after she went on a miserable failure of a book tour. This is also after she turned off the lights and cameras in the U.S. House to stop debate on our energy crisis. And

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McCain-Palin – Coming off their excellent convention speeches and spin that followed, McCain-Palin has secured a decent lead in the polls over Obama-Biden. Palin obviously energized the base of the Republican Party and independents across the nation. Hopefully they will continue to put the screws to our opponents’ ideology for the next 8 weeks.Reed v. Harkin – Reed still struggles to gain

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All Iowa Republicans probably know someone who’s a delegate, alternate, or guest attending this week’s Republican National Convention and we’re no different. With permission from the author, we share this update on what’s going on in the Twin Cities.The delegation arrived at all hours on Sunday and only those lucky enough to see another Iowan learned where the delegation headquarters was located

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Who’s Hot:McCain is red hot after picking Gov. Sarah Palin for his VP candidate. She’s young, attractive, and very fiscally and socially conservative. Way to go John.Sarah Palin is smoking hot! She’s got everything America needs.Mariannette Miller-Meeks has some great coattails now with the McCain-Palin combo at the top of the ticket!Obama is lukewarm. His convention, according to Gallop tracking

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As an active volunteering conservative, I feel like I finally got a bone thrown my way by the McCain camp. He could have picked Ridge, Romney, Pawlenty, Lieberman or another establishment running mate. But McCain gave conservatives a reason to get out and work for him, not just against Obama.Palin is an up-and-comer in the Republican Party. She has taken on corruption at many levels and even in

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McCain’s pick today will determine if he has a shot at winning this election. If he screws up and picks anybody less than conservative he just as well pick one of his seven houses to live in for the next four years.Just heard Romney is out – thank the good Lord. Also heard Pawlenty is out. Alright, who’s next? That narrows it down to Palin or Lieberman or maybe a surprise pick. I’m waiting with a

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It has been impossible to watch television this week as the Democratic National Convention is splayed out for us to see all their posturing and posing. Channel surfing can ruin a perfectly good evening when you land on Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Billary, or their kindred. The nomination of the first African American for president is being touted as revolutionary. I agree. What I find ironic is

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“Moderates” are very quick to blame election losses on the right wing going off the deep end. Are they lashing out at Jim Leach with the same vigor? No wonder the base is ticked off at “mods.” Leach just gave all of us wingers another example of the mushy middle abandoning our platform.Leach isn’t even a “moderate.” He is a classic liberal. Don’t give me any of this “fiscal conservative, socially

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Members of Iowa’s delegation to the Republican National Convention received an email from the delegation chair and co-chair Friday. Constitution Daily was forwarded the email and here it is for you to read.We have vacancies in our delegation.Rule No. 17 of the Republican Party (as adopted by the 2004 Republican National Convention)for the 2008 Republican National Convention permits the delegates

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Who’s Hot:1. Senator Jack Reed - Looks like the pick for Obama's VP. Military background is focus, and Reed won't be noticed when standing next to Obama on stage.2. Chinese gymnasts - I wonder if the Chinese government lets the soft spot on top heal before they put them on the uneven bars.3. Marianette Miller-Meeks - In an uphill district, Miller-Meeks is taking the fight to the

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“Too many people don’t care what happens so long as it doesn’t happen to them.” – William Howard TaftApathy is just one of the phases America passes through on its way to ruin. The Constitution is considered a relic. Religion is the enemy and property is transient. And the Baby Boomer generation has raised another wanting only to know, “what’s in it for me?”If you can find someone who is not

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While the GOP in Iowa suffers from allegations of splits among the ranks, our supposed riffs pale in comparison to the goings-on planned for Denver.Obama’s concession to Hillary, allowing her name to be placed in nomination and the subsequent roll call vote, serves as demonstrable evidence of the chasm on the left. Hillary and her minions refusal to let go of what might-have-been in favor of the

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Remember a few months before the 2006 election? A split GOP boiled over on the immigration issue and the halls of Congress were jammed with phone calls, emails, petitions, and an angry electorate that would vote anyone out of office if they voted for that comprehensive immigration plan. Congress heard it, and passed the positive components of immigration reform that America overwhelmingly

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