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This week’s earworm: “How Soon is Now” by The Smiths Many probably know this song best as the theme from the television series Charmed. The version that is played on the series, however, is performed by Love Spit Love. I like them both and probably would have put the Love Spit Love version here, if [...]

Obsession by Animotion: If you haven’t already read this post by Caroline Vernon of Progressive Action for the Common Good, head over to Blog for Iowa and do so now. The post is concerning PACG’s email list and the fact that several subscribers are dropping — without having requested to be dropped. This is primarily [...]

Two earworms this week — both by the amazing Ella Fitzgerald. The first is from a live performance in Berlin in 1968, I Can’t Stop Loving You. I’d cut off my big toe to be able to swing loose and beautiful like Ella in this number. Such beautiful, rich, easy vocals. Next is Ella and [...]

… Iowa phones are ringing off the hook. Several odd poll-type phone calls have been hitting households in eastern Iowa. One of the calls begins by asking if the recipient thinks favorably of President George W. Bush. Regardless of the response, the next question is if the individual plans to attend the Republican caucus. If [...]

… retail politics is just another synonym for family. Barack Obama’s mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, and sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, were walking through neighborhoods in snowy eastern Iowa Saturday afternoon. The pair was canvassing door-to-door on behalf of their family member, the Illinois Senator. Afterward, they delivered at least three signed supporter cards to headquarters. Obama’s wife, [...]

… another blanket of two to six inches of snow has fallen on eastern and central Iowa. The seven-day weather forecast calls for snow flurries on Monday and Tuesday and high winds on caucus night. If temperatures don’t rise enough to melt the top of the snow, providing an ice crust, high winds could pose [...]

Over the summer when John McCain announced he would not participate in the Ames Straw Poll fundraiser for the Republican Party of Iowa, it was not difficult to find Iowans who proclaimed the Arizona senator’s campaign dead in the water. Recent events, including newspaper endorsements and an assassination on the other side of the globe, [...]

… volunteers from across the nation are telling Iowans to scoot over and make room. The campaign for New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson sent an email to supporters, announcing the influx of “Richardson Roadrunners” in the state. According to the email, hundreds of volunteers left New Mexico Wednesday morning in order to volunteer for the [...]

Mike Allen at the Politico is reporting that Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman — a former Democratic vice presidential candidate — will endorse Arizona Sen. John McCain tomorrow. Lieberman, who lost the Democratic primary for his seat, won another term as an Independent and usually caucuses with Democrats in the Beltway. The two, according to Allen, [...]

This week’s earworm is a blast from the past– Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, I Love Rock N Roll: And, yes, I totally had the Joan Jett haircut many years ago. I think it was before the Pat Benetar boy cut but after the Fame legwarmers stage. The news of the morning is that the [...]