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I have many fond memories of my first few years in Iowa. And — no surprise — a few of them are attached to politics. The first two politicians I met after moving here were my local state representatives at the time, Iowa Sen. Mary Lundby and Iowa Rep. Rosemary Thomson. I had not yet [...]

Dr. Norman Borlaug, a son of immigrants who fled to the U.S. when faced with famine in Norway and a man who taught people throughout the world how to increase crop production, died late Saturday night in Texas from complications of cancer. The Iowa native, who is credited as being the father of the Green [...]

… attacks on former Gov. Mitt Romney arrive in Iowa all the way from Massachusetts. A letter is being circulated in Iowa from primarily Massachusetts activists that accuses “conservative elites” of selling out principles and ignoring the grassroots by supporting Romney. In a press release late Wednesday by the Parents’ Rights Coalition/MassResistance, the letter was [...]

… 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 [...]

If you hop over to Iowa True Blue today, you’ll see that former Iowa Democratic Party Chairman and longtime Iowa activist Gordon Fischer has now officially endorsed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama: When I relaunched this blog six weeks ago, I shared my four goals: (1) to be positive; (2) to address the negative influence of [...]

Why would a national organization with national name recognition choose to hold its first presidential forum in Iowa? “This forum is clearly another example of why the Iowa caucuses are so important,” Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Scott Brennan said following Monday’s event. “Not only do organizers understand that presidential candidates are in our state, but [...]

Presidential nominations aren’t the only thing at stake in Iowa. This political season, just as those in years before, Iowa is a battleground for something many feel is more important: the national conversation. Every four years, issue groups pushing everything from poverty awareness to ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” plant themselves near the state’s corn [...]

In a Des Moines Register column former U.S. Congressman Dave Nagle has issued a blistering assessment of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards’ comments to the Associated Press and takes a few swipes at Iowa politicos while he’s at it. Yesterday John Edwards, the man who Iowa created in 2004, who New Hampshire allowed to survive [...]

Promises to re-establish America’s reputation in the world and to uplift Iowa’s middle class were nearly as prevalent as ears of warm, buttery corn in Clinton today at Rep. Polly Bukta’s Corn Boil. In fact, if it hadn’t been for the signs being waved by candidate supporters as their favorite spoke at Alliant Energy Field, [...]

Former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack is on a crusade built on friendship, wrapped with respect and bolstered by hope. It’s a quest she hopes will end in November 2008 with Sen. Hillary Clinton being named the 44th President of the United States. “I know a lot of people talk about [Clinton's] baggage,” Vilsack told [...]