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• Dems push back to defend Nelson health vote

  
  Politically Speaking — Authority: 128
  U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson is taking heat from Nebraska residents and Republican Party heavyweights for his vote to move federal health care reform through the Senate before senators depart for Christmas. Nelson was the last Democrat to come on board to give the needed 60 votes to get past a filibuster, and he cited federal ...
  20 hours ago

• Iowa 2010 Gubernatorial Race: And Then There Were Four

  
  Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority: 139
  State Senator Jerry Behn (R-Boone) drops out, but some could argue he really wasn’t in it.  Due to his farming obligations he missed numerous events.  He also is backing former Governor Terry Branstad .  In a press release sent out this morning read: (BOONE) – State Sen. Jerry Behn, candidate for governor ...
  1 day ago

• Behn out of Iowa governor race, four left

  
  Politically Speaking — Authority: 128
  The outcome seemed apparent last week, and now it has happened. The 2010 gubernatorial candidate Web site for State Sen. Jerry Behn, R-Boone, went blank last week, a seeming precursor that he would exit the campaign. We’ve now got confirmation that Behn has given up his governor aspirations and, on top of that, ...
  1 day ago

• Behn ends campaign, endorses Branstad

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 656
  State Sen. Jerry Behn announced Tuesday that he was ending his campaign for governor and endorsing the candidacy of former Gov. Terry Branstad . Republican state Sen. Jerry Behn “My passion for this state is just as fervent as it was the day I began my first campaign for the Iowa Senate,” Behn said. “In ...
  1 day ago

• Speculation continues on Branstad running mate

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 656
  Last week, during a stop in Cedar Rapids, former Gov. Terry Branstad was asked about the likelihood that he could choose former rival Christian Fong as his lieutenant governor. Branstad, who has been traveling around the state holding events but has not yet officially joined the race, said it was too early to be ...
  1 day ago

• Hes "Doctor" Barton Now?

  
  Right Wing Watch — Authority: 636
  A few months ago we wrote a post about Wallbuilders David Barton seemingly suggesting that he was a "professor" despite the fact that his academic credentials consist entirely of a "B.A. from Oral Roberts University and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Pensacola Christian College." Now Bob Vander Plaats, the ...
  2 days ago

• Gross a polarizing figure for Iowa GOP

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 656
  He was the chief of staff to the longest serving governor in Iowa’s history and the Republican Party’s 2002 gubernatorial nominee. He is a major GOP donor and a respected political strategist in Iowa and around the country. Des Moines attorney Doug Gross But over the last year Doug Gross has become one of ...
  3 days ago

• Iowa Did Not Redefine Marriage for Everybody Else

  
  Iowa Defense Alliance — Authority: 116
  It seems that Bob Vander Plaats latest endorsement by David Barton of WallBuilders is bringing front and center once again the April 3rd move of the Iowa Supreme Court.  For those of you who need the School House Rock version of what went wrong on this day I will briefly explain it to you again.  The court was ...
  5 days ago

• Vander Plaats gets nat’l endorsement, Fong on Branstad’s radar

  
  Politically Speaking — Authority: 128
  This morning a man named among a 2005  Time magazine list of the Top 25 influential American evangelists threw his support behind the Bob Vander Plaats gubernatorial campaign. David Barton said Vander Plaats understands that a smaller government works best for Americans. Barton has been in Sioux City twice in the ...
  5 days ago

• David Barton endorses Vander Plaats

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 139
  David Barton, a nationally recognized social conservative, has endorsed Bob Vander Plaats for Iowa governor, the Sioux City Republican’s campaign has announced. Barton is a Texas-based public speaker and author who focuses on constitutional issues. He was hired by President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election ...
  5 days ago

• Branstad planning mid-January announcement tour

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 139
  Former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad plans to formally announce his candidacy for the office next month, aides to the Republican said. Details of Branstad’s campaign roll-out were still in the works. But spokesman Tim Albrecht said Branstad would likely make the announcement in mid-January on a multi-city trip around ...
  5 days ago

• Another prominent national conservative backs Vander Plaats

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 155
  Original Author:  desmoinesdem David Barton, a self-styled constitutional expert who founded the socially conservative WallBuilders organization, has endorsed Bob Vander Plaats for governor : "Bob Vander Plaats epitomizes the leadership our Founding Fathers envisioned when they ...
  5 days ago

• Rants: ‘You can’t run for both’

  
  Politically Speaking — Authority: 128
  I’ve seen a  Twitter inquiry from desmoinesdem (who writes the Bleeding Heartland blog ) after my piece on at least three Sioux Cityans showing interest in the Iowa House District 54 seat being vacated by State Rep. Chris Rants so he can pursue the governor position. Desmoinedem wonders if Rants might drop out ...
  6 days ago

• Branstad will make it official in January

  
  Politically Speaking — Authority: 128
  Had my first chance to observe former Gov. Terry Branstad in a public appearance since it become crystal clear that he’ll run for governor in 2010. Likely candidate Branstad has been leading the way among Republicans in 2009 polls pitting GOP guys vs. Democratic Gov. Chet Culver, and he noted today at the Sioux ...
  1 week ago

• A Runaway Judiciary & Gubernatorial Authority

  
  Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority: 139
  After having lunch with Steve Deace of WHO Radio on Tuesday, he got me thinking runaway judiciaries.  They are, by and large, a barrier to implementing conservative principles legislatively and in executive policy.  Obviously the big elephant in the room in Iowa is the April 3, 2008 ruling by the Iowa Supreme ...
  1 week ago

• The shrinking Republican tent (part 3)

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 155
  Original Author:  desmoinesdem The New York State Senate voted down a bill to legalize same-sex marriage last week , with all 30 Republicans in the chamber voting no. Five GOP senators had been expected to vote for the measure , and one of them looked dejected as he cast his ...
  1 week ago

• Latte Links (12/9)

  
  Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority: 139
  Some miscellaneous links after surviving shoveling the remnants of the “ Iowa Death Storm of 2009 .”  I heard the name from Grant Young and thought it sounded good.  I had a good 14 inches at my house. Des Moines Register: Coverage of the “epic” storm & reader submitted pictures of snowdrifts. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Branstad lists legislative endorsements

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 139
  Former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, who is seeking the Republican nomination for the job again, has announced that 14 state lawmakers have endorsed him. The legislators, all Republicans, are: state Sens. Randy Feenstra of Hull, David Johnson of Ocheyeden, Larry Noble of Ankeny and Pat Ward of West Des Moines; and state ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tales from the Astroturf

  
  Iowa Defense Alliance — Authority: 116
  It has been about two years now that I have been a recovering straight ticket Republican voter.  I used to think all Republicans were the same before I got on or fell of the wagon (however you want to look at it).  Who knew?  I know that this makes some people in the party angry because I [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Culver: Campaign manager departure “much to do about nothing.”

  
  Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority: 139
  The departure of Gov. Chet Culver’s campaign manager is a minor blip, the governor told reporters today. Culver, a Democrat preparing to seek re-election next year, said Andrew Roos’ announcement Tuesday that he was leaving the campaign after less than three months was normal. “Look, it’s very common, ...
  3 weeks ago

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