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Posted at December 19, 2007 at 1:53 pm

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I’m sorry, but State Sen. Matt McCoy–whom I used to respect–keeps making real dunderhead-like moves and is seriously making me reconsider my opinion of him. The fact that the IECDB is now investigating campaign contributions that he may have funneled to Mike Blouin (during the gubernatorial primary in 05-06) for John Ruan only complicates […]

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Posted at December 13, 2007 at 4:25 pm

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Amidst the furor surrounding the Democratic debate in Johnston it looks like State Sen. Matt McCoy has been found not guilty to charges of attempted extortion. The Register’s early coverage of the verdict is here. Looks like his lawyer was Jerry Crawford, one of Clinton’s big backers here in Iowa. I guess […]

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Posted at December 13, 2007 at 11:27 am

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I’ll be live-blogging the Des Moines Register’s Democratic debate today over at Bleeding Heartland once the debate gets started this afternoon. I won’t be at the debate, but armchair quarterbacking from my frat house seems like it will work just fine; it is live on IPTV and the cable networks at 1 PM Central […]

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Posted at August 13, 2007 at 6:07 pm

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The Iraq Summer Campaign, led by Americans Against Escalation in Iraq (AAEI) and other organizations, is upping the ante in Iowa some more this summer by launching a two-hour phone bank operation across from the Iowa State Fair tomorrow. From the Iraq Summer group:
“On August 14th from 2-4 PM, Senator Chuck Grassley and Rep. […]

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Posted at August 10, 2007 at 5:13 pm

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Just back from the press conference at IDP Headquarters with Gov. Chet Culver, Secretary of State Mike Mauro, and IDP Chair Scott Brennan. Culver made sure to emphasize that Iowa Democrats were still planning for January 14th precinct caucuses, but admitted the situation is and remains fluid, with a lot running on New Hampshire […]

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Posted at August 10, 2007 at 3:05 pm

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As John notes here, the IDP is having a press conference with Gov. Chet Culver, Sec. of State Mike Mauro, and IDP Chair Scott Brennan for a discussion about the Iowa Caucuses. The event starts in about 40 minutes and I’ll try to live-blog some of the news and will offer a full report […]

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Posted at July 10, 2007 at 3:21 pm

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The polls opened in Polk, Dallas and Warren counties Tuesday morning for residents to vote on a proposed local-option 1 percent sales tax increase that would boost funding for cultural amenities and trails while lowering property taxes in the tri-county region.

The plan, known as Project Destiny, was created by business leaders and local officials in […]

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Posted at June 26, 2007 at 3:44 pm

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Unfortunately, I’ve never been one to get highly involved with city politics here in Des Moines. Whether it is the apparent non-partisan nature of the battles that brew over city and local government or whether its the fact I like the statewide issues more, I don’t know. But I guess you could consider […]

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Posted at May 18, 2007 at 11:34 am

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In case you haven’t heard about it from other places, Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut will be hosting a statewide forum that will be broadcast to a variety of locations throughout the state — as well as on the web — live from Drake University today at noon. Lynda Waddington over at Iowa Independent […]

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Posted at March 21, 2007 at 5:48 pm

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Sorry about the delay in posting today. A storm went through Des Moines last night and lightning struck some power lines in my area, knocking out cable and internet service. I’ve been working with Mediacom all day to get things fixed and that should be happening either later tonight or early tomorrow morning. […]

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