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Posted at March 31, 2007 at 3:29 pm
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A few days ago, The Register wrote an article documenting State Representative Dawn Pettengill’s dissatisfaction with the Democratic leadership in the State House. Here’s a snippet:
“I’m just trying to get through this term as a Democrat,” said Pettengill, the former mayor of her hometown of Mount Auburn who is now in her third year […]
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Posted at March 25, 2007 at 4:59 pm
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In an article for the New Republic online, Jonathan Cohn points out that one possible unintended consequence of the frontloaded primary system is that it increases the likelihood of a protracted primary and would elevate the importance of late primaries like those in Oregon and West Virginia. While almost every four years, political pundits salivate […]
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Posted at March 6, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Categories: Dems, IowaProgress, President 2008, State Politics, Voting Rights, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Tom Vilsack, Events, Bill Richardson, Evan Bayh, John Kerry, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, Democratic Party, Opinion, Iowa Caucuses, Mark Warner | Comments Off
Posted at March 3, 2007 at 5:36 pm
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Now that Tom Vilsack has dropped out, there is no chance that an Iowan will be elected President in 2008. (Sorry Sal) In fact, under the assumption that Vilsack’s Presidential ambitions are now permanently scuppered, it is unlikely that any other Iowa politician will be mounting a credible bid for the Presidency in the foreseeable […]
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Posted at February 21, 2007 at 11:22 am
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The State Legislature is moving forward on a bill that would allow Iowans to register and vote on Election Day. The bill has the supported by Governor Culver and Secretary of State Mike Mauro. We’ve talked about this issue before but same day registration is linked to higher turnout and is the best way to […]
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Posted at February 18, 2007 at 11:31 am
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Posted at February 13, 2007 at 10:40 pm
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I have to admit something right up top: I am a reluctant subscriber to the Atlantic (Monthly). It came free as some credit card rewards program, so I get it. I’m not always proud of it, but whatever.
So when a fellow IowaProgress team member told me that I should check out the March […]
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Posted at January 31, 2007 at 7:54 pm
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I suppose the “hearts Huckabee” line is going to catch on soon and then become very, very uncool, so I’m sorry about that.
Today, though, Republican Presidential Candidate and Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee announced endorsements from Blue Bunny Bob Vanderplaats, best known for losing a statewide election a few months back, and Danny Carroll, former President […]
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Posted at January 28, 2007 at 7:12 pm
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Posted at January 2, 2007 at 2:11 pm
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Grundy County is the only county in that state that lists all of its write-in votes for every office. This includes a vote for Kurt Cobain for County Attorney (a post for which he was ineligible as he is not a member of the Iowa Bar) Drew has some fun with this but there’s a more serious lesson to be drawn […]
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