By The Iowa Statesman Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has announced the hiring of his Iowa state director, as well as the addition of new members to his grassroots leadership team. Aaron Trost will be Huckabee’s point man in Iowa. He managed the successful campaign of […]
From Press Release Rick Harrison, star of History Channel’s Pawn Stars and owner of the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, will be in Ankeny Friday to celebrate the opening of Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s Iowa campaign headquarters. Rick will meet with Iowa voters beginning at 5:30 p.m. and share […]
By Stephen C. Sherman Guest Contributor Iowa’s Senior Senator Chuck Grassley rocks. Oh yes he does. He’s been in the Senate a long time. You’d think he must have a walker and be crazy, but you’d be wrong. Last year he visited every county in Iowa. That’s 99 in […]
From Press Release The Iowa Gold Star Military Museum will host a commemoration ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 6:30 p.m. in honor of the 70th anniversary of the signing of the unconditional surrender by Japan, officially ending WWII. The public and media are cordially invited to attend this […]
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of The Iowa Statesman. By Krusty Konservative Dictator of the Iowa Blogosphere Feckless. It’s a word that is bandied about quite often these days, usually in reference to the Republican-controlled Congress’ inability to rein […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor John Hart and Robert Taylor enlisted in the U.S. Navy during the height of World War II in 1944. They went to boot camp together in Idaho, where they became very good friends. But, after boot camp, the men were sent off in different directions. […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor The head today in most mainstream news outlets is some variation of “Trump throws out Univision anchor” when, as one member of the media who was there noted, “Total nonsense. It should have been, ‘Unprofessional reporter crashes press conference.’” Prior to his campaign rally in […]
From Press Release U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is continuing his efforts to learn about the process that allowed top secret classified information to be sent on unsecure communication s and the subsequent possession of this classified material on improperly secured storage […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor Republican presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has been methodically, with very little media attention, locking up every corner of the GOP base. This morning he secured another big piece of the puzzle with the endorsement of another longtime leader of the conservative movement. Ron […]
By John Thompson State Central Committee Member Republican Party of Iowa I we up late morning to my campaign manager desperately trying to get in touch with me. I had been up until almost sunlight the night before preparing and my phone had been buzzing on silent for a […]
Republican presidential wannabe U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham went on CNN this morning to attack frontrunner Donald Trump. Apparently, throwing his own cell phone in a blender wasn’t enough of a clown car act to sufficiently destroy his credibility in the presidential primary process, so he to a page out of […]
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of The Iowa Statesman. By Jon the Southern Baptist On the Front s of the Culture War Ashley Madison is not a girl. Well, at least not the one everyone’s talking about lately. And […]
From Press Release Monday, a group of Republicans from the Iowa House of Representatives and Senate ivered a letter to Attorney General Tom Miller, urging his office to investigate the practices of abortion providers in the state. The investigation was prompted after videos surfaced showing employees from abortion providers […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor The Center for Medical Progress has released the eighth video resulting from its three-year investigation into Planned Parenthood’s sale of aborted baby body parts. In it, the CEO of Planned Parenthood’s baby body parts buyer, StemExpress, admits the company gets “a lot of intact cases,” […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor Overnight, key markets around the world were correcting themselves following big losses triggered by the continued freefall of the Chinese market. Analysts this morning were predicting a full rebound in the U.S. markets from what was termed “China’s Black Monday.” But the volatility caused some […]
“Butthurt” is defined as being needlessly offended over a perceived insult. Well, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s longtime confidant, Huma Abedin, is putting on a textbo demonstration this week, compliments of her attorney. According to several published reports, Abedin got her nose out of joint because U.S. Sen. […]
The Iowa State Fair has come and gone, and Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s “straw poll” proved to be a very eye-opening piece of information we have now factored into our calculations. Based on Donald Trump’s appeal beyond the traditional Iowa Caucus voter base, we’re still projecting 135,000 turnout, […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will travel to Iowa this week for several stops in the western region of the state in the “Walker Winnebago.” Like several other GOP contenders, Walker plans to complete a “full Grassley” by visiting all 99 Iowa counties; his […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum will be returning to Iowa for another three-day campaign swing on Saturday. The 2012 Iowa Republican Caucus winner currently has visited the most Iowa counties with a goal of being the first candidate to reach all 99 counties. […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor The latest video released by the Center for Medical Progress was meant to be a “trailer” — a preview of sorts — for its “Human Capital” investigative series loing at Planned Parenthood’s trafficking of body parts and tissue taken from aborted babies. But for those […]
Ted Cruz was pretty much minding his own business, grilling pork burgers at the Iowa Pork Tent at the Iowa State Fair, when actress Ellen Page decided to horn in on his action and get in a few jabs about LGBT issues. Cruz turned it around into a discussion about […]
By The Iowa Statesman Update 2: KNIA/KRLS misreported this afternoon that the cross at the Freedom Rock Memorial in Knoxville has been removed by the Veteran’s Affairs Office in Des Moines. Rather, a similar memorial was removed from the VA facility in Knoxville. The cross and kneeling soldier at […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor In immediate response to the Center for Medical Progress’ first Planned Parenthood video, while campaigning in New Hampshire, Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker quickly and as an apparent matter-of-fact, stated that he had already defunded Planned Parenthood in his state. “We defunded Planned […]
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of The Iowa Statesman. By Krusty Konservative Dictator of the Iowa Blogosphere With 16 mighty fine Americans — Bob keeps reminding me it’s 18, but let’s face it two of them aren’t mighty fine […]
From Press Release The Office of Governor Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds today announced internal updates to staff. Larry Johnson, Jr., has been promoted to legal counsel to the governor and lt. governor. Johnson replaces Michael Bousselot who was previously promoted to Chief of Staff. Legislative […]
By The Iowa Statesman On Saturday, a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy aircraft, the largest aircraft in the U.S. military inventory, will land at the Iowa Air National Guard’s Des Moines Airbase to pick up the Iowa National Guard’s 71st Civil Support Team for transportation of vehicles, equipment and […]
By The Iowa Statesman Republican presidential candidate businessman Donald Trump will speak at the Grand River Center in Dubuque 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25. The doors will open at 4:30 p.m. at 500 Bell Street in Dubuque. Click here to reserve general admission tickets to the event.
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina will be traveling to Cushing, Le Mars, Sioux Center, Okoboji, Storm Lake, Ames, Carroll, and Des Moines next week. Her itinerary follows. Wednesday, Aug. 26 6:30 p.m. — Cushing Fire Department, 201 Main Street, Cushing […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has released a new web video highlighting the contrast between his bold plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare with a solution that gives all Americans freedom over their health care decisions and Hillary Clinton’s bren promises in defense of […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum addressed The National Press Club in Washington, DC, Thursday, outlining his proposals to fix America’s bren immigration system. In his address, Santorum discussed the need to secure the border, reform our visa programs, reduce current legal immigration levels […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will host campaign events across Iowa on Tuesday through Thursday, August 25-27. The following are the details of his events. Tuesday, Aug. 25 6:30 p.m. — VFW Post 1623, 1406 Commercial Street, Waterloo Wednesday, Aug. 26 […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor This morning, the Iowa House of Representatives Republican Caucus voted for a new leadership team during its summer caucus meeting. The vote was taken after outgoing Speaker Kraig Paulsen announced last month he would not seek re-election and would relinquish the chair prior to start […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor At approximately 3 p.m. Wednesday, the probability of nationally syndicated talk radio host Steve Deace endorsing Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz was somewhere north of 99 percent. About 15 minutes later, the deal was done. “[Cruz] is a man of courage and […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor According to a report Wednesday afternoon by The Associated Press, Iran will be allowed to use its own inspectors to investigate the Parchin nuclear site, which the Islamic Republican has been long accused of using to develop nuclear arms. AP, quoting a secret “side deal” […]
The Des Moines media outlets it — absolutely it — when someone prominent (especially when he or she is an outspen conservative or Republican) gets in trouble with the law. When their own get in trouble, not so much. In fact, recently history shows just about all of […]
Democratic presidential candidate former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton actually to questions from the media yesterday (her first mistake — that day), but then shrugged off (literally) questions about her sending classified material, some of it designated Top Secret, via an e account that was housed on a personal […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor The Center for Medical Progress released the third episode of its “Human Capital” web series, the seventh in which Planned Parenthood’s supply of aborted fetal tissue is documented, this morning. And while perhaps not as graphic as some of the earlier videos, this one is […]
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of The Iowa Statesman. By John Thompson State Central Committee Member Republican Party of Iowa After losing a congressional race by almost 24 points, Jim Mowrer has packed up his carpet bag and moved […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will visit the Iowa State Fair on Saturday, taking his turn at The Des Moines Register’s soapbox and grilling some pork chops before heading downtown for his Rally for Religious Liberty at the Veterans Memorial Community Choice Convention Center. […]
From Press Release U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie will travel to Iowa on Saturday to campaign on behalf of Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, the second high-profile conservative to do so in the past month. Details of the trip can be found below. Saturday, Aug. 22 9 […]
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of The Iowa Statesman. By Jon the Southern Baptist On the Front s of the Culture War “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when a wicked man rules, the people […]
From Press Release Reiterating concerns about national security information being properly secured from foreign governments and other entities, Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is asking Hillary Clinton’s private attorney, David Kendall, about his security clearance in conjunction with his representation of the former secretary of […]
From Press Release Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced today the launch of Iowa Culture, a new interactive mobile app that puts the largest, most comprehensive statewide collection of Iowa arts, history and cultural destinations in the palm of your hand. “I travel to all […]
The post-debate polling has finally worked itself out, and the candidates are beginning to jockey for a position on the next debate stage. It’s clear the first debate helped a few, hurt several, and really didn’t do anything to the frontrunner. We’re still projecting 135,000 turnout, if the Caucus were […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor For months, the chief complaint many long-time political observers have made is that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the clear frontrunner for the GOP nomination, was long on description, but short on specifics, about his plans to “Make America Great Again.” Not any. And it’s […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham will campaign in Iowa on Tuesday and Wednesday where he will make stops in Cedar Rapids, Burlington, Mt. Pleasant and hold a “No Nukes for Iran” discussion in Ottumwa. The swing across eastern Iowa will follow today’s visit to the Iowa […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee announced on CNN’s “State of the Union” his comprehensive Iowa “Team Huck” grassroots leadership organization. “We’ve built a comprehensive leadership organization and grassroots infrastructure, which is a powerful network of activists, local leaders, homeschoolers, pastors, veterans and ordinary American patriots […]
From Press Release Former Arkansas first lady and wife of Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Mike Huckabee, Janet Huckabee, will campaign in Iowa later this week. The following are the details of her stops: Wednesday, Aug. 19 12:30 p.m. — Polk County GOP Women meet-and-greet, The Urban Grill, 3651 86th Street, Urbandale […]
From Press Release Representatives from Senator Ernst’s office will be available in the following counties to serve as a resource in dealing with the federal government. Please note, Senator Ernst will not be at the traveling office hours. Our office can help with problems or questions about eligibility involving […]
From Press Release Thursday, the Cruz for President campaign announced that the Bontrager Family Singers of Kalona will make a special appearance at the Rally for Religious Liberty on August 21 in Des Moines. “I am honored and excited to have the Bontrager Family Singers at our rally for […]
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