America Needs Farmers, Just Not Their Politics
America Needs Farmers, or more accurately needs a strong agricultural industry, but do they need the regressive politics that come with them?
Tagged: Iowa
Iowa, Where Political Narratives Go To Die, Gussies Up For Funerals
Iowa is a wonderful place full of wonderful people. The 2024 Iowa caucuses are a complete waste of everyone’s time, money, and bandwidth.
Farewell, Mr. King. Please Let the Door Hit You In The Backside
The defeat was most likely the final political blow to one of the nation’s most divisive elected officials. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Chaos Isn’t a Ladder, It’s a Caucus in Iowa
Holy Bleep what a mess. And Iowa and the Democratic Party have no one but themselves to blame for it.
Poor Strategery: Elizabeth Warren Tilts at the Misinformation Windmill
As a media strategy, Elizabeth Warren’s “Fighting Digital Misinformation” plan makes sense. As far as persuading voters, it’s highly questionable strategery.
About Last Night: Fifty Shades of Fearful Beige in Democratic Debate
Joe Biden in the front, with others thinking, wishing, and hoping it wasn’t so, but no one in the Democratic field actually doing anything about it.
Cory Booker Bows Out
Cory Booker announces that he will be returning to his day job as Senator from New Jersey.
The Calendar and Common Sense Conspire Against the Iowa Caucuses
Politically, for the 2020 election cycle, we as a nation are going to get a really poor return for our time invested in Iowa.
The People Have Spoken on Kamala Harris
Senator Kamala Harris’ once promising campaign for the Democratic nomination for president has ended
Pete Buttigieg’s High Hopes
In The Race To See Who Can Stop Biden, A New Challenger Emerges – And He Could Be Biden’s Easiest Foe To Beat
Pete Buttigieg Tops Latest Iowa Polling
Monmouth has new polling out of Iowa, and it has Team Pete feeling good, everyone else feeling anxious, and lots of people asking questions
Choose Your Own Political Narrative: Iowa State Fair Edition
Over the weekend, most of the Democratic hopefuls took their turn on the “soap box” at the Iowa State fair, which brought “pulse of the people” interviews.
The Islands of Nebraska
It has received shockingly little coverage, but parts of the Upper Mid-West are suffering some of the worst flooding seen in a generation, if not longer.
The Limits of Enthusiasm: Iowa 2016
Iowa demonstrates that the Trump electoral strategy is not going to work, that Bernie has a long way to go if he wants to beat HRC, and that Marco Rubio may in fact have a chance against Ted Cruz.
Most roads lead to Rubio, but…
Structurally, Marco Rubio has all the advantages. That might not be enough.
