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Divided Democrats Revisited
Posted by Donald King | 04.22.2008 / 11:30 AM EDT
Finally, after several intense weeks of campaigning and a rather unenlightening debate between Clinton and Obama hosted by an overexposed ABC tag team that seemed more interested in starting a fight than addressing issues, it is primary day in Pennsylvania. It seems like eons ago that we started this political season here in Iowa, and […]
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County Republican Convention
Posted by Nick Lantinga | 03.17.2008 / 4:34 PM EDT
Although our family has been ill with one or other version the flu for the last 10 days, and hence I was not able to join the Republican County Convention, I asked a couple friends about what transpired and Here’s what I heard.
At the convention the current State Senator Dave Mulder gave his last speech […]
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Where Have All The Candidates gone?
Posted by Donald King | 03.17.2008 / 12:00 PM EDT
Almost as suddenly as the 2008 Presidential candidates appeared on our campuses and in our cafes and community centers, they vanished on the day following Iowa’s “first-in-the-nation” January caucuses.
“At last, no more negative ads and nightly phone calls interrupting our dinner,” my neighbor remarked, shaking his head. ”Now it is someone else’s turn and we can get back to normal.”
Despite the fatigue that sets in with the […]
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Tractor Country
Posted by csmonitor.com staff | 02.28.2008 / 10:48 PM EST
Iowa got the political game going, but it is far from over! Don King [no, not that Don King!] and Nick Lantinga will be blogging here soon.
Do you have any questions for them? Topics you hope they will address? Start the ball rolling and let them know how you’d like to begin.
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