The latest twist and turn in the presidential election are the constant tweets by @realDonaldTrump that our election system is rigged, and there is “large scale voter fraud.” Now there is little doubt the mainstream media has for years demonstrated a left ward bent. Those who question that fact only have to look to […]
Continue ReadingTax day will soon be upon us. Not to be confused with Tax Freedom Day – the day be which our collective earnings is enough to pay our national tax bill for the year. That won’t come until April 24. No, I’m talking about Taxes Due Day… With my level of OCD I don’t wait […]
Continue ReadingHere is the scenario. First, if Senator Rubio loses loses his home state of Florida to Trump and Governor Kasich loses his home state of Ohio, then the fat lady has sung, the barn door is closed, that’s all she wrote, Trump wins the Republican party’s presidential nomination. Frankly, that is the most likely […]
Continue ReadingTo be fair, its not just Ms. Selzer and the DesMoines Register/Bloomberg Politic’s Iowa Poll that is bad for democracy; its Langer Research Associates that does the polling for ABC News and the Washington Post, and Anderson Robbins Research and Shaw & Company Research who poll for FOX News, and every other pollster and news […]
Continue ReadingWalking out of the capitol the other day I ran into Representative Rob Taylor of West DesMoines. Taylor and his wife were the state co-chairs for Dr. Carson’s presidential campaign in Iowa. I asked if he’d gotten an apology from Congressman Steve King yet. It was pretty clear that he had not. “Generally when […]
Continue ReadingFour years ago President Newt Gingrich was leading the Republican primary, famously declaring, “I’m going to be the nominee. It’s very hard not to look at the recent polls and think that the odds are very high I’m going to be the nominee.” A week later President Ron Paul was leading in Iowa and preparing […]
Continue ReadingThere is a lot at stake for Iowa’s agricultural and renewable fuels industries on the night of February 1st. Whatever happens on caucus night, Iowans will get what they deserve. The Register’s Iowa Poll released last week shows a “solid majority” of likely Republican caucus goers support the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) requiring ethanol […]
Continue ReadingCampaigns and candidates have only so much they can control – their message and the medium they use to deliver it, their time and how they spend it, the attacks they choose to engage in and the responses they give. But there are two things they can’t control – the calendars steady march toward election […]
Continue ReadingIt’s a trap That line uttered by Admiral Ackbar in the film the Return of the Jedi spawned (pun intended for you Star Wars fanz) countless youtube parodies and became a widespread meme in our culture. After every television news story about Congressman Paul Ryan running for Speaker of the House, I long for the […]
Continue ReadingWhile waiting for my yoga class to start (no Oms yet) a political argument broke out. No, it wasn’t the Clintonites trikonasana’ing the Bernie backers. Rather it was the lone Trump supporter in the room refuting every objection thrown her way. I know that is a lot to process there, not the least of which […]
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