IA-Sen: Conlin releases strong fundraising numbers (updated)
Iowa Democrat Roxanne Conlin gave her U.S. Senate campaign $250,000 during the first quarter of 2010 and raised nearly $630,000 from other donors.
View ArticleIA-02, IA-03: NRCC votes for Gettemy and Gibbons
The National Republican Campaign Committee announced more moves in its "Young Guns" program today. Two of the districts affected are in Iowa.
View ArticleIowa marriage equality anniversary thread
One year ago today, the Iowa Supreme Court's Varnum v Brien ruling went into effect. From April 27, 2009 through the end of last year, at least 1,783 same-sex couples received marriage licenses in...
View ArticleOne simple question, three non-answers on Iowa gay marriage
Everyone who moderates a debate this year could learn from the journalists who guided the May 1 Iowa Republican gubernatorial candidates' debate: Todd Dorman of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, Paul Yeager of...
View ArticleIA-Gov: New Branstad ad airbrushes his record (updated)
Former four-term Governor Terry Branstad, the likely Republican nominee against Governor Chet Culver, launched his campaign's third television ad today, about a month after his first commercials...
View ArticleMarriage "defender" fighting Iowa campsite rules
Iowa Republican State Senator Merlin Bartz is raising the bar for pettiness among defenders of "traditional marriage."
View Article70 ways to "end childhood obesity in a generation" (w/poll)
The White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity released a detailed report including 70 recommendations this week.The action plan defines the goal of ending childhood obesity in a generation as...
View ArticleIowa Dept of Public Health having trouble with marriage equality
When some Republicans tried to convince Iowa county recorders not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples last April, Iowa Department of Public Health officials made clear that ignoring the Iowa...
View ArticleIA-Sen: Conlin (D) launches first tv ad
Roxanne Conlin, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, begins television advertising across Iowa this week. I'm not able to embed the commercial, but click here to watch. The Conlin campaign released...
View ArticleIA-Sen: Grassley up on tv
Senator Chuck Grassley's re-election campaign unveiled its first television commercial of the year yesterday:
View ArticleTeaching kids about politics, part 1
Election years provide many "teachable moments" for children. In 2006 my three-year-old loved coming with me to deliver yard signs. We talked about how some people like to tell everyone in the...
View ArticleHumiliation for the NRCC in Iowa (IA-02, IA-03)
Washington Republicans have been talking up their chances of retaking the House of Representatives for months, and the National Republican Congressional Committee claims many recruiting successes in...
View ArticleGood news for marriage equality in Iowa
It was overshadowed by competitive races for governor and other statewide offices, but a critical Democratic primary contest in Iowa House district 66 produced a big victory for marriage equality...
View ArticleCDC birth control guidelines could reduce breastfeeding
cross-posted at Bleeding HeartlandThe Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine warns that recently updated "birth control guidelines released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) could...
View ArticleIA-Gov news roundup
I've been posting less often at Daily Kos lately because Iowa campaign news is keeping me busy at my home blog, Bleeding Heartland. From time to time I will keep Kossacks up to date on our...
View ArticleThe Grieving Room: 30 years without my mother
June 23 was the 30th anniversary of my mother's death. She was only 49. I was 11, the youngest of her five children.I've learned a lot from the defining event of my childhood, but it comes down to...
View ArticleAmericans with Disabilities Act anniversary thread
The Americans with Disabilities Act became U.S. law 20 years ago this week. Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, the law's key author and sponsor, keynoted an anniversary celebration in Iowa City yesterday. He...
View ArticleNext year's Iowa House and Senate leaders
Does anyone at Daily Kos still read state politics diaries? I'd like to bring those who are interested up to speed on who will be running the Iowa legislature, which reconvenes in January. Republicans...
View ArticleThe Grieving Room: The roof is about to fall in
Twelve years ago today, I was at my father's side in the hospital. A freak accident had put him in a coma, and he never woke up before he died on January 17. The year that followed was the worst in my...
View ArticleThe Grieving Room: 35 years without my mother
Revised and expanded from a post written five years agoJune 23 was the 35th anniversary of my mother's death. She was only 49. I was eleven, the youngest of her five children.I've learned a lot from...
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