By Chase on Sep 15, 2007 in Tom Harkin | 0 Comments
A brief programming note: tomorrow, Iowa Independent will have nearly ten people at the Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola. I’ll be liveblogging over there.
The top six Democratic presidential candidates — Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Barack Obama, and Bill Richardson — will all speak, and Tom Harkin will likely unveil a [...]
By Chase on Sep 14, 2007 in Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Iowa Caucuses, Joe Biden, John Edwards, Media, Republicans, Sam Brownback, Tom Harkin | 0 Comments
On the heels of Sen. Barack Obama’s Iraq policy tour through Iowa this week, expect the Obama campaign to release a legislative endorsement announcement very soon. Sen. Joe Biden announced his second House leadership endorsement yesterday, which put the legislative endorsement mini-horserace back in the news. For those keeping score: Clinton is in [...]
By Chase on Jul 11, 2007 in Politics, Republicans, Rhetoric, Tom Harkin | 0 Comments
So ICE decided that today was a nice day to stop by Swift’s Marshalltown meatpacking plant for a checkup, and they arrested a few folks who missed the first ICE bus back in December.
Ted Sporer credits Matt Whitaker, US Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, with this success:
Today’s actions, which involve the indictment of [...]
Chase Martyn observes and analyzes politics from Des Moines, IA, capital of 2008's first caucus state. He is also Managing Editor of the Iowa Independent.