by Jim Heath | Aug 15, 2019 | 2020, Headlines
Rep. Steve King (R-IA), who openly panders to white supremacists, is now defending rape and incest as a means of conception. Without pregnancies from rape or incest, there wouldn’t “be any population of the world left,” he said. “What if we went back through all the...
by Jim Heath | Jun 11, 2019 | 2020, Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
It could be a general election preview with both President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden trading barbs in Iowa. Trump slapped back at Biden after the former vice president’s claim that the Republican president is an ‘existential threat’...
by Jim Heath | Apr 4, 2019 | 2020, Beto O'Rourke, Democrats, Headlines
Beto O’Rourke is back behind the wheel of a rented minivan in Iowa. And political pros — including some of his own advisers — are cringing. In presidential politics, candidates almost never drive themselves to events, and for good reason: Car rides are an opportunity...
by Jim Heath | Apr 3, 2019 | Headlines
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) slammed President Trump today for saying noise from wind turbines can cause cancer, calling the remark “idiotic.” During a call with reporters, Grassley, a Trump ally, had strong words regarding the president’s views on...
by Jim Heath | Apr 1, 2019 | 2020, Analysis, Book Excerpts, Commentary
As we head into 2020, Iowa Democrats are adopting new rules will simply make a uniquely complex caucus process even more complicated. That is not good news. For presidential candidates, the year leading up to the first caucus and primaries is filled with many hours of...