by Jim Heath | Feb 1, 2019 | 2020, Headlines
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today slammed former Starbucks CEO and possible 2020 presidential candidate Howard Schultz, calling him a “total idiot.” Brown made the comments during a stop on his speaking tour in Iowa. A voter asked Ohio’s senior senator if he was...
by Jim Heath | Oct 31, 2018 | 2018, Headlines, Republicans
Do you really want to retain a slim majority in the House with Rep. Steve King on your side? The National Republican Congressional Committee says no thanks. Despite their majority in the House at stake next Tuesday, the NRCC says it will not help out King, who has...
by Jim Heath | Oct 27, 2018 | 2018, Endorsements, Headlines
The editorial board of an Iowa newspaper broke with tradition on Friday and endorsed a 6-foot-6 former minor league gunslinger instead of incumbent Rep. Steve King (R). The Sioux City Journal said it previously endorsed King, an eight-term congressman, because the...
by Jim Heath | Feb 6, 2016 | Book Excerpts, Democrats, Republicans
NEW HAMPSHIRE LEADS THE WAY Excerpt from Front Row Seat at the Circus by Jim Heath. New Hampshire has been a great start to our presidential selection process. What political junkie has not stayed up until midnight on Election Day to watch the first returns come in...
by Jim Heath | Feb 2, 2016 | Delegates, Democrats, Republicans
MY TAKE ON IOWA On the Republican side, it was a great night for Ted Cruz. He held the critical Iowa evangelical votes, won convincingly (following Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum) and positions himself well heading into the southern primaries. Cruz had to win Iowa....
