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Latte Links (1/1/10)

The first edition of Latte Links this year as I sit poolside at the Holiday Inn Express in Valparaiso, IN.

Radar Online: Oops! Wikipedia Pronounced Rush Limbaugh Dead (HT: News Reel Blog).  His hospitalization is bringing out the hate brigade.

January is National Mentoring Month

Congrats to Iowa State beating Minnesota 14-13 in the Insight Bowl.

Des [...]

Iowa 4th Challenger Maske: More Entitlements!

Bill Maske, the current superintendent for the I-35 School District is stepping forward as the first Democratic challenger to incumbent Congressman Tom Latham (R-IA).  I think he would have been better off running in 2006 or 2008 (pre-Tea Party).  He shared some of his campaign platform with William Petroski of the Des Moines [...]

Latte Links (11/22)

 

Some miscellany for a rainy Sunday evening (here in Des Moines anyway):

Des Moines Register: Iowa poll shows Obama approval rating below 50% (not good in a state that overwhelmingly went for him)

CQPolitics: Rating Change: Iowa GOP Gets Serious About Boswell Challenge (HT: Dave Price)

The Iowa Republican: IDP Jefferson Jackson Dinner Live Blog

The American [...]

Interview with Iowa Third Congressional District Candidate: Dave Funk

Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet with Dave Funk at the new Smokey Row in Des Moines.  Dave is one of the GOP candidates for Iowa’s Third Congressional District seat held by Congressman Leonard Boswell.  Below is his bio shamelessly stolen from his website:

Known as Captain Dave by many, his aviation [...]

House Health Care Bill Passes; Democrats Celebrate Their Demise

I wasn’t able to watch any of the debate yesterday on HR 3962, the House version of the health care reform bill.  I was kind of busy.  I did see the final result with it passing 220 to 215 in a late night session.

Why the rush?  Perhaps because the longer debate [...]