By Eric Goranson
Anytime I talk about Bob Vander Plaats, I feel like I have to clarify that I really like the guy overall. Seems nice enough. I’m with him philosophically on most everything outside of School Choice. I also appreciate his zeal on the marriage issue.
However, I saw this video and it solidified my opinion [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Ok, I’m exaggerating a little. There is an interesting debate going on however between Craig Robinson of The Iowa Republican and Steve Deace of WHO Radio though over the Iowa Family PAC’s endorsement of Bob Vander Plaats and the direction that should be taken toward preserving traditional marriage in Iowa.
I’ve weighed in [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Just when I was starting to warm up a little to former Governor Terry Branstad he reminded me of my initial concerns. If he wants to keep from having to fend off an independent/3rd Party candidate from draining votes should he win the Republican nomination interviews like the one he gave to Todd Dorman [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
As some of you may be aware state/local campaign reports were due last week in Iowa. I’ve spent some time looking over just the Republican gubernatorial candidates in the race. I decided to focus on those candidates for a couple of reasons.
1. Since Governor Chet Culver is currently in office much of [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Bryan English of Iowa Family PAC (Iowa Family Policy Center, IFPC ACTION) responded to criticism of their endorsement of Bob Vander Plaats in an op/ed posted at The Iowa Republican. The title of the post seems somewhat inflammatory… “GOP Establishment Risks the Future of Their Party by Marginalizing Marriage.” A question came to [...]
By Caffeinated Thoughts
In response to Shane’s post on 1/15/10 critiquing the endorsement.
By Mike Hartwig
As someone that interviewed some, not all, of the candidates, it was blatantly obvious who deserved the endorsement. Chris Rants is a good guy and seems to be motivated by principle not politics, a change over the 10+ years I’ve known [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
I’ve got to somehow find a way to get on the leaked poll email distribution list that Craig Robinson is on. He posted on leaked poll results that shows former Governor Terry Branstad with a big lead.
Here is the leaked email from Governor Branstad’s campaign manager, Jeff Boeyink:
As you are aware, we have [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Craig Robinson at The Iowa Republican wrote a piece that articulated something I hadn’t really given much thought about when I posted on IFPC’s endorsement. He wrote:
The fundamental problem I have with IFPC’s recent actions and Vander Plaats’ executive order is that the issue of traditional marriage is now directly coupled with the success [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Whenever I post things like my criticism of IFPC’s endorsement of Bob Vander Plaats, it is always interesting to me to see who will link, and what kind of a response I’ll get. Liberal blogger John Deeth linked to me and said:
Shane Vander Hart thinks the Iowa Family Policy Center stepped on [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
I wasn’t able to be at the Two Days for Marriage event sponsored by the Iowa Family Policy Center as part of their LUV Iowa campaign. I ended up having a conflict at work that prevented me from being present at that event. I had heard that Bob Vander Plaats received an endorsement [...]