By Shane Vander Hart
From a press release he sent out today:
Christian Fong, Republican gubernatorial candidate announced that effective today he will suspend his campaign for Governor.
“Today, I announce the suspension of my campaign. From this time forward, we will not be actively campaigning for the Republican nomination for Governor. While today marks a [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
The conservative brand is alive in well in Iowa, it was the Republican brand that was hurt after 2006 and 2008 according to a recent Iowa poll done by The Des Moines Register.
Forty-three percent of Iowans consider themselves conservatives, 36 percent say they are moderate, and 17 percent say they are [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Everybody has an opinion, and 2012 is still three years away. Oh but how we love to speculate. The lamestream media reaches opposite conclusions when they try to strain a gnat over what Governor Palin has said or hasn’t said about 2012. Speculation can be fun, and I do think the 2012 race [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
I was going to render the video I took of the gubernatorial candidates’ speeches at the “Leadership for Iowa” event on Saturday and put it up. C-Span did it for me so I’ll be lazy. You can watch all of the Gubernatorial candidate speeches below, my comments will come by order of appearance. If [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty was the featured speaker at the “Leadership for Iowa” event hosted by the Republican Party of Iowa. You can watch his speech here or below:
I was very impressed by Governor Pawlenty’s ability to connect with his audience. I appreciated his sense of humor, and he [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Sitting at Bloggers row at the Republican Party of Iowa “Leadership for Iowa” event.
One thing I’ve learned, comparing myself to Grant Young at Questions, Comments & Insults, I really suck as an interviewer. The life of the blogger row party.
Spoke with Pat Bertroche who is a Congressional Candidate for the 3rd [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Today, I’m sacrificing watching the whole Iowa Hawkeyes game to attend the Iowa Tea Party Statewide Convention here in Des Moines. They are currently beating Northwestern 10-0 in the first quarter. Later tonight I’m going to be Leadership for Iowa, an event hosted to the Republican Party of Iowa. There we’ll here from the [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
Here in Iowa we practically trip over presidential candidates, it’s part of the state’s charm, if you love politics that is. The closer to the caucus the better (or worse depending on your perspective) it gets. Mike Huckabee has recently been in the state stumping for Bob Vander Plaats. Last week possible contender [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
I attended the Conservative Breakfast Club at the Republican Party of Iowa headquarters this morning. The speaker was Doug Gross, local attorney and former gubernatorial candidate. He spoke to us some findings of a poll he commissioned for the Iowa First Foundation.
He noted that the Republican party has a “branding” problem. In [...]
By Shane Vander Hart
My letter to the editor responding to an op/ed by the Des Moines Register’s Richard Doak on July 12th was finally printed (and is online) today yesterday. Now that it is no longer on people’s minds. Please read and leave a comment (I don’t want to bother reading as I’m sure I’m getting smeared).