Ted Cruz Courts Liberty Movement in Iowa

Tea Party champion and conservative firebrand Ted Cruz may be ready to embrace his libertarian side to find a path from Iowa to the White House.

Mike Huckabee is All But Officially In

Former Arkansas Governor and 2008 Iowa Caucus winner Mike Huckabee announced over the weekend that he was ending his show on Fox News to consider a 2016 run.

Jeb Bush Won’t Sway Iowa Conservatives By Avoiding Them

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has made his first error in his soon-to-be presidential campaign by skipping out on the Iowa Freedom Summit this month.

A Tale of Two U.S. Senate Campaigns

Joni Ernst’s campaign for U.S. Senate in 2014 and Ted Cruz’s campaign for U.S. Senate campaign in 2012 were not created equal in terms of blogger outreach.

Common Core Will Be a Litmus Test Issue in 2016

Advocates try to downplay support for the Common Core State Standards as being a problem in 2016 for Jeb Bush. They will find they are sorely mistaken.

Rick Santorum Wins Our Labor Day Presidential Preference Poll

Former U.S. Senator and 2012 Iowa Caucus winner Rick Santorum wins our Presidential preference poll, drops to fourth place among Iowa participants.

2016 Labor Day Presidential Preference Poll

Caffeinated Thoughts offers its first reader presidential preference poll for 2016. The poll closes on Thursday, September 4th, 2014 at 12:00am (CDT).

Rick Perry Turns Indictment Into Political Opportunity

Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) has actually shifted a criminal indictment for “abuse of official capacity” to his favor as he has garnered support.

Human Rights Activists Call For Destruction of ISIS As Fighting Force

Human rights activists say immediate action is needed to protect religious minorities against Islamic militants’ genocide in Iraq.

Ted Cruz to Speak at Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition Fall Event

The Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition will have U.S. Senator Ted Cruz keynote its Fall event on 9/27/14 at the Knapp Center on the Iowa State Fairgrounds.

Iowa Social Conservatives Get 2016 Sneak Peak

Bobby Jindal, Mike Huckabee, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum and Ted Cruz courted Iowa social conservative activists at The FAMiLY Leadership Summit in Ames, IA.

(Video) The FAMiLY Leadership Summit Speeches

Watch speeches from Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal, Mike Huckabee and others from The FAMiLY Leadership Summit in Ames, IA.

The War on Bloggers Escalates

The First Amendment is a pesky thing to politicians.  It allows, nay…

CPAC 2014 Final Thoughts

(Alexandria, VA) Killing some time before my flight back home sitting in…