by Scott Walker | Feb 24, 2020 | Opinion
My family moved to Iowa in 1970. My father was called to serve at a church in the small town of Plainfield. Most of the members of our church lived on farms. At the time our state representative was a farmer down the road. Today, he is the senior Senator from Iowa...
by David Kochel | Feb 19, 2020 | Opinion
Yesterday, I spent an hour sitting across from fellow political consultant and my Iowa campaign combatant Jeff Link (@linkiowa) on a panel at the legislative conference of the Iowa Credit Union League. It was moderated by legendary Iowa media figure Dean Borg who...
by Luke Martz | Feb 12, 2020 | Opinion
Wherever the news is, that’s where you usually find Rob Sand. Regardless of whether it’s an issue that’s in his jurisdiction, or regardless of whether he knows what he’s talking about, Sand does not hesitate to step in front of the cameras to tell us that he’s got it...
by Jeff Kaufmann | Feb 10, 2020 | Opinion
When the Founding Fathers were laying out the framework of our country, they were very concerned of what James Madison called, “the tyranny of the majority” – the idea that the voice of the minority could be completely snuffed out by the voice of the many. The...
by Luke Martz | Feb 5, 2020 | Opinion
Election night is never easy. It’s the night you look forward to the most; the excitement, the anticipation, and hopefully the celebration. But election nights are also dreaded — the fear about turnout, the concerns of the grassroots, the inevitable crisis that...
by Luke Martz | Feb 3, 2020 | Opinion, State Politics
Readers, You may have missed it, but our esteemed Auditor, Rob Sand, recently launched a merch store. We assume this is because things are a bit tight over at the campaign. It looks like a nice enough merch site, but it could be better in our humble opinion. We think...
