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What’s new with you?

by Gregory Hauenstein

| Blog post
October 31, 2011

As you may have noticed, our website has had a bit of work done! I hope you’ll find this new design easier to navigate and read. We’ve also made it easier to engage with us through our Facebook-powered comments system and convenient share buttons at the bottom of every post...
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Flipper Skipping Gipper Dinner in Iowa

by Sam Roecker

| Blog post
October 31, 2011

As Politico reported yesterday, “Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace publicly called out Mitt Romney this morning for avoiding press scrutiny.” Now this week, Romney will skip two Republican Presidential candidate events in Iowa. This DNC video may explain why Romney won’t be coming to the Iowa Republican Party’s Reagan dinner...
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President Obama supports young Americans

by Gregory Hauenstein

| Blog post, Education
October 27, 2011

I was one of those young people he talked about. Not that I’m old now, but my political activities before the 2008 race weren’t much more than voting and holding a sign on a busy intersection in downtown Pittsburgh. Then this guy Barack Obama came around and blew me away....
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Branstad’s defense of Scott Walker shows shared anti-worker agenda

by Sam Roecker

| Press Release
October 27, 2011

DES MOINES – Governor Terry Branstad is standing by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in the face of criticism that the two governors share a similar anti-worker agenda. Instead of denying the charge, Branstad defended Walker and repeated the false claim that anti-worker legislation was necessary to fix budget problems in...
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How has “Obamacare” impacted Iowa?

by Sam Roecker

| Blog post, Health Care
October 26, 2011

Reports throughout the state agree Affordable Care Act has reduced costs and increased access Access to affordable health care is an essential pillar of middle class security. When President Obama took office, out-of-pocket health care expenses were rising over five times as fast as inflation, middle-class Americans were at the mercy of...
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NRCC’s paltry ad buy won’t fool Iowans

by Sam Roecker

| Press Release
October 26, 2011

Republicans continue to protect big business over middle class families DES MOINES – National Republicans have launched a misleading attack ad against Congressman Dave Loebsack to distract Iowans from their extreme, out-of-touch agenda that ends Medicare to give tax breaks to millionaires instead of creating jobs. It comes as no...
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Does Mitt Romney Stand With Governor Walker?

by Sam Roecker

| Press Release
October 26, 2011

DES MOINES – As, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker comes to Iowa today, the Iowa Democratic Party is asking, does Mitt Romney stand with Governor Walker’s agenda to attack economic security for middle class workers? Mitt Romney has flip-floped-fliped and flopped again on Ohio’s anti-worker agenda. Yesterday in Ohio, “WhichMitt” Romney...
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Iowans are no stranger to Scott Walker’s anti-worker agenda

by Sam Roecker

| Jobs & Economy, Press Release
October 26, 2011

Walker visits the state today, bringing a familiar record DES MOINES – As Scott Walker visits Iowa today for a Heritage Foundation fundraiser, he brings a familiar anti-worker agenda that is nearly identical to that of Governor Terry Branstad. “While Scott Walker’s attack on working men and women in his...
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Steve King Chases the GOP Limelight, Ignores His Constituents

by Sam Roecker

| Press Release
October 25, 2011

King Heads to Texas for Cain-Gingrich Debate DES MOINES – Steve King is back on the road, keeping his attention directed at the Republican presidential candidates instead of on his constituents in Iowa. It was announced yesterday that King would head to Texas to moderate a Lincoln-Douglas style debate between...
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Special interests rush to Latham’s side with latest ad buy

by Sam Roecker

| Press Release
October 25, 2011

Ads attempt to hid Latham’s record of protecting corporate loopholes, voting against the middle class DES MOINES – Karl Rove’s embrace of Tom Latham is apparent, yet again, as Crossroads GPS has launched a new ad campaign designed to support Latham, who is running against Congressman Leonard Boswell in Iowa’s...
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