Linn and Johnson county voters turned out in record numbers for Tuesday’s general election. But the news wasn’t all good for Linn County. With 117,945 votes in late Tuesday night, Linn County sailed past the 2008 record of 112, 258 ballots — yet the more-than 5,000 voter gain still yielded a lower turnout percentage than [...]
continue »[Start at 2:20] WASHINGTON JOURNAL, June 19, 2008: Participating by phone, James Lynch provided an update on the flooding in the Midwest. President Bush is traveling to Iowa today to survey the damage. Telephone lines were open for comments on what is the best U.S. energy policy. WASHINGTON JOURNAL, January 4, 2008: James Lynch talked [...]
continue »VIDEO from Fox News via Yahoo! News (click image to open new page for player): Readers: Do you see a place for Vilsack in an Obama Administration? Please add your comments.
continue »From Newsmax.com: Hillary Backers Decry Massive Obama Vote Fraud … Lynette Long, a Hillary supporter from Bethesda, Md., who has a long and respected academic career, believes Obama’s victory in Iowa and in 12 other caucus states was no miracle. “It was fraud,” she told Newsmax. Long has spent several months studying the caucus and [...]
continue »From The Daily Iowan via POLITICO: The Democratic contract on the winner-take-all market traded at 64.3 cents, according to its website. This figure shows that investors believe there is a 64 percent probability that Obama will win the popular vote in the general election. … Related articles by Zemanta Reuters/Zogby Poll: Obama Has Seven Point [...]
continue »Congressional Quarterly is just calling it an “interactive game” but, who knows, maybe it would have some influence. Round 1 choices (Vilsack vs. Kerry) must be made between June 5 and June 10. Round 2 is June 11 to June 16. Related articles Even Vilsack says that, after Tuesday, Clinton ‘needs to acknowledge that [Obama's] [...]
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continue »From Los Angeles Times: “It does appear to be pretty clear that Senator Obama is going to be the nominee,” said Tom Vilsack, the former Iowa governor and a national co-chairman of Clinton’s campaign. “After Tuesday’s contests, she needs to acknowledge that he’s going to be the nominee and quickly get behind him.” But Clinton [...]
continue »Image via Wikipedia From MSNBC – Hardball: MATTHEWS: Daughter of former governor of Ohio, John Gilligan. She‘s born to the role. What do you think? Now that we‘re all doing the hot shot stuff, Jeanne, who do you think it‘s going to be, ignoring my feeble list? CUMMINGS: My dream picks or fantasy picks are [...]
continue »Image via Wikipedia From rasmussen.com via Yahoo! News: In Iowa, the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds Barack Obama leading John McCain 44% to 42%. This is the third consecutive poll to find the candidates very close in the state that gave Obama his first victory on the way to the Democratic Presidential Nomination. A [...]
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