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Ira Lacher: Watch What You Read . . .

Watch What You Read . . . Archconservatives had their day with books lambasting Bill Clinton for high crimes and misdemeanors so nutty that, had it been the Sixties I'd have attributed those rants to a bad tab of LSD. … Continue reading

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Live Chat With Howard Dean NOW

Live Chat With Howard Dean NOW Go here. http://www.democracyforamerica.com/chat/

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What Draws Us To Howard Dean

What Draws Us To Howard Dean I am reading the book “The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World.” It talks about the 3 different groups in the culture: traditionals (Ready Rapture types), moderns (the dominant group … Continue reading

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An Intriguing New Iowa PAC

Dave Inbody, one of the Founding Members of DFIA, has started up a new Iowa political action committee.  Although we are required to say that DFIA has no official relationship with Dave's PAC and that DFIA does not endorse the … Continue reading

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The New DFIA Recruiting Flyer

The New DFIA Recruiting Flyer The final, approved version of the new DFIA Recruiting Flyer is now available.  If you have a previous version from a day or two ago, please download the final version here. This flyer can be … Continue reading

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Live Web Chat With Howard Dean Thursday 2pm

Howard Dean To Do Live Web Chat Gov. Howard Dean will be doing a live web chat from the Democracy for America site tomorrow, Thursday, April 22, at 2pm Iowa time. http://www.democracyforamerica.com Please tune in!

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Publicize Your Meet Up Now!

Publicize Your Meet Up Now! Hello to All Iowa Meet Up Hosts and Dean Friends, My action plan for this month is to get a notice in all our local publications about our May Meet Up. Perhaps this is old news … Continue reading

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Verified Voting Critical Mass – April 20-23

Verified Voting Critical Mass April 20-23 Bring HR2239 To a Vote! _______ISSUE_______ Free HR 2239 from Committee If HR2239 – legislation that would mandate a paper record for every Electronic Voting Machine – is not passed by May, its most … Continue reading

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Ira Lacher: Changing Hearts and Minds

Changing Hearts and Minds Had the article on The Nation's website been written by anyone but William Greider, I'd have ignored it. But the most prescient progressive reporter of the last couple of decades I read. And one paragraph, about … Continue reading

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Iowa in the News: Voter Turnout

Gee, I wonder if Howard Dean had anything to do with it? MORE DEMOCRATS FILL IOWA VOTER ROLLS     (Des Moines)-  Record turnout at the Presidential caucuses has fueled a surge in Democratic voter registration.  Numbers released by the Iowa Secretary … Continue reading

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