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Category Archives: 2012 Election Campaign
Iowa OFA Office Openings This Weekend
Attend an Iowa OFA Office Opening This Weekend! Join neighbors in your community this weekend as we open brand new offices across Iowa! Stop by and meet the staff, meet fellow supporters, and learn about the neighborhood teams in the … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign
Tagged Iowa OFA, Obama campaign, Obama For America, Obama Iowa campaign, OFA-IA Offices
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Watch Bruce Braley’s New Ad
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, Bruce Braley
Tagged Bruce Braley, economy, Iowa District 1, Iowa economy, jobs, middle class, tax credits
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Dave Loebsack Stands Up For Women’s Health Care Rights
District 2 voters need to realize that Republican candidate John Archer is every bit as extreme as Todd Akin and the rest of his party. This is evident by his support of the Ryan-Romney plan to voucherize Medicare and their … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, David Loebsack
Tagged Iowa district 2, Rep. Loebsack, Ryan Budget, Todd Akin, women's health, womens rights
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Rape, Lies And Videotape
Earlier, in a conversation where he defends his position that dog fighting should be legal, Steve King oddly brings up an example of a 13 year old girl getting raped, being kidnapped, driven across state lines and forced to get … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, Steve King
Tagged GOP and women's rights, rape and pregnancy, Steve King, Todd Akin
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Senator Harkin: Ryan Budget Will “End Medicare As We Know It”
The following guest opinion by Senator Tom Harkin appeared in the the Cedar Rapids Gazette Saturday. When Mitt Romney named Congressman Paul Ryan to be his running mate, he reminded Iowans of the choice we face in this election. One … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign
Tagged Iowa seniors, Medicare voucher system, obamacare, Paul Ryan budget, Republican Medicare Plan, Romney-Ryan plan, Tom Harkin
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Lifelong Republican Leaves Party
Editor’s note: I ran across this incredible post on democraticunderground last week. As you can see the person writing this really poured their very soul into it. This entry is long, but quite thorough and I believe expresses a frustration many are feeling.
I sought and got permission from the author to publish it here. He requested that I include this preface when we published:
I am a Republican who is upset at the direction my party has taken. When I voted for McCain in the last election I thought he was a “Moderate Republican.” We were fighting for the soul of our party, and I thought Palin was just a bone thrown to the crazies in my party. I am a social conservative, but an economic pragmatist. I have tried to post this letter at Republican blogs and it is always taken down. I hope this letter gives moderates the courage to help take back my party. We need a center-left and center-right political parties, not parties on the extremes. Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, Guest Posts
Tagged former Republicans, frustration, republican party, Romney
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Great Idea – Sara Sedlacek Helps Food Bank
Sara Sedlacek is pictured above with Louisa County Auditor candidate Sandi Elliot (middle) and Louisa County Supervisor Paula Buckman (right) with donations for the Columbus Junction Food Bank A couple of weeks ago the Sara Sedlacek campaign came up with … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, Iowa Legislature
Tagged columbus junction food bank, sara sedlacek
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Ad Portrays Christie Vilsack As Moderate Who Will Put Iowa First
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign
Tagged Christie Vilsack, Iowa District 4 race 2012, King v Vilsack, Steve King
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Paul Ryan In Thirty Seconds
Here are some highlights of Maureen Dowd’s must-read column on Paul Ryan in the New York Times He’s the cutest package that cruelty ever came in Scrooge designed as Pickwick Ideologue disguised as a wonk Who better to rain misery … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa
Tagged Ayn Rand, Medicare voucher system, Paul Ryan budget
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