Tag Archives: #iapolitics

Zach Wahls Fundraiser July 14

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Paul Deaton

Zach Wahls is turning 28 and he’s making his birthday celebration into a political fund raiser! That’s what his predecessor, State Senator Bob Dvorsky did so the tradition continues, this year at The Walker Homestead. Here’s part of a fundraising … Continue reading →

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Prairie Progressive – Withered And Whining

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Paul Deaton

Reprinted with permission from the Fall 2018 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. Bobby Kaufmann is not a victim. He may be an aggrieved party from time to time, but victim? No. His latest grievance was expressed … Continue reading →

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After Dave Loebsack

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Paul Deaton

You don’t need to be a political insider to understand Dave Loebsack’s days in the U.S. House of Representatives are getting numbered. Loebsack seems likely to dispatch with power his second time opponent, Chris Peters from Coralville, this year. He … Continue reading →

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Morning Coffee, Climate Change And The 2018 Midterms

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Paul Deaton

I first drank coffee in the Army… on top of a hill… during the dead of winter… from a mermite can. Steam rising from the lid proved irresistible when ambient temperatures were below zero and we had just slept on … Continue reading →

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Politics and Real Zach Wahls

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Paul Deaton

2018 will be an amazing year for Democrats, win or lose. Even so, I’ve been slow to engage, that is, until Zach Wahls announced his campaign for State Senate District 37. First I said no politics until after the June … Continue reading →

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Hope Is Alive In House District 82

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Paul Deaton

What seems most important about last night’s Iowa House District 82 special election to replace Curt Hanson is Democrat Phil Miller won in a post-Tom Harkin era. Iowa no longer has a Democratic U.S. Senator able to travel most counties, … Continue reading →

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Toward A New Electorate

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Paul Deaton

Sunday my spouse and I took the public library poster she made to the fairgrounds where the county’s seven libraries have a booth for the fair which runs Monday through Thursday this week. We parked outside Building B, went in, … Continue reading →

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Democrats In McConnellville

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Paul Deaton

Mitch McConnell must miss Harry Reid and Barack Obama. Without their foil he’s got no one to blame but himself for failing to craft a legislative agenda to support the Republican president. He tries to blame Democrats but it falls … Continue reading →

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Iowa Water Quality And Confirmation Bias

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Paul Deaton

Progressives, farmers and environmentalists heard there is movement in the Iowa legislature to fund water quality and ears perked up — a natural impulse to interpret new events as supporting something we already believe or are working on, also known … Continue reading →

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Hope After The Fire

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Paul Deaton

Having inoculated myself early on to the possibility of Donald Trump winning Iowa’s six electoral votes, my reaction to his Nov. 8 victory in a close national election was more recoil than shock. “Expect Iowa to award its six electoral … Continue reading →

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