Some Polls Are Pure Poppycock
The Iowa Independent highlighted a poll that showed a majority of Iowans favor public insurance option. It says that 62% of Iowans favor health care reform with a public insurance option over the...
View ArticleKeep Duncan Out of State Education
Here is an op/ed at Politico co-authored by Joe Mack, who is the director of American Principles Project’s Preserve Innocence initiative in South Carolina, and our editor, Shane Vander Hart, who is the...
View ArticleDig Deeper With Presidential Candidates
I was in New Hampshire over the weekend for a couple of presidential forums. Congressman Steve King (R-IA) was at both and on Saturday he shared a story about when he was trying to persuade a woman to...
View ArticleRick Perry Is Off and Running in Iowa and Nationally
After Texas Governor Rick Perry’s announcement on Saturday he has hit the ground running. He arguably took some of the shine off of Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s Ames Straw Poll win by...
View ArticleVeepstakes: Who Will Romney Pick as His Running Mate?
Now that we can say the GOP nomination is wrapped up, as Ron Paul has admitted they won’t have enough delegates to keep Mitt Romney from the nomination and his son, Senator Rand Paul, has endorsed...
View ArticleBobby Jindal Stumps for Mitt Romney in West Des Moines
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal was in Iowa stumping for Mitt Romney today. He spoke to a group of approximately 100 people gathered at the Kum & Go headquarters in West Des Moines after a stop in...
View ArticleMy List of Prospective 2016 GOP Presidential Candidates
Now that the 2012 election cycle is done, let’s look at 2016 shall we? (collective groan) Oh you know it is never too early to speculate on who might be on the list of prospective 2016 GOP...
View ArticleFirst 2016 Iowa Ad Buy Targets Bob McDonnell
It is way, way too early for this. Patriot Super PAC wants to warn us about Governor Bob McDonnell (R-VA). McDonnell is term-limited and it is widely speculated that he will run for President. So...
View ArticleSenator Ted Cruz to Headline Iowa GOP Summer Picnic
DES MOINES, Iowa – Today, Iowa GOP Chairman A.J. Spiker announced that United States Senator Ted Cruz of Texas will be the featured speaker at the Republican Party of Iowa’s summer picnic. The event...
View ArticleCaffeinated Thoughts Radio – 9-6-14
Shane Vander Hart and Brian Myers talk to Chelsen Vicari, the Evangelical Action Director for the Institute on Religion and Democracy, she’s talks about her new book -Distortion: How the New Christian...
View ArticleElection Night Results: Big Wins in VA & NJ Governor’s Races, Loss in NY 23,...
So far the GOP has a trifecta in Virginia winning the Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General Seats. Also a big win in New Jersey as Chris Christie beats incumbant Governor Jon Corzine. With the...
View ArticleObama Disingenuous on Offshore Drilling
President Obama said in his State of the Union address: …to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. And that means building a new generation...
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