Fallout on Reynolds' comments on civil unions
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Iowa Independent editor Jason Hancock has two detailed stories on fallout from GOP candidate for lieutenant governor Kim Reynolds' openness to gay civil unions. She made the remarks in an interview with the Carroll Daily Times Herald this week (see post below).Here is Iowa Independent today:When GO... More >>
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Reyonlds says abortion 'murder,' open to idea of civil unions for gays
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By DOUGLAS BURNSCarroll Daily Times HeraldGOP candidate for lieutenant governor Kim Reynolds Tuesday said she believes abortion is “equivalent to murder.” On another key contemporary social issue, Reynolds said marriage should be defined as being between one man and one woman — although she made th... More >>
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Is EPA biased against ethanol?
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On a conference call with media last week, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, raised the possibility that the Obama Administration's EPA may be biased against ethanol. He thinks the EPA is taking its cue from the Department of Energy and says officials with the latter are on record as believing ethanol ... More >>
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Senator Robert Byrd passes
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Here are some links to stories to the passing of the longest-serving member in the history of Congress:New York Times:Robert C. Byrd, who used his record tenure as a United States senator to fight for the primacy of the legislative branch of government and to build a modern West Virginia with vast ... More >>
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CAMPBELL CALLS FOR APOLOGY
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Sioux City, IA -- Matt Campbell, Democratic nominee for U.S. Congress in Iowa’s 5th District has called on Rep. Steve King to apologize for his remarks last week which claimed President Obama "has a default mechanism in him that breaks down the side of race that favors the black person.” Campbell s... More >>
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Romney leading British betting parlor odds as Obama challenger in 2012
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The British betting site Ladbrokes as of June 25 had the following odds for winning the 2012 presidential election. Obama is now under even odds -- meaning if you bet $100 on Obama and he wins you win $110. In horse-racing parlance there is something known as a "good price" -- which is horse that i... More >>
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Congressman King still our employee, not a shock jock yet
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In evaluating employees one of the more important measures is time management.And it is in this way that we should judge Congressman Steve King’s cheap charge Monday that President Obama has a “default mechanism” that favors “the black person.”King offered no evidence of this suggestion of presiden... More >>
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BP blame debate alive in western Iowa race
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U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, took to the national airwaves this week to attack President Obama for pressuring British Petroleum to create a $20 billion escrow fund to pay for damages related to the two-month-old oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico.Meanwhile, King’s Democratic opponent in the fa... More >>
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Daily Times Herald's Burns appears on Des Moines' radio Fallon Forum
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Douglas Burns of the Carroll Daily Times Herald this week appeared on Ed and Lynn Fallon's radio program on 98.3 WOW-FM in Des Moines.The one-hour political talk show focused on the gubernatorial race, western Iowa Congressman Steve King, immigration and the changing newspaper industry -- among oth... More >>
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Rural Midwestern States To Face Greatest Rise In Temperatures
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Writing in The Huffington Post, Ryan Grim reports on a new analysis from The Nature Conservancy that, if correct, should stir major action in the rural Midwest.The environmental group finds that rural Midwestern states will face the greatest consequences of climate change. The three that will face ... More >>
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Clearing some air with Congressman King
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Kiron pol takes fair shot at ‘Taking Note’It is no news flash to readers of “Taking Note” (in the Carroll Daily Times Herald) that this column has been used with some frequency in the last 13 years to vigorously challenge our congressman Steve King.A skilled orator and turner of phrases, King often... More >>
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Talking 2012 presidential politics in Iowa
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I spent the morning of my 40th birthday talking presidential politics in Iowa for 2012 on Iowa Public Radio.Click here to listen to the show in its entirety.On "The Exchange" host Ben Kieffer referenced a cover story I did for Cityview in Des Moines on possible contenders for 2012 in Iowa.... More >>
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Vander Plaats to make official announcement
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SIOUX CITY – Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats, the 2006 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor who is leading the field for the party’s 2010 gubernatorial nomination, will officially launch his campaign on Monday, Sept. 7 in his hometown of Sheldon in northwest Iowa. “Labor Day is the t... More >>
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'I'm at Slick Willie's place'
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The couple on the elevator snickered."You mean that trailer on stilts?" the husband said.My companions on the ride from the fifth floor to the lobby of the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in downtown Little Rock, Ark., last Saturday were of course speaking of the William J. Clinton Pre... More >>
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Carroll woman's answer to highly visible Obama: Selling her televisions
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This first appeared in the Carroll (Iowa) Daily Times Herald and has since been picked up by news organizations and bloggers across the globe.By DOUGLAS BURNSA 78-year-old Carroll woman says she's so tired of seeing President Barack Obama on the airwaves that she's selling her television sets - two... More >>
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Who's knocking in 2012?
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In Des Moines' Cityview Douglas Burns provides an early handicapping of potential 2012 gubernatorial field in Iowa Caucuses.Here is CityviewThere are no breaks in the business. Literally days after President Obama was elected, speculation started about potential challengers for 2012. Louisiana Gov.... More >>
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ROBERTS CALLS ON GOVERNOR TO BE “REAL” WITH IOWANS
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Rod Roberts today called on Governor Culver and his staff to be more honest with Iowans about the condition of the state’s finances. “Iowans need a governor who will be ‘real’ with them about the health of the Iowa economy,” said Roberts. “Iowans realize that we ... More >>
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Douglas Burns on Dave Price's 'Purple Matters' radio show
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WHO-TV's Dave Price had me as a guest on his weekly radio program "Purple Matters" to discuss the gubernatorial campaign announcement of State Rep. Rod Roberts, R-Carroll.
That section of the hour-long program in which I am involved starts at about the 31:00 minute mark and goes for about 15 min... More >>
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Roberts to announce intentions Tuesday at State Capitol
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State Rep. Rod Roberts, R-Carroll, this morning sent a press release across Iowa announcing a news conference at the State Capitol in Des Moines for next Tuesday.Roberts, a five-term legislator who represents Carroll County and parts of Sac and Crawford counties, is expected to announce the formati... More >>
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Chuck Grassley for president?
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In talking on the phone with Iowa State University professor and WOI Radio “Dr. Politics” host Steffen Schmidt I couldn’t see if he was maintaining a straight face when he put forward this idea: U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, as a presidential candidate.Schmidt, who has been in Ames for four d... More >>
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Dignity in politics
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Writing in The New York Times, David Brooks has a must-read on dignity in not only life but politics. For those of us tired of public life in the national confessional, this column is spot on ...Today, Americans still lavishly admire people who are naturally dignified, whether they are in sports (J... More >>
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Palin's 'crazy' move may position her well in Iowa
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We can't gauge Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with conventional political measurements.Her appeal with Iowa Republican caucus-goers is precisely what was on display today -- an absolute thumb-nosing of establishment politics, conventional thinking, and on the day before the Fourth of July when Cable TV's ... More >>
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Senator Behn, Mr. Vander Plaats: What should penalty for abortion be?
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It's a line of a questioning most pro-life candidates don't like.When I ask it, they often claim they never thought about it, that they don't answer hypotheticals.That question: If your views prevail and abortion is made illegal, what should the penalty be for a woman who has an abortion and a doct... More >>
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Vander Plaats: Election can turn on marriage, smoking
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats says the 2010 election can be won on opposition to same-sex marriage and the one-year-old Iowa smoking ban, issues that provoke powerful feelings on their own but also serve as metaphors for increasing government intrusion into Iowa life."Those a... More >>
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Vander Plaats: Republicans should be held to higher standard on family values
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats of Sioux City tells the Carroll Daily Times Herald that his party should be held to a higher standard when it comes to values questions of the sort now swirling around South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, an admitted adulterer.While extra-marital af... More >>
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