By Art Smith. Posted Sunday, Nov 2, 2008 (3 weeks ago) at 11:46 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, Iowa, Iowa Politics, Leonard Boswell
Yes, I am specifically attached to this race since I live in the district currently served by Leonard Boswell (D).
Leonard came into office in 1997. When he first entered Congress, he promised that he would serve no more than 4 terms. He has served 6 already. He votes along party lines over 95% of the time. Although he has supported President Bush on some key bills that served a more conservative agenda, he also voted with Bush on the $700 Billion Bailout. Reviewing his record, he appears to be both socially and fiscally moderate to slightly liberal.
Kim Schmett (R) has served as the chief administrative law judge with the Iowa Department of Inspections and[...]
The biggest fraud in this election appears to be the use of polling numbers to disorient and discourage (mostly) Republican voters.
How many times have you heard three or four different sets of polling results in for the same state in the same time period? Keep an eye on the organizations providing the information. I doubt that any partisan organization is going to avoid showing numbers favorable to their candidate, but the largely liberal media is clearly having a heyday pushing numbers that just don’t add up. Even this week here in Iowa, polling supposedly puts Obama 12 to 13 points ahead of McCain.
So why was Obama planning to come to Iowa this week? (that[...]
By Art Smith. Posted Friday, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:35 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Presidential Election, Bipartisanship, Economy, Energy, Featured, Iowa, Markets, Recession, US Congress, US Treasury
Talking Heads:
No visible means of support and you have not seen nuthin yet
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The House of Representatives today passed the Senate version of the $700 Billion Bail-out. For now, it’s over. Bush signed the bill shortly after the vote, and we have not seen nuthin yet.
In case you haven’t noticed yet, the [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Wednesday, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:38 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Presidential Election, Bipartisanship, Economy, Energy, Featured, Iowa, Markets, Recession, US Congress, US Treasury
Our US Senators have approved a version of the $700 Billion Bail-out Bill that provides some new features:
New tax breaks for businesses
Raising the FDIC deposit insurance limit from $100,000 to $250,000
Normally, I am all about tax breaks for businesses. I think that is one of the best ways to stimulate growth.
And without a doubt, raising [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:32 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Presidential Election, Bipartisanship, Economy, Energy, Iowa, Leonard Boswell, Markets, Recession, US Congress, US Treasury
My cohort DJ is going to disagree with me. Just you wait and see.
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Today did not scare me. It did surprise me, because I didn’t think that Congress had the ability to face down the President, Treasury Secretary and their own part leaders all at the same time. (For the votes [...]
I’ve got a car load of people, four tickets, and tank full of gas. We’re heading up to Cedar Rapids, Iowa Thursday morning. They will be appearing at the airport there with the event starting at 8:00 AM (so we’re leaving town around 5:15 AM, with my eyes half open).
You may wonder why on earth I [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Aug 9, 2008 at 7:55 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Floods of 2008, Harry Reid, Iowa, Iowa Politics, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, US Congress
On the Republican side, the increase in McCain’s position in the polls, slow as it is in coming, is a reflection of the unity that is starting to build within the Republican Party. I think what you’re really seeing is that as the various state conventions come to a close, and people have finished jockeying [...]
Just so you don’t either get too enthused or too fearful, I don’t plan to attend any more days at the fair this year… two days are enough for me right now!
But today was a pleasant day! My wife and I left late (oh well!) with hopes essentially dashed that we would get to see [...]
Today was the first day of the Iowa State Fair. I had intended to participate in the early morning event (but slept in instead) to break the record for the most corn-dogs eaten by the most people at the same time in the same place. Sounds like it was a rip-roaring success, with over 15,000 [...]
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