By Art Smith. Posted Wednesday, Oct 29, 2008 (4 weeks ago) at 8:38 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, Tom Harkin, US Congress
This year, the US Senate seat currently held by Tom Harkin is up for grabs. I say “up for grabs” in an attempt to relieve us of the idea that the incumbent has no chance to be unseated.
Harkin has been in the US Senate now for 6 terms (24 years). Without a doubt, he has done some good things while in Congress. Probably the most positive, and the one he speaks of the most, is his authoring of the Americans with Disabilities Act. He has also been a big supporter of farmers and Iowa’s universities.
Harkin is also known in the state, like Neil Smith[...]
By Art Smith. Posted Sunday, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:28 pm Filed Under: 2008 Presidential Election, Abortion, Constitution, Courts, Earmarks, Faith, Featured, First Amendment, John McCain, Right To Life, SCOTUS, Sarah Palin, US Congress
I watched Friday’s John and Cindy McCain interview on The View. Below is part 1; parts 2 and 3 should be accessible from the video.
I see several posts refering to this interview as “McCain Grilled On The View”, for instance this story at Huffpo, and this one at Century Of The Common Iowan.
A stretch to [...]
I thought you might enjoy playing a little fun… click here or scroll down to the bottom of this page, and you’ll find a video game called “Pork Invaders”… fashioned after the old “Space Invaders”. It’s provided by the McCain campaign as a way to point out the differences between Obama and McCain on the [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Aug 30, 2008 at 11:54 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, ANWR, Abortion, Barack Obama, Economy, Energy, Integrity, John McCain, Republican Party, Sarah Palin
The Left is going absolutely bonkers over the selection of Sarah Palin to run for Vice-President on the GOP ticket.
There’s also a lot of negative comments coming from the Right, although not quite as emotionally charged as those from the Left.
Christopher Patton of The Podium, aka DI Blog (that is, Daily Iowan, I believe) had [...]
Encouraging news in an opinion piece from the Wall Street Journal by Pat Toomey(former member of the US House and President of the Club for Growth) today. A recent survey concludes that most voters would favor a congressional candidate that cuts spending over one that increases spending, even if it means no pork for their district.
Some of [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Friday, Mar 14, 2008 at 8:30 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, BitsBlog, Democratic Party, Earmarks, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Republican Party, US Congress
I’ve said it a number of times here in the past: the real power is in the US Congress. Presidents can negotiate with foreign leaders, take military action (to an extent), and manage the administration as approved (more or less) by Congress. And then a little here and there with Presidential Executive Orders. And of [...]
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