by admin | Sep 4, 2004 | Politics & Government
Democrats are getting help this election from independent groups like ACT – America Coming Together – in mobilizing voters. Now, a start-up G-O-P group seeks to imitate their success. A former Iowa G-O-P insider who moved onto the national scene has...
by admin | Sep 3, 2004 | Politics & Government
The Republican delegates leaving New York City today will be some of the architects of the party’s get-out-the-vote effort. Reverend Morris Hurd of Marengo says he’s ready to burn some shoe leather. “People are turning ads off,” Hurd says. “We...
by admin | Sep 3, 2004 | Politics & Government
Retired Des Moines cop Kayne Robinson is coming to the end of his reign as president of the National Rifle Association. At the Republican Convention in 2000, Robinson was a v-p of the NRA and chairman of the Iowa Republican Party. At this year’s convention, Robinson’s...
by admin | Sep 2, 2004 | Recreation / Entertainment
An Iowa republican who’s in New York City for the Republican National Convention may have a brush with greatness tonight. Kevin Johnson of Oskaloosa may be on the David Letterman Show tonight. Johnson went to the taping of Wednesday night’s show, and everyone in...
by admin | Sep 2, 2004 | Politics & Government
Congressman Jim Leach says President Bush faces a challenge tonight when he speaks in New York City at the G-O-P’s National Convention. Leach says every politician faces the same dilemma of how to explain the economy in ways that fit the times. Leach says the...
