Bachmann Hires Iowa Campaign Veteran Eric Woolson to Communications Team in Iowa Urbandale, Iowa – Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann announced today that her team has retained Iowa campaign veteran Eric Woolson to lead its communications efforts in the first-in-the-nation caucus state. “Eric Woolson is well-known not only by Iowa reporters and party activists but […]
BROWNSBURG, Ind. – Citing the prolonged weak economy and changing consumer trends, the owner of Laughlin’s Menswear said today that he will close the store he has owned for 27 years and sell its entire inventory with a quitting-business sale that begins next week. “I almost did it a year ago but decided to hang […]
EL PASO – Citing the prolonged weak economy and changing consumer trends, Big & Tall Men’s Shop owner David Schecter said today that he will close his store and sell its entire inventory with a quitting-business sale that begins next week. “It’s a really tough decision but it was one that had to be made,” […]
LUDINGTON, Mich. – Raven’s Men’s Women’s and Shoes, a local retail mainstay for more than two decades, is quitting business and will sell its entire inventory, owner Chris Raven said today. “It’s such an emotional decision, it really is, but I know in my heart that it’s the right decision for my family,” he said. […]
In some respects Iowans are basically Minnesotans who don’t understand hockey. The differences, of course, run far deeper than that. We’re a state of 3 million. They have 5 million. Our jokes about them are better, too. But for Tim Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor seeking the White House, connecting with Iowans is as easy […]
NEWTON, Iowa – The continued loss of American manufacturing jobs and ways to reverse that trend are the topic of a Wednesday, June 8, town hall-style panel discussion to be hosted by Mayor Chaz Allen. “No one has to tell the residents of this community what the loss of Maytag jobs has meant. Quality jobs […]
URBANDALE – Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced today four senior Iowa political operatives have joined his Presidential exploratory team. Pawlenty said that former U.S. Ambassador to Latvia Chuck Larson, Jr., former Republican National Committee Midwest regional political director Karen Slifka, former Iowans for Tax Relief president Ed Failor Jr., and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s 2008 […]
MICHELE BACHMANN Bachmann, a U.S. representative from Minnesota, has set an early June deadline for deciding whether she’ll formally enter the presidential race. Asked about her straw poll strategy, Bachmann said in a telephone interview with The Des Moines Register: “What we plan to do is have a strong presence in Iowa. … We need […]
By JENNIFER JACOBS With the Iowa straw poll a mere 90 days away, the absence of an obvious leader in the GOP race for the presidency, or even an obvious lineup, has left Republicans in a state of unease – but the uncertainty has also heightened anticipation, insiders say. “It’s wide open, and I think […]
By TONY LEYS Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who came from behind to win the 2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, announced Saturday night that he won’t attempt to repeat the feat. “All the factors say, ‘Go,’ but my heart says, ‘No,’” he said on his Fox News show. The good-humored former Baptist minister worked tirelessly […]
