Entries by Eric Woolson

Vander Plaats: “Culver Claims Budget Glass is Half Full When it’s Really Completely Empty”

DES MOINES – The insistence of Governor Chet Culver and his staff that state revenues went up in July, rather than down as the nonpartisan Legislative Service Agency reported, reflects a “bunker mentality” that could paralyze any efforts to fix Iowa’s mounting budget problems, Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats today. “Chet Culver is trying […]

Washington Post Poll: Huckabee Leads Field of Potential 2012 Presidential Challengers

A new Washington Post poll shows former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee leads Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich in a match-up of potential 2012 GOP presidential contenders. The Concept Works represented Huckabee in the lead-up to the 2008 Iowa caucuses and TCW owner Eric Woolson managed Huckabee’s winning campaign in the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses.

Woolson to be Guest on Iowa Public Radio “Talk at Twelve” on Wednesday, July 29

Eric Woolson of The Concept Works will be a guest on the Iowa Public Radio program “Talk at Twelve” at noon Wednesday, July 29. Moderator Greg Shanley will host a conversation between Woolson and New Hampshire political analyst Arnie Arenson. Woolson, a GOP strategist, and Arenson will provide counterpoints on a range of current national […]

Vander Plaats: First Scientific Poll in GOP Gubernatorial Race Helps Bring Contest, Issues into Focus

Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats, the frontrunning Republican in the 2010 Iowa gubernatorial race, writes for a leading political website, “The numbers in the first scientific poll of the 2010 GOP primary, published last week by The IowaRepublican.com, are helping bring the race into clearer focus. The poll told us a few things we […]

First Scientific Poll of 2010 GOP Governor’s Race Has Vander Plaats Far Out in Front

DES MOINES – A scientific poll published today by TheIowaRepublican.com website shows Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats leading his nearest competitor by more than a three-to-one margin in the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary. The poll, conducted by the Washington, D.C., polling group Voter Consumer Research, shows Vander Plaats with 46 percent support among registered […]