Des Moines Register staff writer Grant Schulte writes in today’s edition about former Johnston resident Ryan Hargens, whose 2005 murder in Sioux Falls, S.D, was first ruled a suicide as a result of hasty, incomplete work by authorities. Schulte writes, “The death investigation of a former Iowan who was shot in the head raises numerous […]
Political strategist Dick Morris observes in a commentary featured on the Rasmussen Report site: “To quote the esteemed Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the chickens that were hatched in the stimulus package are coming home to roost in the healthcare proposal. The budget deficit Obama racked up paying for the massive federal spending passed in January is […]
DES MOINES – Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats said today his willingness to take a strong stand to protect the separation of powers and hold activist courts in check distinguishes him from at least one of his primary election opponents, former House Speaker Christopher Rants. Vander Plaats said during the Jan Mickelson program on […]
In a Newsweek web exclusive, documentary filmmaker James Scurlock questions whether his populist-posturing peer Michael Moore has bitten off more than he can chew in his upcoming project about “the wealthy.” To read Scurlock’s insightful piece, “Moore in Less”, click here.
DES MOINES – Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats topped former House Speaker Christopher Rants by more than a two-to-one margin and outdistanced two other potential GOP gubernatorial candidates by even larger margins in a poll conducted by TheIowaRepublican.com. Meanwhile, actor and martial arts legend Chuck Norris has announced his backing for a Vander Plaats […]
Associated Press reporter Mike Glover writes, “It’s been six months since voters handed Barack Obama the White House, and in the minds of a lot of Iowa activists that means only one thing: It’s time to start the campaign again. 2012 already?” To see the complete story as it was published in the Washington Post, […]
Stuart Varney writes in today’s Wall Street Journal that there’s a reason President Obama refuses to accept repayment of TARP money. For the full story, click here.
SIOUX CITY – Bob Vander Plaats released the following statement in response to Gov. Chet Culver’s reversal of his earlier pledge to defend one-man, one-woman marriage: “Chet Culver’s inaction and self-serving political double talk on one of the most fundamental issues in our state – the definition of marriage and the defense of our culture […]
In the New York Times story, “Financial Industry Paid Millions to Obama Aide” published in today, reporter Jeff Zeleny writes: WASHINGTON – Lawrence H. Summers, the top economic adviser to President Obama, earned more than $5 million last year from the hedge fund D. E. Shaw and collected $2.7 million in speaking fees from Wall […]
DES MOINES – Sioux City Republican Bob Vander Plaats issued the following statement on the Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling concerning same-sex marriages: “Like hundreds of thousands of Iowans, I respect the rule of law but I am certainly disappointed by the court’s ruling. The Defense of Marriage Act had strong bipartisan support when it was […]
