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Political parties consider names, strategy for 2016

Source: Des Moines Register, Nov 11 2012, 4:44am CST

Just five days after closing the books on the 2012 elections, some Iowa activists are already talking up the candidates they want to see in their coffee shops and backyards for the next round of presidential j ...

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At conclusion of Iowa’s legislative session, lawmakers tout big, bipartisan accomplishments

Source: Des Moines Register  |   May 23 2013, 1:27pm CDT

The Iowa House’s adjournment on Thursday morning ended a legislative session in which Democrats and Republicans came together to pass several pieces of high-profile and long-sought public policy. An expansion of health care for low ...

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5 hours ago

Is the pro-middle class conservative project already doomed?

Source: The American | American Enterprise Institute  |   May 23 2013, 9:10am CDT

First a story: Not so long ago, I chatted with a top Senate GOP staffer who had seen me mentioned in a Politico story about the divide between conservative wonks and Republican politicians. (As reporter Jonathan Martin put it, “Conservati ...

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9 hours ago

Republicans Scramble to Save Governor in Florida Battleground

Source: National Journal  |   May 23 2013, 5:58am CDT

The 2014 Florida governor's race is shaping up as one of the most consequential contests in the country, featuring two problematic candidates in a state President Obama won twice but where a Democrat hasn't been elected as governor in nearl ...

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10 hours ago

Walker's Iowa visit tonight serves as 2016 test

Source: Des Moines Register  |   May 23 2013, 4:13am CDT

Scott Walker, the controversial governor of neighboring Wisconsin, comes to Iowa tonight amid speculation that hed be a smash with Republicans here if he were to run for president, as some top Iowa politics watchers predict. Hes the guy to watch in I ...

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13 hours ago

Iowa House fails to adjourn, will return Thursday for final votes on 4 bills

Source: Des Moines Register  |   May 23 2013, 1:07am CDT

The Iowa Senate finished its work for the 2013 legislative session late Wednesday night, but the House didn’t. After a nearly 16-hour session in which it appeared as though the whole Legislature could adjourn for the year, the l ...

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17 hours ago

Rove: Jeb Bush ‘Smartest Guy, Biggest Thinker’ in GOP

Source: NewsMax  |   May 22 2013, 9:37pm CDT

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is “the smartest guy, the biggest thinker” in the Republican Party as it looks toward winning the White House in 2016, GOP strategist Karl Rove tells Newsmax TV. “Six months ago, I would have ...

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19 hours ago

Allies of Immigration Bill Aim for Added Support

Source: The New York Times  |   May 22 2013, 7:41pm CDT

WASHINGTON — After its solid bipartisan approval in committee, broad legislation to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws was headed Wednesday to the Senate floor, where supporters of the plan were already ...

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20 hours ago

As Iowa Goes: Another Republican governor expands Medicaid

Source: Bangor Daily News  |   May 22 2013, 6:11pm CDT

As Gov. LePage (R-ME) announces that he’d veto a bill that pays the hospital debt via his plan and expands Medicaid (and then release the voter-approved bonds he’s held up so far), another Republican governor has taken a ver ...

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20 hours ago

5 things you should know about immigration reform

Source: CNN  |   May 22 2013, 6:06pm CDT

Mariana Rivas urges changes in the immigration bill, protesting in front of Sen. Marco Rubio's (R-FL) office in Doral, Florida. STORY HIGHLIGHTS The latest immigration bill passed a key Senate committee hurdle Next is a debate and vote in the fu ...

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22 hours ago

At-risk Senate seats, 05/22/2013 assessment.

Source: Moe Lane  |   May 22 2013, 4:38pm CDT

Here’s my current list: as always, this is a subjective take. Brief explanations after the fold; I will note that candidate recruitment has its usual priority, but that it is perhaps time that we on the Right as a g ...

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