Flood help request is ‘terribly relevant’ at convention

By James Q. Lynch – Flooding has been a recurring topic of conversation this week as delegates, candidates and officeholders have talked of the failure of the Democratic-controlled Congress to approve recovery assistance.
Wednesday, delegates saw the impact when a video montage of flood scenes was shown at the conclusion of the Iowa delegation’s daily breakfast [...]

Visualize this

By James Q. Lynch – No one could blame Iowa conventioneers if they had trouble following U.S. Rep. Steve King as he described vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin Thursday morning.
First, he talked about how she had “nailed a 10″ and added, “She’s our Shawn Johnson,” referring to the gold medal Olympian from West Des Moines.
Later, [...]

The party of Lincoln, Reagan and Wellstone

By James Q. Lynch – First District Republican candidate David Hartsuch raised a few eyebrows Thursday morning when he told Iowa’s GOP convention delegation that his role model is Paul Wellstone.
Yes, the liberal, college professor who claimed to represent “the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.” Wellstone defeated an incumbent Republican to serve one term [...]

Worth getting up for

By Bill Northey – Good thing last night was an early night as this morning was an early morning.
We went to the agriculture breakfast in the Minneapolis Convention Center. It started at 8am. We left at 7am, navigated the I-35W detours and still made it well before it started.
The crowd was sparse, but supportive of [...]

Convention has heavy heart, but moving forward

By Sarah Henderson – It was a relief today to finally board the bus to head over the convention site. We feel very secure here, despite the images that are on television. Security here is very good and the protestors are far away from us. You see public safety servants from all [...]