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The politics of Agriprocessors and ‘cracking down on CEOs’

By Chase Martyn 10/30/08

The Iowa Independent broke the news today that former Agriprocessors CEO Sholom Rubashkin has been arrested by federal officials for allegedly conspiring to hire undocumented workers for financial gain.  Since Election Day is only days away, the story is likely to have a political impact.
So who’s the big winner from all of this?
My first instinct [...]

Harkin ‘Building Blue’ Page Favoring Incumbents With Primary Challenges?

By John Deeth 5/21/08

With relatively few worries about re-election for the first time, Sen. Tom Harkin is turning his efforts to helping state legislative candidates. A campaign email Monday steered Harkin supporters to a “Building Blue” page, where readers can enter their email address (thus building Harkin’s list) and vote on which legislative candidates should receive up to [...]

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