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Republican Senate candidate Christopher Reed called incumbent Democrat Tom Harkin “Tokyo Rose” and “anti-American” because he provides “aid and comfort to the enemy.”
The statement came during a debate aired on Iowa Public Television and moderated by the Des Moines Register columnist David Yepsen.
“We’re taking advice from somebody who has an eight-year history of becoming the [...]

As he shepherds and tracks several energy bills being funneled to committees in the state Legislature before next week’s cutoff date, Sen Rob Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids, praised Gov. Chet Culver’s energy policies:
“Governor Culver has done an outstanding job on his advocacy for what he calls the next-generation energy economy … There might be some people [...]

Some young members of Ron Paul’s “Revolution” brought their own t-shirts to an event at Iowa State University including this student’s design.

Another student in an “Al Franken for Senate”  t-shirt approached Texas Representative Ron Paul with two copies of the constitution.  Paul graciously signed both copies for the young man.

Short video available below the fold.

On the floor of the U.S. Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid said that Senate Republicans were “protecting the president rather than protecting our troops” by denying a vote on an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill that would require troop redeployment in Iraq.

As a result, Reid threatened that if Republicans continued to filibuster the [...]

On Tuesday Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin’s campaign rolled out a new re-election website fit for the 21st century campaign environment at TomHarkin.com.

Included on the site include numerous links to social networking utilities like YouTube, Facebook and MySpace as well as newer features like Veoh and Eventful.

On a conference call with bloggers yesterday Harkin spoke about [...]

Will Republican Congressman Tom Latham (IA-04) challenge Democratic Senator Tom Harkin in 2008?

Jane Norman of the Des Moines Register adds to the speculation that Latham might be pondering a run, informing readers that Latham recently made the move from rural Franklin County, to Ames in Story County.

Latham told Norman that the move had nothing to [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin this morning said comprehensive reform with more border patrols and guest worker programs is the sensible and affordable approach to the nation’s illegal immigration issue.
In a conference call with Iowa Independent and other media Harkin, D-Iowa, said the immigration matter likely would move to the forefront in Congress [...]