In the ArenaUncategorized
Des Moines
The Val-Air ballroom on the west side of town is one of those great old roadhouses–the sort of place you can imagine Buddy Holly, who played his last gig in Iowa, tearing up in the 1950s. And so it was a perfect place for the two populists in the race–Mike Huckabee and John Edwards–to stage rallys, with music, on the last …
Romney’s campaigning like Fred today with only a handful of public events. Totally in keeping with pretty much everything we know about the guy, they’re all at corporate headquarters.
Again, I will be flickring and twittering throughout the day.
Firstly, may I say that this will be my inaugural post on any blog. Ever. As a former wire reporter I always simply filed – so this world is a new (and a little scary) one for me. That said, I’m really excited to join my esteemed colleagues and this wonderful world of Swampland!
I went to John Edwards’ first caucus-day speech this …
In the ArenaUncategorized
In which Mitt Romney’s felonies and mismdemeanors are discussed.
In the ArenaUncategorized
Des Moines
Ok, so here’s how the candidates performed in Cedar Rapids on their last day of campaigning….
Clinton was very strong. She is, without a doubt, the most improved speaker of this election cycle. Her stump speech is a welter of statistics and details–50,000 Iowa children are currently on SCHIP; 50,000 more would have become …
