Iowa Politics

It’s disheartening enough watching the news and hearing the tragic stories that occur to so many unfortunate people everyday. The politics are drowning us with all their “we can do a better job” bs. But what is most annoying and anger provoking is what I heard about the spending that the government does when they travel, have meetings, put on some sort of ceremonial dining event. Here we are in a time of recession, the government is hiring taxes, wants to cut our social security, jobs...Read Full Story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley's Twitter account was hacked on Monday with bogus tweets attacking his stance on Internet anti-piracy legislation, his office said. Grassley, an Iowa Republican and prolific tweeter, had at least eight false tweets posted as he was on a flight heading from Iowa to Washington, spokeswoman Jill Kozeny said. His staff noticed his Twitter account had been broken into a few minutes after the first false tweet was posted and called Twitter to have...Read Full Story

Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Latham has raised more money in a single quarter than ever before, taking in $589,000 last quarter, according to his re-election campaign. Latham moved to a new district to avoid running against a fellow Republican incumbent and now faces a Democratic incumbent, Rep. Leonard Boswell, in fall 2012. The districts were reshuffled in the once-a-decade redistricting process. Latham has the largest cash-on-hand balance in his campaign committee’s history, with $1.5...Read Full Story

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley’s Twitter account was commandeered Monday afternoon by a self-proclaimed follower of the hacker group Anonymous who used his newfound power to protest SOPA, endorse Herman Cain for President, and clean up the Senator’s grammar and sentence structure.Read Full Story

Republican Wes Enos, Mike Huckabee’s Iowa political director in 2008, has signed on with U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, according to Minnesota Public Radio. The hire has further fueled speculation that Bachmann will run for president and that Huckabee, who won the Iowa Republican caucuses last time, won’t run. Enos, 30, of Bondurant, is a Grand View University grad with close ties to GOP politics in Polk County and statewide. Another of Huckabee’s top Iowa advisers, Eric...Read Full Story