When Iowa Republican legislators shortened the voting window from 40 days to 20, one of the arguments they made was "people shouldn...

  ( Oringinally published at Bleeding Heartland ) While I was never going to be satisf...

( Originally published at Bleeding Heartland ) "The Iowa Democratic Caucuses As We Knew Them Are Finally Dead," reads the Friday h...

In the wake of the special session there's been a lot of Run For Something talk. I've been that person who ran and lost a tough race...

You can't compare any Billboard chart records pre-1991 to post-1991 or pre-1999 to post-1999 because of the way marketing and char...

I never said the blog was dead. It's only semi-retired, and I have always reserved the right to don the beret as needed for special occa...

 ( originally published at Bleeding Heartland ) As Iowa Democratic Party leaders struggle through the denial stage of the gri...

I never set out to be The Caucus Organizer for the Johnson County Democrats. The role landed on me by accident in 2004. Nearly every experie...