Tag Archives: democrat

• Politics

  Poll: Voters divided between parties in 2014 battle for House

  Only three in ten say they approve of the job congressional Democrats are doing, with less than a quarter giving a thumbs up to Republicans in Congress.
• Politics

  Bruce Braley to seek Harkin’s Senate seat

  Bruce Braley has announced he’ll run for the Senate seat Tom Harkin will vacate when his term ends in 2014.
• Politics

  George McGovern, an unabashed liberal voice, is dead at 90

  George McGovern, who ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1972 — died at the age of 90.
• Politics

  Arlen Specter — ‘one of the few truly wild cards’ — dead at 82

  Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who embodied a vanishing breed of liberal Republicanism before switching to the Democratic Party, died Sunday.
• News / Politics

  Schilling and Bustos both pleased

  MOLINE – Both Congressman Bobby Schilling and challenger Cheri Bustos say they were pleased with the way they performed Thursday….
• News

  Election Day Is One Month Away

  It’s exactly one month until Election Day.  On Saturday, October 6th, Republicans and Democrats in Iowa joined together for the…
• Politics

  Election phone pollster turns on caller

  A spokesperson for a Republican phone bank is apologizing for an overzealous volunteer worker who read the riot act to the…
• News / Politics

  Local look on Democratic National Convention

  The Democratic National Convention kicks off Tuesday and the local Scott County Democrats say they are enthusiastic about this year’s…
• Politics

  Scott County Declared Battlegound within a Battleground

  There’s no doubt Iowa and its first in the nation caucus’ play a big role in selecting our nation’s presidents….
• Politics

  Iowa selects delegates for Democratic National Convention

  More than a dozen people from the Quad Cities and surrounding areas will help represent Iowa at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
• Politics

  Study: Polarization at highest level in 25 years

  Bitter political fights, now considered commonplace in the U.S. Congress and on the campaign trail, may be an indication that polarization is high among our elected officials.
• Politics

  Poll: Romney’s favorable rating jumps, but Obama still more popular

  Mitt Romney’s favorable ratings are on the rise, but a new national poll indicates that President Barack Obama remains more popular than his Republican challenger.