Since I live on the right side of Sherman Hill, my caucus site was at the local electrical…
This officially closes out my first real Iowa Caucus experience. All in all, I went to speeches and forums and happy-hour events, all in an effort to engage in the process.
My alarm went off at 3:45 a.m. And despite getting three hours of sleep, I woke up…
Today I packed up the family and drove over to Rick Santorum’s campaign headquarters. I wanted to look at the space and see the type of people helping Rick. There was also a photo shoot that I did for Our Caucus with a lovely guy named T.J. We were welcomed as soon as we entered the building…
It is caucus day! Yay! I honestly thought it would never get here. But even more so, I never thought I would want it to get here. My experience with the campaigning has been way different than I expected. I, of course, went to my fair share of political events: debate watch parties, the Black and…
This 8-week long experience leading up to the big show on Monday night has been very enlightening for me. As a participant…
… I hope Iowa shows the world we appreciate retail politicking and don’t just follow the…
I got a ticket to the Fox News debate, trying not to scream at how happy I was.
My nine year old son and I just finished a conversation on the importance of caucusing. I had to explain to him that we do not simply do the popular vote because those voters tend to just follow the crowd. I have had so many people tell me that they cast a vote…
The latest in the saga of candidates visiting Simpson was Dr. Ben Carson visiting a few days ago. (Gov. Huckabee was also in Indianola yesterday, but not on campus.)
As the chair of Simpson College Republicans, I got to do the welcome at the event and…
Why did I pick Rick Santorum to represent my family in the White House? The true answer…
Tonight, Drake University is once again hosting a gathering of all the Democratic presidential candidates — the last before the Iowa caucuses begins on February 1st. This CNN Iowa Democratic Town Hall/Forum is going to be, I think, uneventful. Considering where we left off after the fourth…
A lot of any political campaign is about staying on message, so the voters know what to expect, and hear consistency. But because of that, the same questions keep getting asked and answered. If I had a chance to ask the Democratic candidates questions…
Simpson College has officially tackled four presidential candidates in one week: Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio, Martin…
Plata o Plomo. It’s Spanish for “Silver or Lead,” a phrase meaning “take the bribe or take the bullet,” essentially: cooperate or be destroyed. I never knew of this saying until recently, when it…
Standing in line, my palms were sweating. I was so nervous and I didn’t want my handshake to be awkward. This guy could be running for…
A year from today, the new president will be enjoying his or her first full day in office.
When Sec. Clinton was at Simpson College today, I went to the event willing to hear her side of things. I had only seen her once before and had never heard her speak.
I did not know that I cared about candidate endorsements. I knew that I cared about reproductive rights. I knew that I believe that women have a right to affordable health care. I knew that I personally believe…
The last speech I heard from Rick Santorum, I heard him to tell me that he would be a leader who will take care of the troops. That was a tone that gave me hope all over again. The last few years that my husband was in the service were absolutely awful. The morale…
