Well, check out www.studentsforfallon.org, which looks like it’s probably still a work in progress. It’s a little cheesy, but he’s the only candidate with a web site specifically for students.
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As part of the strategy of giving normal people tax cuts and rich peopl tax hikes, the Democrats in the Iowa Senate unveiled their new tax plan:
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Gronstal of Council Bluffs said the package would provide tax relief for more than 90 percent of Iowa taxpayers. However, an analysis indicated taxpayers making more than $100,000 annually would see their taxes go up, with the highest bracket seeing a 37.5 percent spike.
“This tax-cut plan is built on common-sense priorities of Iowans,” Gronstal said, noting that it would simplify the state’s income tax and eliminate a “middle class inequity” whereby Iowans with moderate incomes currently pay 62 percent of the tax liability.
The Republicans, of course, have their own plan, which you can read about in this more detailed AP piece.
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Other blogs already have this, but the Rasmussen numbers have been released for their March poll of Iowa. It’s frustrating how little polling is done here. These are really the only reliable polls, and they only happen once a month.
Here are some interesting facts that don’t have to do with the campaigns in particular but are kind of … yeah:
Most Iowa voters think that most politicians would change their vote for a contribution. But, as in other states we’ve polled, a majority also don’t see this is as a reason to institute publicly funded campaigns.
When asked about the abortion issue, 61% say abortion is morally wrong most of the time while 25% say it isn’t. A plurality of 45% would support a South-Dakota type ban, making abortion illegal except when the life of the mother is at stake.
Uh oh.
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Feisty congresswoman Cynthia McKinney struck an officer with her cell phone, and Boswell disapproves:
“I don’t think it’s appropriate for anybody, you or me or anybody, to strike a police officer,” Boswell said in a conference call with Iowa reporters. “Their first job is security for all of us.”
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Gordon Fischer reminds us of another reason why Nussle is going to lose:
Congressman Nussle repeatedly voted for Mr. DeLay as Majority Leader; in fact, he supported Mr. DeLay even after he had been admonished by the House Ethics Committee multiple times. Congressman Nussle took $15,020 from Tom DeLay’s ARMPAC. Congressman Nussle voted with Mr. DeLay 93% of the time between Jan. 1, 2004 and March 31, 2005. Congressman Nussle voted to weaken the ethics rules in a move that many say served only to protect Congressman DeLay. When Democrats offered a solution to clean up the House by strengthening ethics rules, Mr. Nussle voted to make sure it never even came to an up or down vote.
I hope Nussle gets swift boated all summer over this.
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