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Arguably, one of the most interesting people running for president on the Democratic ticket is Governor Steve Bullock of Montana. When Bullock announced his candidacy, I had never really heard of him and didn’t care to research him. I had surprising not run into him in Iowa during his campaign until Sunday the 17th in […]

To attend a Bernie Sanders rally requires a certain suspension of disbelief. Entering the college gyms where he makes his case and observing the roar of the crowd, their excitement, their energy, never in a million years would one estimate that soon, such passion would be directed towards an old man from Vermont, let alone […]

DES MOINES, IA—On Saturday, November 9, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) visited Drake University College Republicans for a conversation on conservatism and what it looks like for young conservatives. Graham’s visit brought a brief reprieve from the constant stream of Democrats who have been visiting Iowa in anticipation of the Iowa caucuses and later Democratic nomination […]

Just because kids cannot vote does not mean children’s issues are ignored during the Iowa caucuses. That is, at least, the hope of E.J. Wallace, the state manager for Iowa’s chapter of the national group Save the Children Action Network (SCAN). Wallace and the rest of SCAN’s organization of volunteers are trying to send the […]

On Nov. 9th, Senator Lindsey Graham and former U.S. Representative David Young spoke at Drake University’s Reading Room to converse with conservative students. Graham delivered a 20-minute speech and then answered audience questions for 20 minutes. Along with a couple of other students, I helped with checking people in and screening audience questions submitted on […]

Staffer Adam Koch sits down with former U.S. Representative John Delaney to talk about his presidential campaign, social media, and the culture of #DrakeBusy.

On Monday night, I was on a student panel with five other Democratic students from Drake. I’ve done interviews before and appeared on national television twice so I wasn’t nervous but knew that this interview would be appearing on Snapchat instead of in print or on traditional media. When I got to the Reading Room […]

“This doesn’t sell in Iowa.” That was the message South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham brought to Des Moines, Iowa, to describe the Democratic candidates’ policies while visiting last weekend. On Friday night, Graham spoke at the Lincoln Reagan Dinner, and on Saturday, he spoke to a room full of 50 Drake College Republicans. The senator […]

The last two weekends have been incomparable. Two weekends ago, I attended many of the pre-celebrations rallies for the democratic candidates and then the Liberty and Justice Celebration with 13,000 other people. This past weekend, I went to the Lincoln Reagan Dinner, the annual fundraiser dinner for the Republican Party of Iowa. These two political […]