Iowa Presidential Caucuses

Recently we saw a volcanic eruption over the passage of laws by the Indianan and Arkansas state legislatures. These "Religious Freedom Restoration Laws" would allow any business to refuse service...

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THE 2020 PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES will be the most tense but interesting in modern history. Never has there been a president like Donald Trump. Not since the late 60's has there been such a deep ...

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Mayhem! Violence! Riots! And Donald Trump is nowhere near Seattle! The media forgets. When the demonstrators blocked Trump in California the media said "Well, it's his fault. He has been spewi...

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All the news, comments, and insights you even needed or wanted on the Iowa Presidential Caucuses. I've been watching, participating in them, and analyzing since the "modern" Iowa Caucuses were created in Ames, Iowa, just a few blocks from where I lived. September 2015 - FREE online class on the Iowa Caucuses. Google IowacaucusesMOOC

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Read this article. My focus groups said, "Now voters can truly say, "Thank GOD Bush dropped out! If this is how his people think money should be spent then think of how they would have spent taxp...

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We are on NPR today for a long segment HERE & NOW (starts at 1pm Iowa Public radio) HOUR 2, 20 past the hour. Listen to a passionate show. Most media has been shallow and sensational. I bitched...

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The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service selected Dr. Steffen Schmidt, University Professor in Iowa State’s political science department, to speak as a William J. Clinton...

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All the news, comments, and insights you even needed or wanted on the Iowa Presidential Caucuses. I've been watching, participating in them, and analyzing since the "modern" Iowa Caucuses were created in Ames, Iowa, just a few blocks from where I lived. September 2015 - FREE online class on the Iowa Caucuses. Google IowacaucusesMOOC

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--> Donald Trump has shaken the news media with his suggestion that we should bar Muslims from coming to the United States. Here is a short history. This does not include the discrimination ag...

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http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/12/04/cruz-campaign-rents-des-moines-apartments/76778004/ Headline: Cruz campaign rents Des Moines apartments "Th...

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After the Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting there is now serious consideration given to training and arming Planned Parenthood workers. The NRA always says gun free zones alike schools are t...

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Iowa Presidential Caucuses: WHY is Donald Trump in Fourth Place in Iowa? : How Good are Political Polls in 2016? Steffen Schmidt Modern polling has move from the telephone to the Internet...

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HOW GOOD ARE POLITICAL POLLS IN 2016? Steffen Schmidt Modern polling has move from the telephone to the Internet. The reason is that many people no longer have telephones. The second is ...

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Iowa Presidential Caucuses: Paris Terrorist Attack: A Game Changer for 2016 El... : Dr Steffen Schmidt: posted in Washington Post 

 The Paris massacre is a game changer for the Iowa caucuses...

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DR STEFFEN SCHMIDT: POSTED IN WASHINGTON POST 

 The Paris massacre is a game changer for the Iowa caucuses and the 2016 US presidential elections. 

Cut the US federal budget? REALLY...

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Vice President Joseph Biden’s decision not to run for the White House is a game changer. His earlier unsuccessful attempts were in 1988 and 2008. The Democratic field had been in suspended an...

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I follow EVERY news story on election 2016. It is an amazing year and I get up at 4 a.m. every day so I can feed my horses and then get to work trolling the headlines. Iowa farm sunrises in Octob...

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The 2016 race to the White House is FABULOUS!  Never have we had such tension, drama, excitement, odd and interesting candidates, and mud slinging with cruise missile intensity. The latest is w...

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The grueling debate about taxes seems to be ignoring the historical record. The greatest period of American prosperity which was after WWII top marginal  taxes for really rich people was: > ...

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Stay tuned to my more frequent analysis for the new channel 5 WOI TV political analyses and programs. We will be covering the debates and the interesting struggle to find a Speaker of the House. ...

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Here is our history on all of this:  PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER. "Let's support the moderates in Iran now that the Shah has left." Really?! President Carter, WHAT moderates are those? PRESIDEN...

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Sunday, September 27, 2015 POLITICS AND NEURONS From the Ames Tribune Posted September 26, 2015 Steffen Schmidt: Neurons and politics By Steffen Schmidt A neuron is “… an electrica...

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Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina says she rose from being a secretary to a business woman at Lucent Technologies and then CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HP). My students listened to her here in Io...

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PRESS RELEASE, NOT EMBARGOED. FOR  RELEASE SEPT 23, 2015, 6:00 AM CENTRAL TIME Iowa State University political science professor Steffen Schmidt, who leads a first-of-its kind free online cour...

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A massive wave of refugees is streaming into Europe, desperately fleeing war and brutality in Syria and other countries. There is a big debate about what to do, how to stop this, what the consequ...

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