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According to staffers in the Clinton campaign, there will be two key endorsements on Monday. Former Gov. Vilsack has already indicated he will be one. Is Sen. Tom Harkin (a former Vilsack supporter) the other? Or, is it Rep. Leonard Boswell? He might be beholden to do so since Clinton has agreed to keynote his fundraiser on April 21.
In the Granite State, former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen has stated she will remain neutral... her husband, Bill Shaheen, has come forward to publicly endorse Clinton.
On Friday, the Chicago Sun-Times ran an article about three Waverly women who get together for knitting and conversation -- mainly political conversations. It was a great piece which shows just how intelligent and interested Iowa women are in the political process.
Lt. Gov. Patty judge toured at least two corporate darlings of the renewable energy industry this past week in order to generate support for the Iowa Power Fund. The fund, currently under consideration by the Iowa Legislature would provide $100 million over four years for research projects and assisting renewable energy industries in developing alternative energy sources. To date, specific details on how the money would be invested have not be released.
The Pew Research Center has released figures which show not only is the Bush legacy in trouble, but the entire strategy of the GOP -- to bridge the national divide between individuals who identify as Democratic and those who identify as Republican -- has been placed in danger. Americans are moving back to their historic roots of roughly 50 percent of the population being Democratic and 35 percent Republican.
GOP Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is stuck between a rock and a hard place. That is, he is stuck between President Bush and a key endorser, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson. One of Romney's key achievements is the salvation of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and it was followed by Romney vouching for Anderson in the 2003 campaign ad for re-election.
Currently, however, the mayor has gone on the record calling for the impeachment of both Bush and Cheney. This has prompted Romney to state to the Associated Press that he does not endorse or support the mayor's views on the Bush Administration.
Ned Lamont, the Democratic candidate who challenged Sen. Joe Lieberman in Connecticut last year in the primary (and won), but eventually lost the general election to Lieberman (when Joe switched to independent), is now backing Sen. Chris Dodd in the Democratic Presidential Primary.
Speaking of Sen. Dodd, he sent out an email to supporters this week comparing the race with American Idol: "Running for President has become a bit like American Idol. But beyond the glamour and glitz of celebrity politics, there are some time tested barometers measuring success: leadership, momentum, and fundraising," he wrote.
Since the Senator has quietly but effectively won straw poll victories in both New York and South Carolina and has come in second in the money race, we think more folks should probably be paying attention to his campaign.
