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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
... they eventually embraced a tobacco tax increase, they couldn’t run fast enough away from Gov. Tom Vilsack’s plan to hike the beer tax.Also, how do you outlaw drink specials and happy hour with a straight face when special interest groups are handing you free beer and munchies at countless receptions during the legislative session? There are a lot of very happy hours during a 110-day legislative...
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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Nate Silver is handicapping the 2010 U.S. Senate races at Fivethirtyeight.com and , held by five-term incumbent Chuck Grassley: Grassley will be 77 in 2010 and could retire, in which case the race probably leans Democrat. Absent a retirement, a kamikaze mission by someone like Tom Vilsack against the popular incumbent is unlikely to succeed.Over at Iowa Independent, : Grassley has not had a...
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Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... a dance card that is likely to remain empty for the next few years. What happens if former Gov. Tom Vilsack jumps into the race for Senate? Fending off Vilsack’s challenge, Grassley could face deficits in both fundraising and name identification for the first time in decades. Results from Grassley’s past elections would not reliably predict much of anything in that event. Far from...
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Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... case the race probably leans Democrat. Absent a retirement, a kamikaze mission by someone like Tom Vilsack against the popular incumbent is unlikely to succeed.
