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I Went to Iowa So You Don’t Have To

September 23, 2019 Reece Ellis 2020 Election, Bernie Sanders, Democracy, Democrats, Money & Politics, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

There aren’t that many perks to attending a school in northeast Missouri. The winters are bitterly cold, there seem to be more tornadoes, and

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Democratic [and Republican] caucuses are not very democratic.

February 3, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Civil Rights, Media, Voting/Elections 2 comments

What’s so [small-d] democratic about this year’s [capital D] Democratic and Republican caucuses? Not much. The first time I caucused–back in 1972, in Missouri–I

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Why a progressive would not mind seeing Trump win Iowa

December 29, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democracy, Voting/Elections One comment

I have a very vivid memory of being in a meeting hall in St. Louis in late 2007 as Obama organizers were recruiting supporters

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Iowa caucuses: A reform opportunity for Obama

July 14, 2011 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The first contest for delegates to our national political conventions is the Iowa caucus. In 2012, it will be on Monday, February 6. Iowa

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The other side of the Newt coin

June 27, 2011 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Politics Leave a comment

Newt Gingrich has been the subject of well-deserved criticism as he attempts to be the “outside-insider” candidate to win the Republican presidential nomination. Because

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