Down the Newt Chute Dec21

Down the Newt Chute

It’s becoming all too predictable. As soon as a GOP presidential candidate gains traction in Iowa, the bright lights hit him/her and they melt down like a cheap candle. The latest to follow the pattern is, of course, Newt Gingrich. Just 15 days ago, we measured Newt with a robust 30 percent....

Cain Train Offload Dec06

Cain Train Offload

As the weight of accusations of harassment and infidelity (and/or serving as a human ATM for female friends) piled up for Herman Cain, his decision to pull the plug on his presidential campaign was no surprise. But what would it mean for the field of GOP hopefuls in Iowa? Not that much, as it...

Tracking Iowa Nov29

Tracking Iowa

Our last Iowa test came just after Herman Cain‘s past problems surfaced, but before many details or additional accusers were exposed. Since then, most of the other Republican candidates have plodded through the Hawkeyes’ cornfields and watched as Newt Gingrich quietly ascended back...

Iowa: Cain/Newt Nov07

Iowa: Cain/Newt

GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain certainly has had better weeks.  Just as he gained traction and broke through the Republican candidate clutter, news surfaced of a decade-old sexual harassment problem. While we still don’t know the details, Cain and his campaign staff flubbed their...

Slipping Oct03

Slipping

NOTE: We Ask America was commissioned by Fox Chicago News to conduct this poll. The following is being published here with their permission. For those of you who have just awoken from a long coma, here’s a newsflash: things aren’t going so well in America these days, and...

Top 10 Least Wanted Aug17

Top 10 Least Wanted

“Oh, there’s nothing halfway about the Iowa way to treat you, When we treat you which we may not do at all. There’s an Iowa kind of special chip-on-the-shoulder attitude. We’ve never been without that we recall.” –”Iowa Stubborn” from The...