National Popular Vote Is "Mob Democracy" Says MN GOP State Rep Gruenhagen By Michael McIntee | January 30, 2017 A move to add Minnesota to the National Popular Vote Interstate compact was blocked in a Republican controlled House committee on a party-line vote after it was called “mob democracy.”
2012 Biden, DFL Turn Up Campaign Heat In Minnesota By Michael McIntee | August 21, 2012 Vice President Joe Biden holds two campaign rallies in Minnesota.
2012 Ron Paul In Chanhassen, MN- Full Speech By Bill Sorem | February 4, 2012 Several hundred Ron Paul supporters jam a meeting hall in Chanhassen, MN on Feb 4, 2012.
2012 Palestinian Priest Lambasts Newt Gingrich’s “Invented People” Charge By Jacob Wheeler | February 2, 2012 Bethlehem Catholic Priest Ibrahim Shomali takes issue with Newt Gingrich’s claim in December that Palestinians are an “invented people”.
2012 How Should We Pay For Campaigns & Elections? By Allison Herrera | January 10, 2012 Surprisingly most of the conservative voters we talked to in Iowa told us there should be some sort of limit on what corporations can do to influence elections.
2012 GOP Candidates Ignore Americans with Mental Disabilities By Jacob Wheeler | January 9, 2012 Rick Westendorf, an Iowan with a mental disability, said that the Republican candidates have not addressed the rights of Americans with mental disabilities.
2012 Iowa Voter: “Corporations Should Quit Buying Elections” By Jacob Wheeler | January 8, 2012 Waterloo, Iowa, resident Paul Smith takes offense to wealthy elitists like Romney coming into Iowa and donning blue jeans and a flannel shirt to pretend he’s a farmer.
2012 Iowa Caucus:A Look Behind The Scenes By Matt Johnson | January 8, 2012 Iowa caucus night 2012 media filing center walk through in Des Moines, IA.
2012 Romney Cost Me My Job Says Worker By Michael McIntee | January 2, 2012 A former employee of one of presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s bankrupt companies says Romney’s decisions cost him and many others their jobs.
2012 Romney Will “Say Anything” To Get Elected Says DNC By Michael McIntee | January 2, 2012 DNC National Press Secretary Melanie Roussell says despite his claims to be a job creator, Romney actually has a poor record in that area.
2012 Corporate Money In Politics-Ron Paul Supporters By Michael McIntee | January 2, 2012 Presidential candidate Ron Paul preaches about freedom, and fewer government restrictions. However several of the his supporters we talked to in Des Moines think there should be some restrictions on corporate money in politics.
2012 Ron Paul Rally in Des Moines By Michael McIntee | January 2, 2012 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul rallies his supporters on the day before the Iowa caucuses. This rally was held at the downtown Des Moines Marriott hotel.
2012 Progressives Challenge Obama In Iowa By Michael McIntee | January 1, 2012 Saying the Barack Obama has not kept his promises, Progressive Democrats of America founder Tim Carpenter is organizing people to go to the Iowa caucus and vote for “uncommitted” as a way challenge President Obama.
2012 Jesse Jackson:Occupy Will Not End Until There Is Economic Justice By Michael McIntee | December 31, 2011 Jesse Jackson recounts how in the past Democrats had turned against each other and suffered major losses such as Republican Richard Nixon’s election as President in 1968. He strongly advised the occupy movement to avoid the same mistakes.
2012 Arrests In Iowa:Campaigns Lock Out “Occupy” Message By Michael McIntee | December 30, 2011 They didn’t come to get arrested. “Occupy The Caucus” activists said they just wanted to have the campaigns of Ron Paul and Barack Obama listen to what they had to say.
2012 “Occupy The Caucus” Targets Iowa By Michael McIntee | December 29, 2011 Two of 2011’s biggest attention getters are about to collide in Iowa. Presidential candidates get ready to say hello to Occupy The Caucus.
2012 We’re Going To Iowa By Michael McIntee | December 15, 2011 The UpTake covered the Iowa caucuses in 2008. Four years later, the need for our type of coverage is even greater. So we’re going again. Wanna help?
2012 Bachmann’s History Lesson Off By A Decade By Michael McIntee | September 1, 2011 Representative Michele Bachmann stumbles as she tries to explain how the policies of President Ronald Reagan and Britain’s Margaret Thatcher strengthened the US.
2012 Pawlenty Drops Out Of Presidential Race By Michael McIntee | August 14, 2011 Third place in the Republican Iowa straw poll was apparently not good enough for former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. Today in a private conference call with supporters Pawlenty disclosed his plans to drop out of the race
2012 Bachmann Wins Iowa GOP Presidential Straw Poll By Michael McIntee | August 13, 2011 Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann narrowly won the Iowa’s Republican Presidential straw poll on Saturday over Ron Paul. Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty finished a distant third.
2012 5 Barriers Bachmann Needs To Break To Win Presidency By Michael McIntee | June 29, 2011 As Michele Bachmann announces she’s running for President of the United States, runs down the five barriers she would need to break to win
2012 DFL: Pawlenty Left Minnesota Holding The Bag By Michael McIntee | May 23, 2011 As Minnesota’s legislature struggles to solve the biggest deficit in the state’s history, its former Governor, Tim Pawlenty is in neighboring Iowa to announce he is running for President. Minnesota’s Democratic Farmer Labor Party Chair Ken Martin traveled to Des Moines today to answer questions about Pawlenty’s record. Martin had a lot to tell.
