Drake hosts debate right before Iowa Caucus Drake University hosted a nationally-televised live Democratic presidential candidate debate on Jan. 14 in Sheslow Auditorium, sponsored by CNN, the Democratic National Committee and the Des Moines Register. The candidates who qualified for the debate were Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar. […]
Tom Steyer is a businessman, philanthropist, founder of NextGen America and now, a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Steyer joined the race in early July, and despite the late start the 2020 campaign has plans to gain the needed momentum in key states such as Iowa. On his way to Muscatine County, Iowa for a birthday […]
“In every presidential election, Democrats want to fall in love. Republicans just fall in line,” Bill Clinton said in a 2003 speech. The victory of George W. Bush over John McCain, the triumph of Bob Dole in 1996 and even the candidacy of George H. Bush all supported that axiom. Since the era of George McGovern, Democrats have been fond of liberal heartthrobs over practical establishment favorites.