Sen. Grassley

WASHINGTON — It was just yesterday when President Barack Obama warned about the “scare tactics” fueling the intense debates and town hall ruckuses over health-care reform.

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, must not have been tuned in — or perhaps he has other ideas…

Sen. Jolie Justus, right, after her wedding in Iowa with Shonda Garrison, center.

JEFFERSON CITY — A story in the Mother Ship yesterday reported about 17 gay couples who made the trek to Iowa to get married this weekend.

One of those…

A gay marriage advocate holds back tears following the passage of a gay marriage bill in Vermont

The past week or so has seen a dramatic expansion of gay marriage and partnership rights. Here is a roundup of what others had…

UPDATE: The Missouri Republican Party is using the Iowa court ruling on gay marriage to take Democrats Sen. Claire McCaskill and Secretary of State Robin Carnahan to task for opposing the 2004 constitutional amendment in Missouri:

JEFFERSON CITY_ This morning, the Iowa…

OK, so it’s not news: Missouri is no longer a bellwether. But this article from the Ballot Box blog argues that Missouri hasn’t truly been a bellwether in some time. The better bellwether? Iowa.

The blog tracks how closely various states…