DES MOINES, IOWA – As the focus shifts to Saturday night's Democratic National Committee presidential debate at Drake University, pundits and political wonks are wondering if they'll be the only ones tuning in.
"It's just gonna be you, and me, and the pundits, and a few other people watching," said Bob Shrum, a veteran Democratic political consultant who worked on the presidential campaigns of Al Gore and John Kerry, in an interview with the National Review.
WASHINGTON – As Congress gears up for a fresh investigation into the practices at Planned Parenthood clinics around the nation, Susan Thayer awaits a court decision on her fraud lawsuit against the nonprofit women's health-care organization's Iowa branch.
Thayer's case, stemming from her more than 17 years as a clinic manager for the organization in Storm Lake, Iowa, claims Planned Parenthood of the Heartland routinely overcharged government programs for birth-control pills and medical procedures. She asserts the activities defrauded government entities to the tune of $28 million in the federal whistleblower lawsuit.
