Chet Culver speaks--TONIGHT!

Unofficial candidate for governor Chet Culver will be at Drake tonight in the second of Coffee with the Candidates series, where we'll be serving hot apple cider instead (because it tastes better).

Culver will speak at 7 PM at Pomerantz Stage at the Drake University Olmsted Center. Please come out, hear what he has to say, and ask him some questions about his candidacy and his politics. I know I've already got a couple of questions lined up.

We hope to see you there!

Thoughts on the Fallon Event

I know this is a bit late, but I just got the chance to really sit down and put out my thoughts.

I can't speak on behalf of the Drake Democrats and issue our consensus opinion. Personally though, I can say that the question and answer session was a great time for the students and the candidate to interact and get to know each other.

And a quick disclaimer, I was unable to hear any of his stump speech or the beginning of the Q & A session because I was at class.

The Q & A portion that I was there for was quite good and Fallon really seems to have a grasp of both local and national issues. He isn't your typical Iowa Democrat either. He's definitely further left of the establishment...but for the most part it's a left position that is sold phenomenally well and just makes sense (at least for myself).

The other thing about Fallon is that he's simply a good guy. And he employs former Drake graduates, which finally gives me hope for a job after college and maybe not having to go immediately to grad school.