Guest post from Andrew Deen Caucuses were the original method for selecting candidates until the primary was introduced in the early 1900’s, but this doesn’t mean caucuses lost all their importance. Fourteen states are scheduled to hold caucuses this year with the...

While the large majority of national union endorsements have gone to Hillary Clinton this cycle, Bernie Sanders does have some very active, very visible labor groups on his side. National Nurses United was the first labor union to back Sanders. They've been a...

Guest post by E.J. Wallace - Starting Line has enjoyed highlighting the hard work of the many issue groups working in Iowa this cycle. Here's a look at what Save The Children Action Network is doing:  For me, this is personal. I want all kids in Iowa to have the...

Campaign staffers around the state rose bright and early this morning to finish up final preparations for the launch of GOTC (Get Out The Caucus). Normally called GOTV in most elections (Get Out The Vote), the final four day stretch leading up to the Iowa Caucus is...

Hillary Clinton's final message to Iowans in the last days before the Iowa Caucus is a simple one: thank you. "I want you to know how much it has meant to me as I've traveled across the state to hear about people's hopes and struggles," Clinton says in her final...

Guest post from Addisu Demissie I landed at the Des Moines airport as a 22-year-old on May 31st, 2003 completely unaware of what I was getting myself into.  A month or so earlier, I had been offered a job as a Field Organizer for John Kerry in the Iowa caucuses. I...

I am a Democrat because of Socks the Cat. Okay, there's many other reasons than that, but that's where it started. When you're a seven-year-old kid with a black cat and the new President has a black cat too, that's reason enough to support a political party. As I...

Here we are: the final few days of the Iowa Caucus. How a candidate spends their time in the precious waning hours says a lot about the state of the race and what each feels they still need to accomplish. The three Democrats plan on barnstorming the state, with...

Democrats comforting themselves with the thought that 2016 will be a cakewalk with Donald Trump or Ted Cruz as the most-likely Republican nominee may want to think again. Take a look at what's happening on the other side in Iowa and there's some disturbing trends...

Union members have a lot at stake in the 2016 elections, public employee workers top among them. To fight back against Republicans' efforts to roll back workers' rights, many of the nation's largest unions have endorsed Hillary Clinton to lead the ticket this fall....