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Same Sex Marriage Now Legal In Polk County, Iowa!


No comment needed except… 1) Wow! and 2) It will be interesting to see how this story will play out alongside the presidential primary election cycle. Surely there will be a hailstorm of commentary on that over the next few days.

DES MOINES, Iowa - A Polk County judge on Thursday struck down Iowa’s law banning gay marriage and ordered the county recorder to permit gay and lesbian couples to marry.

Less than two hours after word of the ruling was publicized, two Des Moines men applied at the Polk County recorder’s office for a marriage license, and for the first time the application was accepted. The process of granting a license to marry in Iowa takes three days.

Fire Fighters Union Endorses Dodd. Anyone Surprised?


One of my firm’s clients is the IAFF - the fire fighters union that has been taking on Giuliani. I’ve been keeping a secret for a week, but we finally got the go-ahead to break the news at 4pm today…
The IAFF is endorsing Senator Dodd for president at a news conference tomorrow in DC. […]

BSB interview with Presidential candidate Chris Dodd


As a part of The New Hampshire Project, BSB chief (and PB alum) Jerid sat down for a fifteen minute interview with Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Chris Dodd.
It’s an excellent interview by Jerid. Having participated in a Meet The Bloggers event before, I know both how powerful these opportunities can be, and how difficult […]

NH Project Gets Exclusive Interview with Chris Dodd


He’s not my favorite candidate by any means, but he is smart enough to know a prezzie is gonna need the blogs in ‘08 - and gonna need Ohio blog love - so the good Senator is sitting down with Jerid at BSB during his New Hampshire Project in what I’m hearing is a no […]