The Iowa Caucus official website has placed a significant amount of attention on healthcare. Therefore, the 2008 candidates are going to need to put a real emphasis on the issue themselves in order to win votes of the citizens there. Iowa claims to be the “6th most livable state,” “7th healthiest state,” and the “8th [...]

The Iowa Caucus is the first big test. Every candidate wants an early success to build momentum and more campaign contributions. With a tight three-way race among Democrats, the Clinton campaign, in something of a surprise, has decided to bring in Bill for Independence Day action. In Iowa farm issues are at the forefront. This [...]

Because the site is just getting started, we figured we’d take a look at some of the poll leaders’ stances. If this turns out well, we may do a weekly post on the poll leaders, but let’s see what happens. On the Democratic side, we have Hillary Clinton leading Barack Obama by around 10% and [...]

Splendid news for healthcare technology stocks if Newt Gingrich finds his way into the Oval Office in the 2008 election. In this article by cio.com, he suggests the increased use of technology by doctors and medical insurance companies. Apparently, an “expert electronic system” would eliminate the many, sometimes fatal, flaws made by handwritten prescriptions. Also, [...]

Senator Barack Obama left the Coal to Liquid (CTL) method out of the Low-Carbon Fuel Initiative when he presented it to the Senate on Thursday. This is strange considering Illinois is up to its elbows in coal, Rentech and Peabody are planning to build a CTL plant there now. Now potential CTL providers, like Syntroleum(SYNM), [...]