An 'inside baseball' look at Iowa GOP Politics
I understand that I can be controversial. But usually when I am, I know it and I am prepared for the backlash and criticism that follows. Turns out I am not as prescient as I thought. Because during the State Convention Rules Committee meeting, I proposed a rule that was passed by the committee that…
Readers of my blog (all 10 of you) will know that I am a frequent critic of RPI. However, in our recent district conventions, we saw RPI in action in a good way! Originally, we in the districts were told that RPI had planned on having electronic voting at the State convention but not at…
tl:dr, Our betters at RPI continue to take control from the grassroots – the 2nd district fought back and won! Last Saturday, Republicans met across the state in their newly formed districts for District Conventions. I live in Cedar Rapids so I am part of the new 2nd Congressional District comprising much of northeast Iowa….
Tonight is the night of nights! It is the Iowa Caucus. You may not realize it but in Iowa we have a caucus every two years not just during presidential years. So, what happens in an off-year caucus? In Iowa, political parties use the caucuses to build up their county organizations. The caucus is also…