Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Can the Grand Old Party become the "Growth and Opportunity Party?” Yes, a national report says, if it wants to survive.
Remember that nudge Iowa Republicans got earlier this year to relax on social issues or risk more crushing defeats at the polls? It’s a full-fledged shove now. A Growth & Opportunity Project “autopsy” report released this week by the Republican National Committee said defeats at the polls result from a perception on the part of some voters that the party is “scary,” “narrow-minded” and “out of touch,” and that it’s a party of “stuffy old men,” the Huffington Post reported. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus was in Iowa this week talking about the report after appearing Sunday on “Face the Nation,” where he said the 2012 election post-mortem exposes the party’s “lousy job of branding and marketing” its principles. In a special reporting project …
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Iowa Democratic Party Chair Sue Dvorsky and Iowa GOP Chairman A.J. Spiker both released statements on today's Supreme Court ruling on Affordable Health Care Act.
Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky and Iowa GOP Chairman A.J. Spiker each released sharply different statements regarding today's Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Health Care Act. Here are their statements: Dvorsky “Today was an unequivocal victory for the American people. Health care has been protected for 34 million Americans, including the 12 percent of Iowans living without health insurance. By virtue of President Obama’s bold leadership, 18,000 Iowans under 26 can now stay on their parent’s insurance and two million Iowans no longer have to worry about lifetime caps or losing insurance when they get sick. Soon, no American will ever again be denied care or charged more due to a pre-existing condition. President Obama …
Saturday, February 11, 2012
A.J. Spiker will fill the remainder of the vacancy left by Matt Strawn's departure.
From the Republican Party of Iowa The Republican Party of Iowa State Central Committee elected Ames resident A.J. Spiker, 32, as their new chair on Saturday. Former Chair Matt Strawn announced he would step down in January after some criticized his hesitation to declare Rick Santorum the winner of the Iowa Caucus. Spiker, a real estate agent at Freidch-Iowa Realty in Ames, will fill the remainder of Strawn's term which expires in Jan. 2013. “I am honored to be elected by my colleagues on the Committee and look forward to serving as Chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa. I will work diligently with fellow Republicans across the state to energize voters and work to elect our candidates," Spiker said in a prepared statement. Spiker is a…
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