Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Following Patch's two-part series on whether the Iowa GOP needs to change its views on gay marriage to appeal to more voters, we have reaction from a leader of the Dallas County Republican party.
Editor's Note: Patch published articles Sunday and Monday that examined whether the Iowa GOP should change its stance on gay marriage in order to broaden its election appeal. Today, we have reaction from Dallas County Republican Party Co-Chairman Tyler DeHaan. Q. Should the Iowa GOP end efforts to ban gay marriage? A. I certainly appreciate constructive debates within the GOP. A good healthy debate is a good thing for a political party and helps foster the democratic process in my opinion. The Republican platform states that marriage is between one man and one woman, though I believe that most Republicans in the State of Iowa would agree that we just want the ability to have a vote on the definition of marriage by the people. Our Previous…
Monday, February 4, 2013
Young Republicans in Iowa are still split on the institution of marriage being extended to gay people. But there is a growing consensus among college-aged GOPers that in order to win elections, the party's focus should be elsewhere.
The second article in a two-part series. __________ Gay and lesbian campus groups and College Republicans haven't exactly been friendly to one another over the years, in Iowa or the rest of the country. But there are signs that with this coming generation the trend could be changing, and for the Republican Party that could be critical. "As a young Republican, I see where the party’s coming from with the idea of traditional marriage, but I cannot support that aspect of the platform," said Victoria Hurst, president of the University of Northern Iowa College Republicans. She said she supports many Republican ideals, but not the party's stance on gay marriage. "America has bigger problems than who can and cannot marry; it is time to move …
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Weird crime, weird exposure, weird politics, weird cow, weird Iowa.
Things got a little um, backed up in Waukee this week and we're not talking about traffic. When the Waukee Area Chamber of Commerce hosted its 2nd Annual Cow Patty Bingo event Thursday night, they figured Chamber members would come, have a root beer float, mingle with other Chamber members and stand by while a celebrity cow pooped on the lawn of a local lumber supply company. If only it was that simple. Chamber members braved near 100 degree temps for nearly four and a half hours before Josie the cow finally took a dump. Talk about a bowel "mooovement." In our humble opinion, Iowa City is more weird than Ames, but let's put that to the test with these next couple stories. An Ames man was accused of getting out of a car naked, exposing …
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The former Republican presidential candidate — who won the Iowa Caucuses — will thank Iowans for their support at a stop Wednesday in Windsor Heights.
Against all odds, former presidential candidate Rick Santorum achieved victory in the Iowa caucus campaign. Wednesday night, he returns to Windsor Heights to thank metro-area supporters. The former Republican senator from Pennsylvania plans to hold a thank you and meet-and-greet barbecue picnic for metro-area supporters Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in Colby Park, at 6900 School St., Windsor Heights. The picnic is the final event on Santorum's schedule through Iowa, where he also plans to thank voters in Coralville, Bettendorf and Dubuque. Santorum initially slumped in Iowa, but as caucus day drew near, his campaign gathered surprisign momentum. A contested vote count initially put competitor Mitt Romney eight votes ahead of Santorum on Jan. 3. …
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…
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The head of the Iowa Republican Party announced he will resign next week after calls for his resignation after the Caucus vote-count problems.
Iowa Republican Party chair Matt Strawn announced his resignation this week after calls earlier this month for him to leave the position. Strawn faced criticism from across the state after problems with the certified results of the ever-so-close Republican Caucus. Eight counties were never certified, meaning the true winner of the Caucus may never be known. Strawn initially refused to officially declare Rick Santorum the winner because of the discrepancy, though he later relented. Santorum sprang ahead of initially declared winner Mitt Romney after the certified results were released. The fact Strawn refused to declare a winner, more than the counting problems, was the final straw for Craig Robinson, a prominent player in the party and …
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The state GOP has certified that results changed in 131 Iowa precincts from Caucus night and missing ballots in eight precincts weren't counted. Some are upset by how the finish was managed, while others defend that human error is to be expected in a vote
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
A messy, drawn-out finish to the Iowa Caucus appears to wrap up on Thursday with Rick Santorum leap-frogging Mitt Romney into first place after changes in 131 precincts and the exclusion of votes from the conclusion of eight precincts. After a Caucus night that would not end because of missing precincts, the certification process was equally problematic. Iowa Republican party officials say they don't trust the results from those precincts and they will never be certified. The final totals swung an eight-vote win for Romney on Caucus night to a 34-vote margin in favor of Santorum, according to a certified vote released on Thursday morning. The final tally gives the former Pennsylvania Senator Santorum a win with 29,839 ballots over 29,805 …
The state GOP has certified that results changed in 131 Iowa precincts from Caucus night and missing ballots in eight precincts weren't counted, meaning the true winner of the Iowa Caucus will never be known.
(Updated 1:09 p.m.) As the messy final vote count of the Iowa Caucus came in this morning, Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn initially refused to declare a winner. He even said it's not his job (even though he stood before the nation at the end of the Iowa Caucus to declare Mitt Romney the winner). Strawn seems to be changing course and giving the nod to Rick Santorum, who came out on top of the certified, yet incomplete final vote. Still, it's something less then a definitive declaration of victory. "There is no question in our mind that the winner of the certified vote totals was Rick Santorum. Those are the numbers as certified during the two week required certification period," Strawn told reporters at a news conference at GOP …
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The 2012 Iowa Caucus winner may never be known.
With the race for the GOP nomination for president full on in South Carolina with its primary on Saturday, the winner of the Iowa Caucus remains in doubt and may stay that way forever. Officials with the Republican Party of Iowa are in the final stages of certifying the Iowa Caucus vote. GOP Chairman Matt Strawn declared Mitt Romney the winner by eight votes over Rick Santorum in the early hours of Jan. 4. Counties have two weeks from the Iowa Caucus to certify their results. Strawn told the Des Moines Register the final paperwork is due by 5 p.m. Wednesday. The Iowa GOP may be able to announce the results of the certification process by Friday, Strawn told the Des Moines Register. However with most of the paperwork already in, Iowa GOP …
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Hermain Cain's speech to straw poll voters focuses on nation's perceived crises.
Georgia businessman Herman Cain's speech to Iowa Straw Poll voters was heavy on the nation's crises. He said the country suffered from economic crisis, a foreign policy crisis, a moral crisis and leadership crisis. Cain's words were often drowned out by cheers and applause from the crowd. Cain said he's been criticized for not having any foreign policy experience. “And the guy we have there now has?” he said. Cain said America needs to move from an entitlement society to an empowerment society. Most importantly, he said, the country needs to end its dependence on foreign oil. America, he said, needs to be its own best customer. Cain, who's credited with saving Godfathers Pizza from the brink of bankruptcy, said America needs to elect a …
maxine weimer
8:06 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Rick, I so agree with you. Obama did get all the light interviews, and my God the press certainly was and still is in the man's pocket. It blows my mind the way he has everyone bamboozeled. Its like everything he says has a hypnotizing effect on "his" followers. He just makes me want to throw up. I remember how stunned and dumbfounded he looked during that particular debate and it was awesome. So… more ›