Rants, McCain, and Hillary win Big
Nathan Greene
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Iowa House Democrats go on record for supporting Gay Marriage
Now, we all know that Speaker of the Iowa House Patrick Murphy is not the brightest bulb in the Statehouse chandelier, but what the heck was he thinking yesterday?
House Minority Leader Chris Rants called for a vote on that would have kept the marriage amendment eligible for debate for the reminder of the session. House Democrats voted it down on a party line vote yesterday, including three Democrats who were co-sponsors of the bill in 2005. Reps. Dolores Mertz, Kurt Swaim, and Brian Quirk are all three committee chairs and word in the rotunda is that Murphy and McCarthy threatened to take their chairmanships away if they voted with Rants and the Republicans.
If I were in Murphy’s position, and thank God I’m not because I would never be caught in one of his nasty suits, I would have let this pass. It didn’t mean anything and it would have protected his members in conservative legislative districts from going on record on this issues. House Democrats could have continued to use their same talking points by saying that they are not going to touch the issue while it’s in the Iowa Supreme Court. Instead, he gave Rants a huge political victory yesterday, I’m sure Rants already has David Kochel creating the direct mail pieces.
A defeat for Iowa social conservatives, a political victory for Rants and the Republicans.
McCain wraps up nomination, while the Democrats are heading to Convention
Last night John McCain captured the Republican nomination while the race between Senator Clinton and Senator Obama got much cloudier. I was surprised that Clinton was able to win Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island, and I think she has a very compelling argument to make that she, not Senator Obama can win the states in November that a Democrat must win.
Clinton has won all the states that a Democrat must win to be successful in to win the general election: California, Florida, Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Michigan. There is no doubt that the Democratic race is going to the convention where the Super Delegates will decide their party's nominee. I also think this is an advantage for Senator Clinton since she has Bill Clinton at her disposal to work these delegates. And don’t fool yourself, I’m sure Bill has plenty of favors to call in.
Clinton’s wins last night were huge, and don’t let anyone else tell you differently.
Reader Comments (1)
This is a pretty confusing subject...Im a conservative, but to be honest I dont give two craps to whether gays want to marry. Means absolutely nothing to me. But the government getting involved with a debate on the subject (as Rants had suggested) reeks of big government.