Keystone Primary, Republican Conventions, & Fraud Harkin
Nathan Greene
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Pennsylvania Showdown
Hillary Clinton is out of money but holding on to a slim lead in the Keystone State. Senator Obama has outspent the former First Lady 4-1 leading up to today’s primary. Clinton needs a big win to be able to sway the Super Delegates that she still can win, but she just needs a victory to raise some much needed money that would allow her to continue on to the next round of primaries.
Prediction: Clinton wins by 7 points
Why, because the talking heads on the networks will not know what to think about it. Trust me, if it’s a 10 point win they are ready to call it the biggest comeback in history. If its 5 points or less they will say she needs to hang it up. It’s never what they want to report so I’m going with a 7 point Clinton victory.
Winners and Losers from the Republican District Conventions
When all the chairs were put away after Saturday’s district conventions, 8 new Central committee members were elected. Another new face will be added at the State Convention when the Republican Delegates elect a new National Committee Woman. That’s 9 new faces to a committee that only has 19 members (3 members from each congressional district, the National Committeeman and Committeewoman, the Chair and Co-Chair).
Members who were re-elected:
Karl Gilbertson (1st CD), John Ortega (1st CD), Lisa Smith (2nd CD), Steve Scheffler (3rd CD), Matt Randall (4th CD), Reid Houser (5th CD), and Bill Anderson (5th CD).
New members:
John Hulsizer (1st CD), David Chung (2nd CD), Jason Hutcheson (2nd CD), Gopaul Krisna (3rd CD), Eldon Pals (3rd CD), Bill Schikel (4th CD), Isaiah McGee (4th CD), and Monte Shaw (5th CD).
Winners and Losers:
Iowa Christian Alliance: (Winner) A quick look at the makeup of the new SCC will show you that Steve Scheffler and the ICA have added some strong allies to the committee. Now that doesn’t me that they will control the direction of the party, but they will be a force to be reckoned with on the major decisions that the committee will make. It will take 9 votes to elect after the 2008 election and by my count this group has 8 of them.
The Real Sporer: (Push) Sporer took his frustrations with RPI to the radio and to the mail boxes of the delegates in the 4th and 5th congressional districts, the results were mixed. It was clear that he was advocating for the defeat of Bonnie Hall, Matt Randall and Reid Houser, only Hall was defeated. Sporer also advocated for the election of Stan Gustafson who was not successful in his bid for a seat on the committee. Sporer did get a warm welcome in the 3rd CD.
4th CD Republicans: (Winner) The 4th Congressional District now has a great slate of people representing the district. They are also more spread out geographically with McGee in Dallas County, Randall in Story County, and Schikel in Cerro Gordo. The far NE corner of the district is still without a member from their area, but that is an area of the state which can not be neglected. There are some very important legislative races up in that area.
I always hated the Scooter Store
But never knew why. I guess when ever I see a TV commercial telling people they can get a free scooter it makes me angry. Its not free, the taxpayers are buying it for you, but we never get a thank you note.
Now I see the Scooter Store has been accused of fraud. And if you’re paying any attention where ever there is fraud, Tom Harkin can be found (CIETC).
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