Kevin’s Korner: Ft. Dodge Fallout, A Blueprint for RPI’s Future and Our Grappling Governor

Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. Everywhere I’ve gone the last few days, people are talking about what happened in Ft. Dodge Tuesday night. The Fourth District Executive Committee’s rebuke of the leadership of the Republican Party of Iowa [...]

Moran Resigns from SCC; Candidates Lining Up for Polk GOP Chair

One of the few reliable non-Ron Paul supporters on the Republican Party of Iowa’s State Central Committee has resigned. Fourth Congressional District representative Tim Moran announced his decision to leave the committee on Sunday, effective immediately. Moran was serving his second term on the committee. He also just completed a tenure as the Iowa GOP’s [...]

Kevin’s Korner: RPI Election Thoughts, Straw Poll Spiked and T-Paw’s Price

Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. All we have to decide what to do with the time that is given to us. Well, Saturday’s RPI elections were no surprise. The Paulistinians completed their coup d’etat with the reelection of A.J. Spiker as chairman and the election of David Fischer as co-chair … Congrats to them [...]

Spiker, Fischer Elected as RPI Chair, Co-Chair (video)

As expected, A.J. Spiker was reelected as Republican Party of Iowa chairman Saturday morning. His fellow former Ron Paul campaign vice-chair David Fischer was selected RPI co-chair. TheIowaRepublican live blogged the event, which you can read below. There are also videos at the bottom of this column of the speeches by Spiker and Bill Schickel, [...]

Ron Paul Backers Likely to Complete RPI Takeover on Saturday

The Republican Party of Iowa’s state central committee holds it biennial officer elections on Saturday, and in all likelihood, Ron Paul supporters will sweep all of the organization’s officer spots. That election comes on the heels of a Des Moines Register report that details financial troubles for RPI, due mainly to the Paul- affiliated leadership. [...]

Romney, Ryan Officially Clinch GOP Nomination

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney officially secured the Republican Party’s presidential nomination during the roll call of the states during the Republican National Convention on Tuesday. Iowa Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds, the secretary of the convention, led the roll call, naming each state and its number of delegates. Romney garnered 2061 delegates. A minimum of [...]

Kevin’s Korner: Convention Capsule, Paulistinian Power and Doorknocking Diaries

Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. Am I the only one who thinks Gopal Krishna is fooling us with the thick accent and his real voice sounds like James Earl Jones? So, what’d ya think of the state convention? My predictions going in were that the Paulistinians would get 22 delegates, Steve Scheffler would win [...]