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 [...]

Kevin’s Korner: The Destruction of RPI, An Inside Job

Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. Sorry, no lighthearted snark this week. I’m in no mood for it … Just when you thought A.J. Spiker’s tenure as Republican Party of Iowa chairman could not get any worse, he decides to start a very public feud with the longtime Republican governor of the state. Spiker has [...]

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 [...]

Kevin’s Korner: Primary Punches, Rhetorical Questions, and Thingamajigs

Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. Just when they think they’ve got the answers, I change the questions. Does IDP Chair Sue Dvorsky still think Obama can win Iowa’s Fourth Congressional District in November? Has Sue seen these numbers? Iowa Republicans increased their voter registration edge over Democrats again, from 8,871 to 12,513 in the [...]

Ron Paul’s Differences with the Republican Party of Iowa Platform

Some very vocal members of the Republican State Central Committee, who are also Ron Paul supporters, claim their intent is to hold candidates accountable to the party platform. One even said the SCC would withhold funding from Republicans who do not support the platform. “If we have a majority of the central committee, we can [...]

Ron Paul’s Differences with the Republican Party of Iowa Platform

Some very vocal members of the Republican State Central Committee, who are also Ron Paul supporters, claim their intent is to hold candidates accountable to the party platform. One even said the SCC would withhold funding from Republicans who do not support the platform. “If we have a majority of the central committee, we can [...]

Voter Guide: GOP State Central Committee Candidates

Iowa Republicans elect a new State Central Committee during this Saturday’s district conventions. Four members will be selected from each of the state’s four districts. Each candidate will be allowed to speak to the convention prior to the election. State Central Committee members serve two-year terms and play a crucial role in managing the Republican [...]