GOP: Futility and Feathers
Latest on the Republicans' increasingly problematic search for a Secretary of State candidate: an in-box tipster points to 2002 nominee Mike Hartwig, who also got a late start last time (not as late as this: he announced post-primary deadline but pre-primary election so he got a handful of write-ins. Lost to Culver by about 10 points.
Meanwhile Jim Leach is planning his town meetings and some Iowa Citians are grouching on the listservs about the Indian feather headbands he's been using for forever as parade gimmies. Folks have pointed out the non-PCness of it for ages. Giving in on this thing would be the kind of symbolic bone Leach would usually throw to Iowa City liberals, but instead there seems to be almost a Steve King defiance about it.
And it's not just a matter of using up the old stock: I've been watching Leach at parades for at least 12 years and a few years back they re-printed the headbands so they said JIM LEACH on both sides - seems some folks were turning the band inside out and not displaying his name.
Anyway there's two options: keep complaining about it, or elect Dave Loebsack and make it a moot point, and I prefer the latter.
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