Congress is up for grabs, the State House and the Governor's Mansion (here in Iowa) are up for grabs and our very own Senator Chuck Grassley is up for re-election this year. The early (very very) early forecast seems to indicate that (surprise, surprise) Grassley is still favored, but Democrat Roxanne Conlin has a high percentage (73%) name recognition in the state that could make it 'interesting.'
Coming back down from Minnesota, where state politics is a little more robust (and more or less defined by the rest of the state trying to resist the big, huge sucking center of gravity that is Minneapolis-St. Paul) Iowa politics tend to be characterized by the mantra 'don't rock the boat.' Which is why I think that Grassley probably has this one locked up-- it's good that the Democrats apparently found someone with a pulse to take him on, but incumbency in Iowa is more than just the 90% advantage it is nationally, it may as well be a ticket that says 'lifetime employment, if you want it.'
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