Bob Vander Plaats still won't go away quietly- yet managed not to knock off Terry Branstad's chosen running met Kim Reynolds, who saw him off with 56% of the delegates to 44% of the delegates at today's state GOP convention. Vander Plaats still hasn't ruled out a third party run and still says he's not ready to endorse Branstad.
Despite the fact that Rep. Steve King (über-conservative loon and Congressman) placed Reynolds' name in nomination, Vander Plaats apparently still has his fans and it seem to be that the main objection is Branstad's unwillingness to commit to stopping gay marriage by executive order right out of the gate. Such eagerness on the part of Vander Plaats doesn't speak well for his respect for the constitution (at least in my book) and Branstad has a point: such an executive order probably would be overturned by the courts, because it well, flouts the constitutional process we have in place already and certainly pisses all over the will of the people that Bob Vander Plaats is so selfless standing up for.
If he runs, he runs- but I hope the State GOP has the balls and gumption to make him persona-non-grata for torpedoing the best chance they've had in 12 years to take back the Governor's Mansion if he does so.
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