The afternoon of the convention went fairly smoothly. As I mentioned yesterday, we heard the results of the National Committee Man and Woman.
I appreciate the way that Stew Iverson kept things moving by inserting speeches at places where there were dead spots because of voting and such.
We heard the report of the Nominating Committee. [...]
Well, the convention is over. We wrapped up, unbelievably, at 5:30 PM.
I have more to share about the afternoon, but I need to do a few things at home… I’ll finish the update in the morning.
By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Jul 12, 2008 at 2:10 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Iowa Republican Party Convention, 2008 Local Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Iowa, Iowa Caucus, Iowa Politics, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Republican Party
In case you’re new, I’m a delegate to the Iowa State Republican Convention this year. And it is today.
So far we’ve had an interesting day. I thought for sure we were in for a long haul after the extended time spent on the report from the Rules Committee. One of the rules [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 at 9:21 pm Filed Under: 2008 Congressional Election, 2008 Iowa Republican Party Convention, 2008 Local Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Conservatism, Iowa Caucus, Iowa General Assembly, Iowa Politics, Leadership, Political Philosophy, Republican Party, US Congress
Steve Deace had probably the best group of people on his show today for talking about local Republican politics and why we are struggling as a party to make an impact in the Iowa Statehouse, and on the national scene. The group included outgoing Polk County (Iowa) Republican Party Chair and State Central Committee [...]
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