Grassley Barely Leads In Iowa

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Grassley Barely Leads In Iowa

October 15, 2022 at 7:38 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 438 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/10/15/grassley-barely-leads-in-iowa/

"SNIP.......

A new Des Moines Register poll in Iowa shows Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R) lead over Mike Franken (D) has narrowed to 3 percentage points, 46% to 43%, with less than a month until Election Day, signaling Grassley’s toughest reelection fight in 40 years.

Said pollster Ann Selzer: “It says to me that Franken is running a competent campaign and has a shot to defeat the seemingly invincible Chuck Grassley — previously perceived to be invincible.”

Goddard:

This would be a remarkable upset, but remember that all pollsters — even those well-regarded like Ann Selzer — can have outliers.

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[PlanetBev]

1. What drives this guy?

He’s 89 years old, and I can only assume at that age, the footsteps of mortality coming down the hall must be deafening. I heard that he’s terrified of Trump and terrified of losing. Why???

I guess he thinks if he loses his senate seat, he might come to the attention of the Grim Reaper.

[Demovictory9]

4. Political power must be intoxicating..they never want to retire

[Cairycat]

14. Lots of Iowans say

that Grassley is biding his time so that his grandson Pat Grassley, currently a representative in the Iowa House, can take over his senate seat. But I've been hearing that for years, and don't know how true it is. The theory that he wants to cling to the power is as likely if not more so, in my opinion.

[Lovie777]

2. All this harping on Pres. Biden's age......

Grassley is 89 years old and yet he's still mentally and physical ok for office.

[msfiddlestix]

12. He hasn't been mentally fit for office in sometime, imo.

He's demonstrated in the few occasions a cognizant decline which ought to be considered alarming enough to pressure his resignation.

[jimfields33]

15. Some predict, he will resign shortly after the election.

Apparently, he wants his grandson to take over the seat.

[msfiddlestix]

16. oh great. line of succession of corruption.

[gratuitous]

3. I could get behind putting Grassley out to pasture

Come on, Iowa.

[Samrob]

5. I believe at least half the "barely leading" REthugs will lose in November.

There are way more undecides than the margins of error in almost every case.

[SunSeeker]

8. From your lips to God's ears. nt

[jimfields33]

9. Polling has been all over the place.

Oregon and Connecticut have close races? That seems so strange. Yesterday, there was a thread, asking for more money to go to Connecticut and there was a thread on Oregon saying the candidate was behind. It’s gonna be a weird election apparently.

[Elessar Zappa]

10. Those polls were outliers.

Don’t worry, we aren’t losing in Oregon and Connecticut.

[jimfields33]

13. That's good!

[Blue Owl]

6. His ass should be grass

Anyone in Iowa who casts a vote for Assley might as well shoot themselves in the foot

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. Let Grassley hunt for dead pidgins on his lawn. Iowa needs a Senator.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/20/1979115/-What-the-hell-is-Chuck-Grassley-tweeting-about

Link to tweet

[malaise]

11. Why hasn't Grassley been asked to explain why he said

That he would be presiding over the counting of Electoral College votes on Jan 6.

https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2021/01/05/grassley-suggests-he-may-preside-over-senate-debate-on-electoral-college-votes/

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said he would preside over the U.S. Senate debate surrounding disputes of the 2020 election results if Vice President Mike Pence does not show up.

He suggested Pence was not expected to attend but Grassley’s staff later said that was a “misinterpretation” and that Pence was expected to be there.
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He let the cat out of the bag