IA-1st District....Mike Whalen....republican announces

[Debi]

Whalen campaign kick off with time to spare
By CYRUS MOUSSAVI, Courier Staff Writer

WATERLOO --- When Jim Nussle announced he would leave his position as an Iowa congressman to run for governor, he inadvertently unleashed what Mike Whalen called "a perfect political storm."

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"There are not many races up for grabs, there's an empty seat and the elections are right before a caucus," Whalen explained. These ingredients mean a fierce fight in the state and national party involvement. "This is going to be a real challenge," the Republican candidate told the small gathering at Lockard Development.

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"I'm going to go out to Washington as a citizen legislator," Whalen said.

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"I was given such a head start in life because I was born in Iowa," Whalen said. "We need folks who'll go to Washington and say 'look, we need to fix Social Security, we need to do something about Medicaid and Medicare.'"

Whalen said he will keep in mind issues of more immediate concern to his constituents back home as well. "Are we still going to be making little green tractors in Eastern Iowa in 20 years?" Whalen asked, "That's an important question."


http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2005/06/08/news/politics/6386db359418a0ef8625701a004b42e1.txt


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He just realized that off-year elections occur before the caucuses? Woo Hoo Mike Whalen!!!

[sam sarrha]

1. with the upcomming Noe scandal, will any republicans be left standing ..

:woohoo:

[Debi]

2. Ignorant alert....

What? :shrug:

[rurallib]

4. Good point Debi - Noe scandal not well publicized

Because - guess who owns the press? Bingo!
Maybe if it was referred to as 'coingate' you'd recognize it. It's the scandal in Ohio concerning the investment of state workman's compensation funds in valuable coins. Much money has been lost and/or is missing (@$250 million and counting). Along with the lost money is a huge cover-up from the governor on down plus a goodly amount of money laundering. Norquist called Gov. Taft an idiot. Noe is the investment 'advisor' and a behind-the-scenes guy in Ohio politics.
The Toledo Blade has done and continues to do yeoman's work on this. The Ohio forum is awash with posts on this.
Will it spread to other states? Well, with DeLay and the DSM this just adds to the mysique of Repubs ruling with lies, misleads and coverups.

[Debi]

5. I snooped around the 'Internets' about Noe after reading your post

It makes sense that Bush would visit Ohio and scream "Terrorism" and "Patriot Act" after coingate and the Worker's Comp. problems.

Thank you for the info!

[Bluzmann57]

3. A bit about Whalen

He is on bush's committee to destroy...er... overhaul Social Security and most likely will be heavily funded by the RNC. He owns a chain of restaurants called "Heart of America" restaurants, which have very good food and service. However, I will not set foot in one because he is such a right winger. We in the first district have to work our butts off to defeat him or whoever gets the republican nomination. This is a big race.

[Debi]

6. Thanks for the info

(I'm up here in Black Hawk County)

I think all three rep. candidates are equally offensive in their own ways. I also think that Kennedy will be well funded because of his past rep. relationships. We have to hammer all three of them while trying to keep the Democratic primary as civil as possible.

This will be interesting.

[cooperscooper]

7. Rick Dickinson

I was just sent this link to another candidate's website.

Rick Dickinson is the Democrat from Dubuque and he's got a pretty impressive website and resume. He looks like a great Democratic candidate.

Check it out for yourself at:

http://www.rickdickinson.org/