Flood help request is ‘terribly relevant’ at convention

By James Q. Lynch – Flooding has been a recurring topic of conversation this week as delegates, candidates and officeholders have talked of the failure of the Democratic-controlled Congress to approve recovery assistance.
Wednesday, delegates saw the impact when a video montage of flood scenes was shown at the conclusion of the Iowa delegation’s daily breakfast [...]

Visualize this

By James Q. Lynch – No one could blame Iowa conventioneers if they had trouble following U.S. Rep. Steve King as he described vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin Thursday morning.
First, he talked about how she had “nailed a 10″ and added, “She’s our Shawn Johnson,” referring to the gold medal Olympian from West Des Moines.
Later, [...]

The party of Lincoln, Reagan and Wellstone

By James Q. Lynch – First District Republican candidate David Hartsuch raised a few eyebrows Thursday morning when he told Iowa’s GOP convention delegation that his role model is Paul Wellstone.
Yes, the liberal, college professor who claimed to represent “the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.” Wellstone defeated an incumbent Republican to serve one term [...]

To much to do and not enough time

By Tim Demuth – My biggest lament of this convention experience is that there is far to much to do and not enough time in the day; however it’s like that with life in general.
Between several different receptions to choose from yesterday before the main convention a few of us went to see actor Jon [...]

Convention has heavy heart, but moving forward

By Sarah Henderson – It was a relief today to finally board the bus to head over the convention site. We feel very secure here, despite the images that are on television. Security here is very good and the protestors are far away from us. You see public safety servants from all [...]

An interesting adventure so far

By Tim Demuth – After an enjoyable ride up with good conversation, mostly focused on the newest star of the GOP, Sarah Palin, we arrived in St. Paul early Sunday afternoon. After checking in we traveled over to a delegate party. It was good to mix-and-mingle with fellow Republicans, some who I have not seen [...]

Convention is like a family reunion

By Sarah Henderson – Today was a good reminder of why it is great to be a republican. We got to see so many of our friends in the GOP from all over the state and across the country that we have not seen in quite a while. It was like a family [...]

Looking for convention bloggers

If you have ties to Iowa and plan to attend the Republican National Convention in the St. Paul-Minneapolis area Sept. 1-4 and are interested in sharing your experiences and opinions in this blog, contact The Gazette reporter James Lynch.
We are looking for multiple people to take part and will promote in both our print and [...]