An 'inside baseball' look at Iowa GOP Politics
Readers of my blog (all 10 of you) will know that I am a frequent critic of RPI. However, in our recent district conventions, we saw RPI in action in a good way! Originally, we in the districts were told that RPI had planned on having electronic voting at the State convention but not at…
Convention season is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the opportunity to meet with Republicans at our County, District and State Conventions. I have been involved in planning and running our conventions for about 30 years. I used to serve on platform committees. The last 12 or so years I have…
The Constitution and Bylaws of the Republican Party of Iowa are a mess. Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised 11th Edition suggests that organization do away with separate constitutions and bylaws and adopt one set of rules called Bylaws. The bylaws should be difficult to amend requiring a super-majority for modification. The current structure makes…
Tonight is the night of nights! It is the Iowa Caucus. You may not realize it but in Iowa we have a caucus every two years not just during presidential years. So, what happens in an off-year caucus? In Iowa, political parties use the caucuses to build up their county organizations. The caucus is also…
There, I said it. The Republican Party of Iowa (RPI) doesn’t trust you! By you I mean the grassroots Republicans who knock on doors, make phone calls, walk in parades, participate in caucuses and go to conventions. I served on the RPI State Central Committee (SCC) for over a decade. I know most of the…