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I've been reading about the people who want to fill Bruce Braley's seat in this next election and I have to say, I'm more confused than when I started reading.
So, any opinions about who is best, who is worst. Sad to say, I don't really know a whole lot beyond a few write ups and their websites about most of these people.
rurallib
(62,432 posts)a couple weeks ago:
http://www.bleedingheartland.com/diary/6769/ia01-is-the-democratic-primary-pat-murphys-to-lose
she is a very perceptive writer on most of Iowa politics and the democratic picture in particular.
ETA - here is a search I did on bleedingheartland for "IA-01"
http://www.bleedingheartland.com/tag/IA-01
Bettie
(16,117 posts)Reading it now!
47of74
(18,470 posts)I think he would make for a fine United States Representative. I think the 1st will benefit from having a person like him in office.
Of course, that being said probably any of the Democrats are better than the batch of teabaggers looking to take Braley's seat.
Bettie
(16,117 posts)I think he's the one Bruce has recommended as well, but I could be wrong on that.
I know that Swati Dandikar calls herself a 'pro-business Democrat' which sets off all kinds of red flags, one of the others used to be a Bush Republican.
I had been leaning toward Murphy anyway.
But, yeah, any of them would be better than any of the crazy teabaggers vying for the chance to screw us all over.
47of74
(18,470 posts)She got hornswoggled by Braindead into taking a position on a board in the hopes that when she resigned from the Senate they'd be able to get a Republican in there and take over.