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Wednesday, November 17
Iowa Caucuses in Jeopardy?
by
Trish Nelson
on Wed 17 Nov 2004 09:07 AM CST
 Iowa Caucuses in Jeopardy?
by Dawn M. Mueller
www.dailykos.com
Daily Kos has two threads up [Monday] and [Sunday] night about Tom Vilsack and the Iowa caucuses. The upshot is that Vilsack, if DNC chair, would try to prevent the presidential primary process and calendar from being altered in a way that would shift focus away from Iowa. The general feeling on the blogs and in states outside of Iowa is that the Iowa caucuses are doing Democrats nationwide some damage, and that it might be time to move to regional primaries or a nationwide primary, or at least review the entire calendar strategy. Iowa is not representative of the U.S. population in many ways, especially as Hispanics are a growing segment of the U.S. population, yet Iowa seems intent upon continuing to make Iowa an unfriendly place for minorities. Iowa is essentially asked to choose a president for a nation it demographically does not represent, and Democrats and others across the nation believe it is time for a change.
That Tom Vilsack, as Iowa governor, signed the "English-only" law is not sitting well across the nation with many minorities. There is opposition to his seeking the position of DNC chair as a result of these concerns and that Vilsack would be someone who is likely to preserve the status quo of the Democratic Party, rather than to seek to make much-needed changes.
The question is whether or not Iowans will be amenable to changing the primary calendar, and possibly the process, for the good of the Democratic Party nationwide, and whether Iowa Democrats will consider moving from a caucus system to a primary system, in order to encourage greater participation by the voters, and to allow Iowans to focus more time on recruiting new members to the Democratic cause and preparing for the general election, rather than siphoning off so much money, time and energy in trying to get people to the Iowa caucuses. The way that the Iowa caucuses are run is seen as antiquated, cumbersome and intimidating to persons who don't wish to be coerced into deciding for whom they should vote.
Wednesday, November 3
A Thank You To Our Candidates
by
Linda Thieman
on Wed 03 Nov 2004 02:10 PM CST
 A Thank You To Our Candidates
Blog for Iowa and Democracy for Iowa
would like to issue a heartfelt thank you to all of our
candidates. We thank you for putting yourselves out there in
spite of the fact that you knew it meant you'd get slimed by the Rove
machine. We thank you for giving the progressive movement a face and a
voice. And we thank you for all your countless hours of hard work.
We'd
also like to thank all of the staff members, the activists, and the
volunteers who worked so hard to try to rescue this state and this
country from the clutches of the destructive GOP.
This is only the beginning.
I've
placed a new link on the top right sidebar of Blog for Iowa. This
page will show you the results of the elections for the candidates that
DFIA endorsed. Or, you can click here to view the results.
We would like to congratulate Ms. Molly Regan, Mr. Jeff Danielson, Mr. Frank Wood, Rep. Ed Fallon, and Rep. Cindy Winckler.
"We are the ones we have been waiting for."
--Hopi elders
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