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Tensions rise at Iowa GOP state convention: All right folks, this is not going well’
Friday night, delegates picked 12 district delegates. Eleven of the 12 are Republicans backed by the Paul movement.
Another 13 at-large delegates will be selected today.
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/...6/tensions-rise-at-iowa-gop-state-convention/
11:41 AM, Jun 16, 2012 | by Jennifer Jacobs |
Iowans loyal to Ron Paul prevailed in getting almost their entire team tickets to the national convention Friday night.
But a tug-of-war is evident today at the Iowa GOP state convention – some Republicans don’t want Paul backers to dominate the Iowa delegation. Another 13 delegates will be picked today.
This morning, a debate over rules on the delegates voting ended with angry shouting.
“All right, folks, this is not going well,” the convention chairman Bill Talbot said after a delegate came to the audience microphone and shouted at him.
Talbot appealed for decorum.
“We are trying to be pleasant people here, let everyone be heard,” Talbot said. “We’re trying to figure out how to do this fairly. The next person that does that is going to be removed from this convention.”
Talbot then ushered Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds onto the stage to give a unifying speech.
Some Republicans think it would be an embarrassment if Paul gets the most national delegates from Iowa as Mitt Romney sails towards capturing the GOP nomination at the national convention at Tampa, Fla., in late August.
The argument this morning was connected to a rival slate, called the “unity” slate. That slate is made up of Iowans who backed Romney, as well as Rick Santorum, the winner of the Iowa caucuses, and others.
Friday night, delegates picked 12 district delegates. Eleven of the 12 are Republicans backed by the Paul movement.
Another 13 at-large delegates will be selected today.
There’s a bigger crowd here today than Friday night – which means there might be enough voting power to override the official Paul-heavy slate.
Backers of the unity slate circulated 800 little slips of paper listing the names of preferred delegates. There are just over 1,400 delegates at the convention – and it’s heavy on Paul loyalists.
Iowa Republicans will send a total of 28 delegates to Tampa – 12 elected from the districts, 13 elected from an at-large slate, plus the state party chairman and the two national committee members. All are unbound, meaning they’re free to vote how they choose at the national convention.
Also this morning, U.S. Rep. Steve King asked Republicans to “join together.”
“I trust Mitt Romney to do the right thing,” King said. “Some of you may not. But here’s what you can trust. You can always trust Barack Obama to do the wrong thing.”
Here’s the names the Paul movement in Iowa wants to voted in today as delegates to the national convention: Gov. Terry Branstad, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Margaret Stoldorf, Michelle Bullock, James Mills, Steve Anders, Roger Leahy, Mark Hansen, Will Johnson, Lexy Nuzum, Andrea Bie, David Fischer, and Drew Ivers.
And here are the names the unity movement wants elected: Branstad, Grassley, Stoldorf, state Sen. Renee Schulte of Cedar Rapids, Joni Scotter, state Sen. Tim Kapucian of Keystone, Deb Thornston, Jeanita McNulty, Mark LeRette, Connie Schmett, Rod Roberts, Steve Sukup and Cody Hoefert.
The delegates elected from the four congressional districts Friday night are Jeff Luecke, Brent Oleson and Kelly Schoen from the 1st District; Ani DeGroot, Bob Anderson and Ed Kelenyi from the 2nd District; Nancy Bowery, Gopal Krishna and Glen Massie from the 3rd District; and Dusty Juhl, Brian Kraft and Jeff Taylor from the 4th District.
Anderson is the only delegate who wasn’t listed on little white slips of paper circulated to Paul loyalists Friday night. He’s the original backer of the unity slate. He’s also the chairman of the Johnson County GOP and a new GOP state central committee member.
Friday night, delegates picked 12 district delegates. Eleven of the 12 are Republicans backed by the Paul movement.
Another 13 at-large delegates will be selected today.
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/...6/tensions-rise-at-iowa-gop-state-convention/
11:41 AM, Jun 16, 2012 | by Jennifer Jacobs |
Iowans loyal to Ron Paul prevailed in getting almost their entire team tickets to the national convention Friday night.
But a tug-of-war is evident today at the Iowa GOP state convention – some Republicans don’t want Paul backers to dominate the Iowa delegation. Another 13 delegates will be picked today.
This morning, a debate over rules on the delegates voting ended with angry shouting.
“All right, folks, this is not going well,” the convention chairman Bill Talbot said after a delegate came to the audience microphone and shouted at him.
Talbot appealed for decorum.
“We are trying to be pleasant people here, let everyone be heard,” Talbot said. “We’re trying to figure out how to do this fairly. The next person that does that is going to be removed from this convention.”
Talbot then ushered Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds onto the stage to give a unifying speech.
Some Republicans think it would be an embarrassment if Paul gets the most national delegates from Iowa as Mitt Romney sails towards capturing the GOP nomination at the national convention at Tampa, Fla., in late August.
The argument this morning was connected to a rival slate, called the “unity” slate. That slate is made up of Iowans who backed Romney, as well as Rick Santorum, the winner of the Iowa caucuses, and others.
Friday night, delegates picked 12 district delegates. Eleven of the 12 are Republicans backed by the Paul movement.
Another 13 at-large delegates will be selected today.
There’s a bigger crowd here today than Friday night – which means there might be enough voting power to override the official Paul-heavy slate.
Backers of the unity slate circulated 800 little slips of paper listing the names of preferred delegates. There are just over 1,400 delegates at the convention – and it’s heavy on Paul loyalists.
Iowa Republicans will send a total of 28 delegates to Tampa – 12 elected from the districts, 13 elected from an at-large slate, plus the state party chairman and the two national committee members. All are unbound, meaning they’re free to vote how they choose at the national convention.
Also this morning, U.S. Rep. Steve King asked Republicans to “join together.”
“I trust Mitt Romney to do the right thing,” King said. “Some of you may not. But here’s what you can trust. You can always trust Barack Obama to do the wrong thing.”
Here’s the names the Paul movement in Iowa wants to voted in today as delegates to the national convention: Gov. Terry Branstad, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Margaret Stoldorf, Michelle Bullock, James Mills, Steve Anders, Roger Leahy, Mark Hansen, Will Johnson, Lexy Nuzum, Andrea Bie, David Fischer, and Drew Ivers.
And here are the names the unity movement wants elected: Branstad, Grassley, Stoldorf, state Sen. Renee Schulte of Cedar Rapids, Joni Scotter, state Sen. Tim Kapucian of Keystone, Deb Thornston, Jeanita McNulty, Mark LeRette, Connie Schmett, Rod Roberts, Steve Sukup and Cody Hoefert.
The delegates elected from the four congressional districts Friday night are Jeff Luecke, Brent Oleson and Kelly Schoen from the 1st District; Ani DeGroot, Bob Anderson and Ed Kelenyi from the 2nd District; Nancy Bowery, Gopal Krishna and Glen Massie from the 3rd District; and Dusty Juhl, Brian Kraft and Jeff Taylor from the 4th District.
Anderson is the only delegate who wasn’t listed on little white slips of paper circulated to Paul loyalists Friday night. He’s the original backer of the unity slate. He’s also the chairman of the Johnson County GOP and a new GOP state central committee member.
. How about a merge?
