'Rainforest' Chuck Grassley Leads 'Rapist-Enabler' Roxanne Conlin By A Landslide

From the Cedar Rapids Gazette:

The telephone survey found Grassley earning 54 percent of the vote, while Conlin, the winner of last week’s Senate Democratic primary contest, attracting 37 percent. Only 2 percent prefer some other candidate, and another 8 percent are undecided.

Although candidates often get a bounce in support after a primary victory, that doesn’t seem to be the case for Conlin, according to Rasmussen. Surveys conducted since February show Grassley’s support ranging from 53 to 55 percent. Support for Conlin, a former U.S. attorney, has ranged from 37 to 40 percent. In late April, Grassley led Conlin 53 percent to 40 percent.

Among male voters in Iowa, Grassley leads Conlin by a two-to-one margin, and he has a slight edge among female voters. Grassley holds a double-digit lead over Conlin among voters not affiliated with either major political party.

This, along with the poll yesterday showing Terry Branstad leading The Big Lug by 26 points, does not bode well for downstream races involving Iowa Democrats.

I'll say this right now: I think these polls make the Dave Loebsack and Bruce Braley races highly competitive.

You may eventually see polling data showing Loebsack and Braley in the lead for those specific races, but I would discount it entirely. When you have two major Republican races (Governor and Senator) with the candidates up by 26 and 17 points respectively, this is going to discourage Democrats from voting. Why bother voting if your guy or rapist-enabler isn't even close in the polls? It will have a cascading effect into other races.

The thing is, a lot of Republicans and Independents don't care all that much for Branstad or Grassley in the first place, but the idea of another 4 years of Culver or 6 years of Conlin totally repulses them. Imagine what Branstad and Grassley would be leading by if they didn't have years of cringe-inducing statements and votes.

Speaking of cringe-inducing statements, or not actually, I don't feel that the ginned-up crusade against Representative Steve King has any merit whatsoever. Sure, Steve King runs his mouth, but what is untrue about Eric Holder's handling of the Black Panther voter intimidation case in Philadelphia? Eric Holder's decision is Obama's decision. Same with Obama running his mouth after that cop arrested Henry Gates. The Register can whine and stamp and moan all they want about how supposedly Steve King is a racist, but that's BS. Steve King just has big balls. Get over it.

It's Not Unusual That Branstad Is Ahead 57% to 31% Over Culver

From the Cedar Rapids Gazette:

A week after winning the Iowa Republican nomination for governor, Terry Branstad leads first-term Democrat Gov. Chet Culver 57 percent to 31 percent, according to Rasmussen Reports.

While I'm no cheerleader for Terry Branstad, it's interesting to see how this is analyzed:

“Rasmussen is a Republican polling firm,” said [Culver campaign spokeswoman] Ali Glisson.

It is not unusual for the winner of a contested primary to receive a bounce in the polls following their victory, Rasmussen said.

Take it away, Tom Jones!

More Republicans Than Democrats Voted In Linn and Johnson Counties

I'm back.

From the Cedar Rapids Gazette:

Republicans cast more ballots than Democrats in Tuesday’s primary election in Johnson and Linn counties.

That is a first in the Democratic stronghold of Johnson County when both parties had contested races on the ballot, Auditor Tom Slockett said.

“There were just more hotly contested races on the Republican ticket than on the Democratic ticket,” he explained.

What a bunch of spin from a Democrat hack like Slockett.

Was he drunk again? Slockett's been busted for drunk driving a couple of times in the past few years.

I wonder if Slockett's ever been drunk on the job?

But I digress.

From what I understand, there were only two Republican races on the ballot in that part of the state: Governor and 2nd Congressional District primaries. On the Democrat side there was just the Senate primary. While rapist-enabler Roxanne Conlin was leading in the polls slightly for the Senate race, it wasn't like she going to run away with the nomination.

Back to the story:

A total of 4,832 ballots were cast in the Republican primary, compared with 4,115 for Democrats. Results are not official until the votes are canvassed.

In Linn County, 12,135 Republicans voted in the primary, versus 4,063 Democrats. Those results also are unofficial.

Both counties have more registered Democrats than Republicans. The difference in Johnson County is especially pronounced, with 40,579 Democrats and 16,645 Republicans.

Linn County has 54,853 registered Democrats and 37,461 Republicans.

That's a pathetic showing for the Democrats, all-around.

Republican Marionnette Miller-Meeks has a very good chance of destroying incumbent Democrat Dave Loebsack in the 2nd district if Democrats continue to stay home in November in strongholds like Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.