June 14, 2004

The Anti-gay Agenda Fails in Iowa

Karl Rove might want to read this story. It seems that Ken Veenstra, the assistant majority leader the assistant majority leader in the Iowa state Senate lost in a primary to Dave Mulder a college professor. While Mulder thinks he won because of his emphasis on education issues, many political pundits in Iowa thinks he won because of Veenstra's anti-gay agenda. What is fascinating to me is that the district in question is a heavily Republican district, not a swing district. This might show that even Republicans are getting tired of the far-right social agenda and want legislators to actually govern. Wow, what a novel idea!

Is this a fortaste of things to come? One can hope.

Thanks for Tony Dorsano for pointing out this story.

Posted by Dennis at June 14, 2004 09:27 AM
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"Republicans are getting tired of the far-right social agenda and want legislators to actually govern"

It's one of the last big wedge issues - and from my perspective, it's beginning to look like it might lose its power to divide this cycle (though I would not have thought so a year ago).

It's fortunate that Republican candidates are begining to recognize this on their own because Democrats could make some hay with it.

Posted by: dorsano at June 14, 2004 10:42 PM
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