Good News & Notes from Iowa & DFIA
This great design is by Darrell Lewis of Clear Lake
DFIA Signs Pop Up in Scott County
It is
not widely known (because it got lost in the shuffle) that a couple of
weeks ago, when John Kerry came to the Quad Cities, DFIA Founding
Member Darrell Lewis suggested that we make up some signs for the Kerry
rally. So, DFIA Co-founder Dr. Alta Price had some special
Kerry/Edwards DFIA/BFIA signs made up for the occasion (11 x 14, thick,
shiny paper). The signs (see above) were designed by Darrell
Lewis and can be downloaded from the right sidebar of Blog for Iowa in
pdf format. (There’s also a great rainbow design.)
The
signs were a huge hit, according to DFIA Environmentalist Molly Regan,
who distributed them at the rally, and many Dems asked to take them
home. Molly agreed to this as long as they promised to use them
again somewhere.
Well,
Alta reports that last Saturday, when she and Molly were marching in a
parade in Molly’s hometown in support of the Democratic candidates,
they saw a pick up truck that the Scott County Democrats take around to
all the parades. The truck has all the candidates’ posters down
the sides. Says Alta, “Prominently displayed on the windows of
each side of the SCD truck, to my surprise, I [saw] the
Kerry/Edwards/DFIA/BFIA posters. This is a surprise because no
Deaner put those posters up.” The Kerry people had put them up!
Well, that just goes to show that you can’t beat a good design.
“But not this year”
For those of you working hard out in the heat and humidity, day in and day out, I add this cheering report from John Drury, Dean Dozen member and Democratic candidate for Iowa Senate in the 6th District:
While
going door to door in Hampton [the other day], I talked to an elderly
gentleman who told me that he was a Republican and that he had voted
Republican his entire life. And then he said, “But not this year.”
Folks,
that seems to be the theme for this election year. Republicans, young
and old, are saying that they are fed up with the way this country is
being run, and are fed up with the partisan bickering in Des Moines.
Everyone realizes that the bickering accomplishes nothing for the
people of Iowa and they simply want it to stop.
John
told me that this man, who must have been in his mid 80’s, admitted
that he AND HIS WIFE had agreed to vote a straight Democratic ticket
this year, and John added, that it’s not really that unusual for him to
find people who feel that way.
Oh, and by the way, the Drury campaign has really been picking up steam
lately. Democratic Iowa Senate leader Mike Gronstal says that the
seat Drury is running for is now one of the top senate seats that
Gronstal's office is targeting. And there's excitement in the air
as the Drury blog, run by Darrell Lewis, reaches all new levels of
daily visitors.
The Drury blog has the great distinction of not only drawing folks into
the campaign but at the same time, creating a real sense of
community – not to mention it frequently offers up hard-hitting exposés
of right-wing Republican incumbent Thurman Gaskill. And believe you me,
there is a lot to expose. Click here to take a look.
Kerry Gets Solid Lead In Iowa
Looks like what John Drury is discovering on the ground is finally showing up in the Iowa polls.
According to the Centre for Public Opinion, John Kerry could carry the state of Iowa in the 2004 United States presidential election.
A poll
conducted by Zogby Interactive and published in the Wall Street Journal
Online found that 52.2 per cent of Iowa respondents would vote for the
Democratic nominee, while 45.2 per cent would support the junta.
Go Iowa!
Linda Thieman
Blog For Iowa 