Mike Denklau Attacks Steve King for Partisanship, Distractions

At first look, Steve King challenger Mike Denklau may not seem like someone you would expect to be able to put an end to the long Iowa nightmare of Steve King's tenure in Congress, but even if he does not end up ousting Iowa's most embarassing congressman ever, he definitely has a resume that spells success. A 4th generation Iowa native who grew up on a farm, in his brief 26 years, he has collected a set of life experiences that balance his rural roots.  According to the campaign website:  
 

Elsewhere, I read that Denklau worked at Lehman Brothers.  Check out the campaign website for even more surprising and impressive stuff in Denklau's bio, then if you live in the 5th and don't care for Rep. King, do something for your country and state by contacting the campaign and giving them a hand.  If you don't live in Iowa's 5th, you can still contribute.  No one thought Loebsack would beat Leach in 2006, either.  So get out there and fight! 

Here's what Denklau had to say this week about Steve King's most recent antics.

Council
Bluffs, IA –  Rep. King remains focused on partisan
distractions instead of the issues that impact the day-to-day lives of
Iowans. First, it was the letter writing campaign in favor of South
Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson. Now, Rep. King has squandered nearly two weeks
talking about Kevin Jennings, assistant deputy secretary of education
for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.

In the two weeks
Steve King has focused on a letter writing campaign concerning a low
ranking official in Washington, D.C., Iowa's official unemployment rate
has continued to close in on 7% and the state has announced a 10%
budget cut that will result in the layoff of thousands of public
employees, likely including the loss of 100 law enforcement officers
and thousands of education jobs.

In these two weeks of yet
more distractions by Steve King, thousands of Iowans living in the 5th
District either have no access to affordable healthcare or are
experiencing the high costs of the current inefficient healthcare
system that Steve King supports.

In these two weeks of yet more
distractions by Steve King, thousands of businesses in the 5th District
have experienced difficulty in obtaining financing for new business
ventures because of Steve King's consistent failure to support sound
market practices.

As stated in his announcement remarks
last week, Congressional candidate Mike Denklau is running to provide
leadership focused on the economic needs of Iowans and creating
opportunities in the 5th District.  Recognizing the need for new and
better jobs in the 5th District, Denklau strongly supports revitalizing
our farming communities through the passage of legislation to expand
wind energy production. Expanding wind energy to 20% of our nation's
electricity generation would bring nearly 60,000 construction jobs to
Iowa and create over 9,000 long-term operational jobs that pay upwards
of $20 per hour.

Denklau believes it's time to move beyond the
partisanship that plagues our political system. Western Iowa and
America deserve effective leadership focused on the issues that really
matter to our communities and our businesses.~