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Bob Krause is Making Contact in Iowa

by Paul Deaton

“Bob Krause’s strength is the constant stream of policy
statements coming from his campaign on topics that range from veterans’
issues,
to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to releasing the National Strategic
Petroleum Reserve to help consumers deal with oil price speculation.”

It is a clear spring day, the kind of which there are too
few in the season. I am taking a break from the chain saw and other outdoors
work to post about U.S. Senate candidate Bob Krause and his campaign.

Along with a group of veterans, I had lunch with Bob at the
Perkins Restaurant off Fleur Drive in Des Moines. At the time he was chair of
the Iowa Democratic Veterans Caucus and we had just finished a meeting at the
nearby Iowa Democratic Party headquarters. I recall that particular lunch was
interrupted 3 or 4 times by his mobile phone as he was in final preparations for
his bid for the senate. It has been a year since that luncheon and it is ironic
that we dined at what must have been the same Perkins Restaurant where Roxanne
Conlin is said to have settled the Comes vs. Microsoft class action lawsuit. Krause’s
campaign has struggled to gain recognition in Conlin’s shadow ever since she
announced.

Bob Krause’s strength is the constant stream of policy
statements coming from his campaign on topics that range from veterans’ issues,
to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to releasing the National Strategic
Petroleum Reserve to help consumers deal with oil price speculation. His
policies find sympathetic ears. He has been a constant critic of the incumbent and
regardless who wins the primary, this steady drumbeat will have benefited
Democrats.

Another strength is the diligence and persistence with which
he has traveled the state talking to Democrats. He publicizes events on his web
site and in social media when the corporate media fails to give his campaign
equal treatment. The hope for a Krause primary victory must lie in these
personal contacts. It is clear he has support among veterans and his personal
appearances will likely garner additional support. The strength of his policy
statements will also win some voters. One assumes he has developed a winning
calculus for the primary, even if it is hard for a campaign outsider to discern
it.

According to opensecrets.org, Krause has raised $18,280. If this
is it, then the kind of statewide advertising he needs will not be possible. The campaign will have to rely on his personal network of contacts. It would not be
the first time shoe leather, travel and hand shaking turned into a surprise
victory. We wish Bob Krause the best in the 59 days remaining in the primary
campaign.

~Bob Krause lives in Fairfield, Iowa with
his spouse Vicky Matthiessen-Krause. He is a Democratic candidate to be
the junior United States Senator from Iowa. He faces Roxanne Conlin and
Tom Fiegen in the Democratic primary on June 8. 

Check out Bob Krause's  website or contribute to the Krause campaign at KrauseforIowa.com