Des Moines County GOP

Whirlwind tour reveals energy, determination among Iowa Republicans

Last weekend went by like a blur. The final count: 10 county conventions stretching from Guthrie County to Louisa. You’d think 14 hours on the road would wear a guy out, but I came away feeling more energized than ever! As I traveled from county to county, I found Republicans who are excited about our opportunities to restore principled conservative leadership to Iowa.

To seize that opportunity, we must take action!

Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are ignoring the results of Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts last Tuesday.

Instead of comprehending that voters in Massachusetts rejected the Democrats' government-run health care experiment, they are arrogantly dismissing the will of the people by attempting to jam through Congress their trillion dollar socialist scheme.

Whether it's the Pelosi-led House passing the Senate's health care bill, or Reid using a budgeting gimmick called reconciliation to pass the bill with 51 votes in the Senate, the liberal Democrats are desperate to give Obama a legislative victory on the top priority of his radical, leftist agenda -- no matter what they have to do, spend and say to achieve it.

It's clear that the American people believe, as the Republican Party does, that we must scrap the Democrats' health care "reform" bill that spends too much, cuts Medicare too much, raises premiums too much and taxes too much and is the wrong prescription for our economy. It's time for the Democrats to go back to the drawing board and work with Republicans to find sensible, affordable solutions to reforming health care.

Since Obama, Pelosi and Reid didn't listen to the voters of Massachusetts, maybe they'll listen to your voice and other Americans across the country telling them to STOP their rush to pass their risky health care gamble and start over crafting a new bill with Republicans.