AJ Spiker stepping down as Chairman of Iowa GOP

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[Bastiat's The Law]

what happened? Did the establishment strike back?

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what happened? Did the establishment strike back?

No idea. This news just dropped through a leak to Steve Deace.

[cajuncocoa]

what happened? Did the establishment strike back?
Don't they always?

[Mr.NoSmile]

Well, until we know if they did, it's all speculation. Hopefully his following doesn't just suddenly drop out and lose interest. And hopefully he at least stays active.

[Keith and stuff]

Wasn't this the last state Republican Party that was chaired by a Ron Paul Republican? Hopefully I'm wrong :(

[angelatc]

Is he running for an office?

[CPUd]

Check this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa,_2014

Though it is consistently polling Democrat +7

[HOLLYWOOD]

Sheldon Adelson probably threatened to cut off MILLIONS to the GOP or fund MILLIONS to the DNC.

That's usually how it goes... happens in Nevada all the time. Ron Paul activists win seats, funds dry up, GOP installs establishment Fascists... funds come rolling in from bundlers and SuperPACs.

[angelatc]

Sheldon Adelson probably threatened to cut off MILLIONS to the GOP or fund MILLIONS to the DNC.

That's usually how it goes... happens in Nevada all the time. Ron Paul activists win seats, funds dry up, GOP installs establishment Fascists... funds come rolling in from bundlers and SuperPACs.


That's our fault. We can raise millions of dollars in a single day for Ron Paul, but hardly anything for anybody else.

[LibertyEagle]

That's our fault. We can raise millions of dollars in a single day for Ron Paul, but hardly anything for anybody else.

Very true. It's sad too. Rand could have used a friendly Iowa GOP in the next election.

[thoughtomator]

Wasn't this the last state Republican Party that was chaired by a Ron Paul Republican? Hopefully I'm wrong :(

I think it was the first - not the last though.

[tsai3904]

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[Kotin]

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How is that a better way to help??

[Keith and stuff]

How is that a better way to help??
Great question! I would love a great answer to it.

Maybe it's a paid job? I know at least all of the NHGOP executive positions are volunteer jobs without pay. I assume most of them pay at most, very little in IA.

[tsai3904]

How is that a better way to help??

Maybe he resigned so he wouldn't have to face a likely loss at re-election. Pro-Branstad delegates overwhelmed liberty delegates at the conventions.

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[Mr.NoSmile]

Maybe he resigned so he wouldn't have to face a likely loss at re-election. Pro-Branstad delegates overwhelmed liberty delegates at the conventions.

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Huh. Who says the new folks trying to enter the tent don't play an active part in the Party process during off-season? The old guard does, and so far, they haven't been completely wrong. Though, again, you're not always going to have the majority.

[TaftFan]

Maybe they won't blow several hundred thousand for foreign aid ads in losing Senate races this year.

[Uriah]

Most liberty activists are still in this. We are down but not out. Our strength last time around was what I'll call 'the casuals', and we, the activists are the casualties. The casuals were the non-political types, independents, and democrats that supported Ron Paul and helped us influence and the state GOP. They didn't show up this time obviously. Honestly, this probably helps the party all around and as we work inside it we gain more influence and credibility. The establishment types in my county have given praise upon praise to some of our activists that show up and do a little work.

I don't like this but it does give AJ time to work more directly with Rand. It'll be interesting to see who will become the next state chair.

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Maybe they won't blow several hundred thousand for foreign aid ads in losing Senate races this year.

That wasn't so bad. It served to put pressure on moderate Republicans and Democrats alike to vote against foreign aid and affirmed that Rand Paul was a believer in party unity at a time when the likes of Akin and Mourdock were being trashed by establishment figures like McCain and defunded by national GOP organizations.

[Inkblots]

How is that a better way to help??

As others have noted, he would have been voted out. It's called "jumping before you're pushed".

[Krzysztof Lesiak]

RAND Pac seems to be hardly doing anything, so it's seems like a bad move on his part. I was hoping he'd run for Senate. No liberty candidate in that race right now.