Comments on: Moderates seek a place in Iowa’s GOP http://iowaindependent.com/14623/moderates-seek-a-place-in-iowas-gop Iowa politics, news, and commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:46:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: kentuckydan http://iowaindependent.com/14623/moderates-seek-a-place-in-iowas-gop/comment-page-1#comment-19758 kentuckydan Sun, 03 May 2009 13:53:28 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=14623#comment-19758 The vulnerability of the system IMO as it stands now is that a well organized cohesive group can dominate and control the Party organizations. Starting with the Precinct Caucuses, When our Election Code was originally set up, the Precinct was your neighborhood, you KNEW your neighbors, their families perhaps for generations, A Caucus were a group of people who knew each other and chose, Delegates to the County Convention and County Central Committee Members from those they knew, respected and trusted to speak with their voices in the next rung of the Party structure.<br> <br>Today a Caucus is a roomful of strangers, who are usually willing to let whoever starts the Caucus continue to run it and if they happen to be part of an group that is well organized they can control who ends up in those positions.,<br> <br>This bothers me so I have decided to start what I term a Grassroots Non-Issue based initiative.<br> <br>I plan with the help of my County Committee members to start having a few backyard cookouts, maybe some picnics of the folks in our Precinct that belong to my Party with ONE Primary Goal<br> <br>That the people in the Precinct get to know each other, so that when they meet next and in the future in Caucus rather than a roomful of strangers they will be among people they know and can make an informed decision on who their local Political Representatives in the Party Structure will be,<br><br>I intend to use these gatherings as well as the Internet, Facebook to be exact to form a sense of Community in my Precinct I suggest any who might be in agreement do the same in their Precinct.<br>If you wish to see my beginning structure you will find it here<br><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=106583586456" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid...</a><br><br>Linn County Iowa Precinct 38 GOP The vulnerability of the system IMO as it stands now is that a well organized cohesive group can dominate and control the Party organizations. Starting with the Precinct Caucuses, When our Election Code was originally set up, the Precinct was your neighborhood, you KNEW your neighbors, their families perhaps for generations, A Caucus were a group of people who knew each other and chose, Delegates to the County Convention and County Central Committee Members from those they knew, respected and trusted to speak with their voices in the next rung of the Party structure.

Today a Caucus is a roomful of strangers, who are usually willing to let whoever starts the Caucus continue to run it and if they happen to be part of an group that is well organized they can control who ends up in those positions.,

This bothers me so I have decided to start what I term a Grassroots Non-Issue based initiative.

I plan with the help of my County Committee members to start having a few backyard cookouts, maybe some picnics of the folks in our Precinct that belong to my Party with ONE Primary Goal

That the people in the Precinct get to know each other, so that when they meet next and in the future in Caucus rather than a roomful of strangers they will be among people they know and can make an informed decision on who their local Political Representatives in the Party Structure will be,

I intend to use these gatherings as well as the Internet, Facebook to be exact to form a sense of Community in my Precinct I suggest any who might be in agreement do the same in their Precinct.
If you wish to see my beginning structure you will find it here

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid...

Linn County Iowa Precinct 38 GOP

]]> By: kentuckydan http://iowaindependent.com/14623/moderates-seek-a-place-in-iowas-gop/comment-page-1#comment-16729 kentuckydan Sun, 03 May 2009 11:53:28 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=14623#comment-16729 The vulnerability of the system IMO as it stands now is that a well organized cohesive group can dominate and control the Party organizations. Starting with the Precinct Caucuses, When our Election Code was originally set up, the Precinct was your neighborhood, you KNEW your neighbors, their families perhaps for generations, A Caucus were a group of people who knew each other and chose, Delegates to the County Convention and County Central Committee Members from those they knew, respected and trusted to speak with their voices in the next rung of the Party structure.<br> <br>Today a Caucus is a roomful of strangers, who are usually willing to let whoever starts the Caucus continue to run it and if they happen to be part of an group that is well organized they can control who ends up in those positions.,<br> <br>This bothers me so I have decided to start what I term a Grassroots Non-Issue based initiative.<br> <br>I plan with the help of my County Committee members to start having a few backyard cookouts, maybe some picnics of the folks in our Precinct that belong to my Party with ONE Primary Goal<br> <br>That the people in the Precinct get to know each other, so that when they meet next and in the future in Caucus rather than a roomful of strangers they will be among people they know and can make an informed decision on who their local Political Representatives in the Party Structure will be,<br><br>I intend to use these gatherings as well as the Internet, Facebook to be exact to form a sense of Community in my Precinct I suggest any who might be in agreement do the same in their Precinct.<br>If you wish to see my beginning structure you will find it here<br><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=106583586456" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid...</a><br><br>Linn County Iowa Precinct 38 GOP The vulnerability of the system IMO as it stands now is that a well organized cohesive group can dominate and control the Party organizations. Starting with the Precinct Caucuses, When our Election Code was originally set up, the Precinct was your neighborhood, you KNEW your neighbors, their families perhaps for generations, A Caucus were a group of people who knew each other and chose, Delegates to the County Convention and County Central Committee Members from those they knew, respected and trusted to speak with their voices in the next rung of the Party structure.

Today a Caucus is a roomful of strangers, who are usually willing to let whoever starts the Caucus continue to run it and if they happen to be part of an group that is well organized they can control who ends up in those positions.,

This bothers me so I have decided to start what I term a Grassroots Non-Issue based initiative.

I plan with the help of my County Committee members to start having a few backyard cookouts, maybe some picnics of the folks in our Precinct that belong to my Party with ONE Primary Goal

That the people in the Precinct get to know each other, so that when they meet next and in the future in Caucus rather than a roomful of strangers they will be among people they know and can make an informed decision on who their local Political Representatives in the Party Structure will be,

I intend to use these gatherings as well as the Internet, Facebook to be exact to form a sense of Community in my Precinct I suggest any who might be in agreement do the same in their Precinct.
If you wish to see my beginning structure you will find it here

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid...

Linn County Iowa Precinct 38 GOP

]]> By: slincoln http://iowaindependent.com/14623/moderates-seek-a-place-in-iowas-gop/comment-page-1#comment-16717 slincoln Fri, 01 May 2009 18:26:19 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=14623#comment-16717 I wish I knew. I wish I knew.

]]> By: RegularJoe http://iowaindependent.com/14623/moderates-seek-a-place-in-iowas-gop/comment-page-1#comment-16711 RegularJoe Fri, 01 May 2009 10:00:53 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=14623#comment-16711 Do they really feel that way or are they just parroting the words to keep out of trouble? Do they really feel that way or are they just parroting the words to keep out of trouble?

]]> By: slincoln http://iowaindependent.com/14623/moderates-seek-a-place-in-iowas-gop/comment-page-1#comment-16709 slincoln Fri, 01 May 2009 06:49:23 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=14623#comment-16709 How unfortunate that even the "moderate" republicans feel that taking away civil liberty is an "important" issue. How unfortunate that even the “moderate” republicans feel that taking away civil liberty is an “important” issue.

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