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With six men actively seeking the Republican Party of Iowa’s gubernatorial nomination and a few others publicly mulling a run themselves, a hotly contested 2010 GOP primary is virtually guaranteed.

The long and difficult process of amending Iowa’s constitution coupled with changing attitudes over time makes it unlikely that Friday morning’s state Supreme Court decision will be overturned.

Republican state Sen. Mary Lundby, 60, lost her long-fought battle with cancer today. Iowans mourn a state legislator who served for more than two decades, a female pioneer who paved a way for the next generation.

 
While insiders spent time recently thinking about what has made Obama’s campaign successful, most talk of the McCain campaign more was about its missteps than its successes.

ANALYSIS: With tonight’s vice presidential debate hours away, one rural analyst sees it as a “high-wire act” for GOP candidate Sarah Palin, while another views it as an opportunity for the Alaska governor to escape from what he believes is an unfair media-driven caricature of her.

Whether or not you think John McCain made the right decision by choosing Alaska Gov. Sara Palin to be his running mate, not surprisingly, depends on your political party.

State Sen. Jeff Angelo, R-Creston, tells Iowa Independent he would exchange Iowa Gov. Chet Culver’s “entire rousing speech for just one good idea.”

Angelo, a southwest Iowan who represents the largest senate district in the Hawkeye State, says Culver’s Condition of The State speech seems in desperate need of a reality check — which Angelo expects [...]

State Sen. Jeff Angelo, R- Creston, told Iowa Independent just moments ago that he’s made no decision and has no announcement pending on a re-election bid for 2008.

Cityview’s Civic Skinny speculates that Angelo won’t run, but he tells Iowa Independent that’s just “people chatting.”

“I just don’t think  too much about it at this particular point,” [...]

Iowa State Sen. Jeff Angelo, R- Creston, today said his party is primed to beat the woman he believes will be the  likely Democratic presidential nominee on taxes and natural security if the GOP has the courage to cut “dead wood” figures like disgraced U.S. Sen. Larry Craig from its ranks.
Moreover, the Craig matter shows [...]

State Sen. Jeff Angelo, R-Creston, has been on board with the Rudy Giuliani campaign for some time. And Angelo is sticking with Hizzoner even though Mr. 9/11 pulled a no-show for the Straw Poll.

That said, Angelo, who has emphasized what he thinks is Rudy’s strength in a crisis in previous interviews with Iowa Independent, admitted [...]