Posts Tagged ‘Doug Gross’

We should have known that it was only a matter of time before the cultural and ideological tug-of-war within the Republican Party would resurface. Truth be told, ideological debates are prevalent in both political parties. It just seems that Iowa Republicans do a poor job in keeping their turf battles in-house. Former GOP ... Full story

This spring, Doug Gross commissioned a poll for the Iowa First Foundation. The poll was designed to help Iowa Republicans identify a winning gubernatorial candidate. One of the areas to which Mr. Gross drew attention while sharing the poll’s findings with the media was the issue of how people felt about the Republican ... Full story

I realize I’ve written about civility in politics a few times over the last week. I also said that when folks go off the reservation we call the platform, I’d take the gloves off. This includes when a certain someone undercuts a Republican candidate for governor ... Full story

Doug Gross continues to go through his rolodex in search for a gubernatorial candidate. Doug’s candidate de jour is now rumored to be Jeff Bullock. Bullock is the President of Dubuque University and well respected member of his community. Bullock’s name was mentioned last cycle as a possible congressional candidate but those rumors ... Full story

Many people are trying to figure out what Doug Gross is up to. Starting this past Thursday, Gross held a series of private meetings to go over the results of his new poll. I don’t know if we should really call it a new poll since the results from it are more than a ... Full story

Arlen Specter and Doug Gross are both trying to tell us, the American people, the Republican Party is moving too far to the right. Since when? Look at our recent candidates…John McCain, not a conservative; George W. Bush, not a conservative; Jim Nussle, not a conservative; ... Full story

This afternoon, former Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Gross will gather a group of establishment Republican at his downtown office in Des Moines. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the findings of his recent poll on what direction the Republican Party should go if it wants to be a majority party again. According a March ... Full story