Outside of the comments made by Wally Horn (Iowa's version of Ray
Nagin) and Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal's (Iowa's version of
Kathleen Blanco) opportunistic push to raise taxes and have the state
spend it self into dept, I have been impressed with out leaders at the
state, local and national level. The federal government's response has
been much better than Katrina. There is no doubt in my mind that Iowa
is benefiting from Jim Nussle's position as the OMB Director and his
closeness to the President in this great time of need. Governor Culver
has stepped up, and Senators Grassley and Harkin have preformed well.
Unfortunately, my opinion was changed when Governor Culver's office
released to the media that John McCain disregarded Culver's request to
stay away from the flooded communities.

Labels: Chet_Culver, John_McCain, Mike Gronstal