IA: Grassley won't be GOP delegate
12:28 PM
From The Washington Times:
Evangelical Christians in Iowa, dominant in the state's Republican Party, have denied Sen. Charles E. Grassley his request for a place on the state's delegation to this summer's Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.Read the complete Washington Times piece
Mr. Grassley may attend the party's Sept. 1-4 nominating convention in St. Paul, but not as a voting delegate.
With a majority of nine out of 17 members on the Iowa Republican central committee, religious conservatives made Iowa Christian Alliance President Steve Scheffler chairman of Iowa's 40-member delegation in a vote immediately after their state party convention July 12.
"The Republican Party of Iowa is moving significantly to the right on social issues," the just-ousted Iowa Republican National Committee member Steve Roberts told The Washington Times. "It hurts John McCain's chances to win this state."
The Republican Party of Iowa's list does include statewide elected officials like Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey and Auditor David Vaudt, McCain campaign chair David Roederer and congressional candidate state Sen. David Hartsuch.
See the complete list of GOP delegates
