Religious Nut Job strangle hold that seems hell bent on destroying Iowa. It's going to take the Bernie people to get Judge elected.

I didn't vote for her but she'll get my support.

BTW, this was kind of funny:

Grassley campaign removing image of Judge staffer from TV ad

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s re-election campaign will revise a newly released TV ad to remove the image of a campaign staffer for his leading Democratic opponent.

The 60-second ad that began airing in the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids TV markets this week initially featured a photo of Grassley, a Republican, posing with a Decatur County man named Jordan Pope.

The photo, which showed Pope standing with Grassley and holding out a cellphone as if taking a selfie, flashes on the screen for about two seconds while a narrator described Grassley’s work this year on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Pope, it turns out, is a staffer on the campaign of Patty Judge, one of four Democrats seeking to challenge Grassley in November. He’s also the Decatur County Democratic chairman and a member of the party’s state central committee.

...http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/02/chuck-grassley-senate-election-patty-judge-campaign/85309238/

But I fully support Judge now that the primary is over. She's a thousand times better than Senator Bowel Obstruction.

I'm a Bernie supporter moving toward Hillary. My blue yard sign was replaced with a white one last week as hope faded. I had a convo with myself Tuesday evening on the way home from work to vote. There were my thoughts...

1. I convinced my more progressive part that whoever faced CG would need very, very deep party roots and financial support.

2. There's the issue of gender in the context of political confrontation, a dynamic which we saw recently play out with Braley-Ernst. It will be very difficult for Grassley to hit hard and attack a women candidate without alienating women voters. Conversely, she can pound the hell out of him with virtual impunity. There's plenty more to be said on that, but enough said now.

3. Finally, since the party is currently in the hands of establishment types, she fit the mold. It's not the ideal mold IMHO, but I felt that a vote for Judge would move us into contention and potentially enable us--should she win--to make one more step toward a more fair, equal, and just society.

In the final analysis I felt that she had the best chance to retire Grassley and add another brick to the foundation of progressivism.

And did I mention her name is "Judge"? How coincidental, how metaphorical, how utterly poetic. In and of itself, that could reap huge dividends in commanding public attention.

So I didn't vote my heart; instead, I voted my head. I wonder how many others struggle with this tension?

Peace.