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21 Jul 2008 05:42 pm
Christianist Watch
by Chris Bodenner
Evangelicals within the Iowa GOP have barred Sen. Grassley, the state's highest-ranking Republican, from joining the delegation in St. Paul:
Political observers in Iowa saw the move against Mr. Grassley as
retribution for his having tangled with evangelical pastors in his
state. He initiated a Senate Finance Committee investigation of six
televangelists for conspicuous personal spending.
...
"The Republican Party of Iowa is moving significantly to the right on
social issues," the just-ousted Iowa [RNC]
member Steve Roberts told The Washington Times. ... "It's pretty well
controlled now by the Christian Alliance. If somebody came to me and
wanted to be a delegate to
the national party convention, I used to say, 'Talk to the state party
chairman or to Grassley.' Now it's very simple. You go to the Christian
Alliance, and they determine who is a delegate, and you have to do
exactly as they say."
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