nick, do explain on both issues if you would.
I think Nussle has a good shot at this , he will definately win Western IA and coming fromt e East he has good name ID over there already.
Hope he wins as he could be a replacement for Harkin or grassley someday.
Nussle is chair of the budget committee. Therefore, he can be directly tied to the ballooning federal budget deficit.
In 1996 Nussle divorced his wife after an affair with one of his staffers.
For those of you already chalking this one up for Nussle... Remeber 1998? Jim Ross Lightfoot, was supposed to manhandle Vilsack. We all know the results of that.
The point I agree with jravnsbo on has to do with where Nussle comes from, ie eastern Iowa, and that he represents and is well-liked in a swing/lean Dem seat in the House. To say that this won't be helpful in his bid for Governor is to ignore the obvious.
He will simply start off being well-known in the eastern part of the state (Democrat country) and not well-known in the western part of the state (Republican country). This is also obvious.
These two other things are potential baggage (much less so the budget deficit thingy); we'll have to how that impacts the campaign as time goes on. It depends on how much people are already aware of it.
Anyway, my bet is that it'll probably be Nussle vs. Sec. of State Chet Culver. The only poll that I've seen so far (about two months ago) gave Nussle a 41-35 lead over Culver.
Keep in mind, I don't give polls at this time of campaign much weight at all. Wake me in about 8 months or so.
