Craig Robinson

@dougblandry Simple solution, pair down the invitation list. Make it exclusive.

the WHCD is never gonna be at the White House because even the new ballroom, if it's even built at the proposed size, will only seat about 1000 people in 20k square feet the hilton's ballroom is 30k square feet and they squeeze 2,500 people in for seated dinners the only other viable option in town is at the convention center which is a massive 50,000 square feet (and would be way easier to secure)

@hbtCHIEFS XAVIER NWANKPA

Who are the most intriguing UDFA's the Chiefs have signed so far (in your opinion)?

The "yes" vote has won Va's redistricting referendum — but the legal fight is just beginning. Four Va Constitutional challenges are now teed up: THREE challenges to the amendment process itself: 1️⃣ First passage was invalid. The amendment was taken up during a special session convened in 2024 for budget purposes. The General Assembly's own call to the Governor (under Art. IV, §6 and Art. V, §5) and its governing resolution (HJR 6001) limited the session's scope. Expanding it to include a constitutional amendment on redistricting required a two-thirds vote that never occurred. A Tazewell County judge found this action "void, ab initio." 2️⃣ Art. XII, §1 requires that after first passage, a proposed amendment be "referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates." An election must intervene between first and second passage. Here, first passage occurred during an election cycle — not before an intervening one. 3️⃣ Art. XII, §1 requires the amendment be submitted to voters "not sooner than ninety days after final passage by the General Assembly." The timeline from second passage to the April 21 vote did not satisfy this requirement. Plus ONE challenge to the proposed maps: 4️⃣ Art. II, §6 requires that "every electoral district shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory." The proposed congressional maps violate this contiguity requirement (rather badly). Next stop, court. Stay tuned.

@IowaStateDad @IowaGOP Agree. Sand is the Iowa version of Beto O’Rourke. He will get tons of national attention and $$$ all while Democrats have not been competitive outside 11-15 of the states 99 counties.

Calling the #IAGov race a "toss-up" is a mistake. Between the @IowaGOP registration lead and Sand’s last race against a total unknown opponent, the data favors a Republican victory. We’re putting in the work to keep Iowa red. 🚩 #IAPolitics thehill.com/homenews/campa…

@MBousselot @RobSandIA TV ad.

Rob Sand wanted access to private attorney client info. Supreme Court said NO. @RobSandIA wanted access to your personal private health information. Like if you were vaccinated. The Iowa Legislature said NO. In November, Iowa needs to say no to this big government lib.

@briandumas Explains a lot

IA Gov Primary polling to take you into the weekend. Takeaway: Feenstra Maintains Commanding Lead. #IAGOV

@ChrisCillizza It just doesn’t ever say his name….

This is a very good ad

Good ad!

@adamwren Or what his name is, because he never says it.

Watching this, you’d be hard-pressed to know whether Sand is a Democrat or Republican. It’s all part of the plan: politico.com/news/2026/03/2…

When I saw that Rob Sand was releasing his first TV ad, I figured it would be good. You run ads to build name ID, and while his spot shows his name on the screen, the ad never says his name. Huge miss.

@LauraRBelin But not really. People are moving to Waukee, Ankeny, North Liberty, and Marion.

Three blue cities: Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/loc…

@RossPeterson_ Need this graph for every school district in the state. Only then can you have a meaningful conversation about education spending.

Who could’ve ever seen this? Me. I did. But throw more money at the problem. Maybe the next administrator will fix it.

@johndeeth @DMerschbrock I’ve always been a trend setter!

@DMerschbrock @IowaGOPer 3) challenges have become much more common in Iowa since the 2018 removal of Ron Corbett from the ballot and there are GOP firms that specialize in petition challenges.

Someone in Iowa journalism get a voting rights history expert on the line and write a story about the Eddie Andrews challenge in context of Iowa’s ballot access laws and how it all relates to Jim Crow practices and other voting restrictions in the US. @ErinDMurphy @LauraRBelin

@johndeeth @DMerschbrock We have a winner.

@DMerschbrock @IowaGOPer More likely: Steen wanted to clear out some of the clutter in the Not Feenstra lane and Andrews, with his last second filing and haphazard organization (petitions stolen out of the car? 😆) was the easiest target.

@LauraRBelin @DMerschbrock @ErinDMurphy These are not difficult requirements to meet. It requires basic organization and seriousness by every campaign, which I applaud. The problem is that many campaigns are lazy and expect to get the signatures they need at an off year caucus which are poorly attended.

@DMerschbrock @ErinDMurphy I mentioned on my show two weeks ago that we see more people missing or almost missing the ballot because of Republican charges that increased the signatures required and mandated that signatures be rejected for minor technical defects.

@LauraRBelin Indeed and you can feel it when you drive through town. Also hurt that if you have a good paying job in Clinton, you live on an acreage in the country, not it town. There are no quick fixes, but it needs to be openly discussed.

@IowaGOPer Brutal. Down 25%. Of the mid-sized cities I think only Keokuk has lost a larger share of its population.

Clinton, Iowa (population around 24K) will lose labor/delivery services. "Company officials cites rising health care costs, staffing shortages, issues with government funding and policy changes to Medicaid and Medicare as reasons for the changes." #IA01 wqad.com/article/news/l…

@LauraRBelin 32k in 1980.

@IowaGOPer What was the population of Clinton when you were growing up? It's shrunk quite a bit, I think.

@LauraRBelin Issue hits home. It’s where I’m from. Born in Clinton when it had two hospitals. Was shocked at the condition of the facilities when I would take my Dad there for treatment after a surgery in the QC.

@LauraRBelin I think this has more to do with Trinity buying the Mercy network in Iowa more than anything. They are making business decisions and they can use political issues as convenient cover when they opt to scale back services in communities.

@IAFieldReport lol

Rumor has it Julie had Abby Finkenauer & Corey Crowley serving as advisors on the effort. 📝