Nussle rolls through Scott County
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By Thomas Geyer | Sunday, November 05, 2006 |
The phone banks at the Scott County Republican headquarters Saturday were abuzz with activity with 30 to 40 people calling area voters reminding them of Tuesday’s election.
Walking in to the Bettendorf headquarters were people searching for a cup of coffee after knocking on doors all day.
Iowa Statehouse representative Jamie Van Fossen, R-Davenport, watched the activity.
“We’ve had a busy day,” he said. “A lot of people are out knocking on doors. It’s reminiscent of the strong activity in 2004, but we’re going to need it as tight as the races are.”
Part of the day’s activities was welcoming the Iowa Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Nussle to town. Nussle is spending the last 72 hours barnstorming the state in an effort to get the vote.
Talking to an audience of about 75 people, Nussle said that the work they were doing in Scott County is mirrored by the work being done in other counties.
“It is a lot of activity for an off-year election,” he said, adding that thousands of phone calls are being made and thousands of doors are being knocked on.
“We’ve seen this kind of activity level across the state,” he said. “It’s typical to see this kind of activity in a presidential election year. We’ve never seen this kind of effort on the Republican side in an off-year.”
He said that across the state Iowa Republicans are talking not just to other Republicans, but conservative Democrats and independent voters.
“They’re excited about what could happen here on Tuesday,” he added.
And what is being hammered home is the fact that Iowa needs to lower taxes to make the state more open for business investment, improve education, and shrink the government.
“Our kids get a great education here, but then they look elsewhere for opportunities,” he said. “We want to set the high standard for education here, not an Iowa standard, not a regional standard, but a world standard and make Iowa the place for people to come for education,” he said.
All of that will make Iowa more attractive to families again, he said.
For the past eight years government has been growing instead of Iowa, he added. “It’s time to start growing Iowa.”
Scott County Supervisor Greg Adamson, who also is running for re-election, said that the level of activity is inspiring. “Still, people are ready for it to be over,” he said of the election.
Even though the races are tight, he said he is confident.
“I think we have the right message,” he said.
Nussle is expected to make another pass through Scott County on Monday.
Thomas Geyer can be contacted at (563) 383-2328 or tgeyer@qctimes.com.
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