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rsdsharp

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1. That's amusing. Chuck Grassley "down by a lot" in Iowa.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Aug 19, 2025, 01:56 PM

Aug 2025

I will never understand it, but Grassley has been winning elections in Iowa since 1958. He has never lost, and, at least as to Congressional and Senatorial races, has never, ever, been “down by a lot.”

If he decides to run in 2028 at the age of 95, he’ll win. If he runs, and dies before the vote, this state will elect his corpse.

What’s weird is his resistance to Trump. Thirty or forty years ago he was fairly independent. Recently, he does what he’s told, and has previously bypassed a blue slip as chair of the judiciary committee.

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Trump wants the Senate to scrap the 'blue slip.' Republicans aren't interested. [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 OP

That's amusing. Chuck Grassley "down by a lot" in Iowa. rsdsharp Aug 2025 #1

"he does what he's told, and has previously bypassed a blue slip" BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 #2