Rob Hubler met with the Des Moines Register’s editorial board yesterday, and I recommend this article about him and the fifth district race.
Here’s one of my favorite passages:
Hubler, who said he has gone without health insurance for three years, also supports a national health insurance program as well as setting a timetable to withdrawal troops from Iraq.
Hubler is an advocate of renewable energy, specifically ethanol, wind and nuclear production. He accused King of not adequately embracing alternative fuel expansion.
“We have a congressman who continually cuts ribbons for ethanol plants and yet has voted against every attempt to raise the amount of ethanol produced in Iowa,” Hubler said.
Speaking to the Register’s editors, Hubler explained why he can beat Steve King. I agree with all the points he made and had more to say on that subject here.
Remember, Iowa’s fifth district has a partisan index of R+8. Two dozen Democrats in Congress represent districts that are at least R+5. Nancy Boyda beat a Republican incumbent in Kansas’ second district (like IA-05 mostly white and rural) in 2006, and her district has a partisan index of R+7.
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I hope the Register endorses him
They reported fairly on what he had to say, or it appears that way. The pro-King comments from readers of that article are enlightening for the degree to which people are misinformed. Rob is right: King cuts ribbons but his votes are not supportive of anything but fossil fuels.
I would not wish anyone to be without health insurance. It is terrifying. But that Rob is experiencing this anxiety means that he will feel a sense of urgency for others, even after he gets on the US Gov plan.
riverdog9 Wed 1 Oct 5:13 PM
Carrying Hubler's water
Why doesn’t Rob Hubler have health insurance? If he can’t figure out how to pay for his own, how do you expect him to miraculously produce coverage for every other American?
We have a national debt – when will you libs quit plotting to spend everyone else’s tax money?
peggy Thu 2 Oct 7:04 PM
national debt of $10 trillion
after eight years of George Bush’s failed policies. You may recall that when Bush took office, we were running a surplus and on the path to paying down our national debt.
Peggy, you may not realize how expensive it is to purchase your own health insurance. My family has a private insurance plan, and the only reason we can afford it is that I inherited a house that was paid for (so we have no rent or mortgage payments).
If you don’t get coverage through your employer and are not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid, you can easily pay more than $1,000 a month for health insurance.
Also, as nyceve has discussed in many diaries, people with certain health conditions are unable to purchase health insurance for any price.
Why don’t you educate yourself by reading through nyceve’s work?
http://nyceve.dailykos.com
desmoinesdem Thu 2 Oct 7:45 PM
"...the only reason..." ?
Hubler is not married and doesn’t have a family to insure. If he has a condition that precludes him from purchasing health insurance “at any price,” I think the voters of the Fifth District have a right to know about it.
It’s sort of like not voting for McCain because he’s old and might kick the bucket in his first term.
peggy Thu 2 Oct 9:07 PM