If you don’t already have plans on Saturday night:
2nd Annual Culver – Judge Holiday Party
Saturday, December 6, 2008
7:30p – 11:00p
Val Air Ballroom, 301 Ashworth Rd. West Des Moines
$35 per person / $50 family / $10 Student
Sponsor Levels: $100, $250 and $500
Host Level: $1000
For more information and to RSVP go to:
I went to this party last year, and it was fun. I am battling a head cold, so I’ll probably stay home tomorrow night. If anyone out there attends, please put up a diary or a comment in this thread afterwards to let us know how it was.
Governor Culver may as well enjoy the holiday season. He’s got a tough year ahead, with bleak prospects on the revenue side and a lot of pressing needs for spending.
In the good news column, Culver has a slightly larger Democratic majority in the state legislature, and he happens to be governor while the Republican Party of Iowa is at its lowest ebb in decades. This week I spent a little time reading Iowa conservative blogs, which reminded me of the mess that party is in. While the State Central Committee is supposed to be finding a new party chair, a group of Republicans in the second Congressional district are trying to get Kim Lehman removed as RNC committeewoman.
I can’t see any of the people vying for state GOP chair leading them out of the wilderness soon. One of the leading contenders, Gopal Krishna, is an extremely divisive figure, judging from this post and the comments below it.
All the more reason for Democrats to celebrate at the Val Air Ballroom this weekend.