The reference is to a Des Moines Register story.
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/2014/10/09/david-young-opens-door-immigrants/16956833/
Young is in no danger of losing. His female, terrorist-friendly opponent is a befuddled leftist kook with bad hair in a very conservative district
I am a political consultant who lived and worked for months in IA-3 for a conservative candidate in the GOP congressional primary.
IA-3 is not a “very conservative district.” Before Latham (ACU score 84%; not bad, but not “very conservative”) the voters chose a Dem, Boswell (before that the 3rd didn’t exist as it is today).
Young is certainly in danger of losing, as the Sept. 10 Loras College poll shows (Appel 40%, Young 34%, 5.6% margin of error).
Sadly, Young is a very weak candidate. For example, he took a month’s vacation after he was nominated! Until recently his website hadn’t been updated since the primary. He’s trying to move left to win the general election, making the classic mistake of thinking conservatives have no place to go.
Yes, they do. It’s called staying home.
Moreover, Young has very serious baggage that the DMR (and therefore the Appel campaign) knows all about. The October surprise is coming.
Young is in deep trouble.
The DCCC wouldn’t be pouring in the money if they thought he wasn’t.