Meet Cathy Glasson: Populist Iowan Democrat Exploring A Run For Governor

The Huffington Post ^ | August 5, 2017 | Taylor Gipple

[2ndDivisionVet]

Longtime nurse and union president, Cathy Glasson, is offering a clear vision of how bold, progressive policies can improve the lives of average Iowans. Glasson is exploring the run for governor in a swing state, which in 2016 voted in favor of Trump, but also Obama in 2008 and 2012.

In the following Q&A, Glasson talks universal health care, raising the minimum wage, and how she can improve the life of the average Iowan.

Q: Why are you considering a run for governor?

I’m exploring a run for Governor because I’m tired of watching working people in this state get beat up. The number one job of a Governor is to raise people’s standard of living. Terry Branstad and Kim Reynolds have failed to do that, and I can’t sit back and watch it happen.

The facts on the ground are a lot different than the rosy picture Reynolds and the Republican legislature try to paint.

For nearly a third of our families, Iowa really isn’t working. 381,000 Iowa households are struggling to pay their bills because two-thirds of the jobs in our state pay less than $20 an hour. Parents working two and three low-wage jobs are still scrambling to come up with $900 each month for childcare, to pay the rent or mortgage, to put food on the table and gas in the car. If you have a health condition on top of that, good luck.

I’ve been traveling the state listening to people’s stories, and so many Iowans feel ignored by out-of-touch politicians. Working people in this state are fed up, and they should be. They can’t wait for half-measures — they needed help yesterday.....

[2ndDivisionVet]

So the solution to the woes of the Democratic Party is to head much further left?

[Newbomb Turk]

She looks like your typical Liberal Democrat female.

She probably does not need that bullhorn.

[FreeReign]

Cathy Glasson is a Hillary bot.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Lady, why don't you just lower taxes and create a friendly business environment and the market will work its magic. People are working two jobs because they have to support the schmucks who are sitting on their collective fat @sses collecting welfare and Obamaphones. Because they have to pay for Obamacare.

Just another typical knee-jerk Democrat statist, seeing people as nothing more than pawns to further the leftist agenda.

[headstamp 2]

Step 1- Lie like hell.

[Zuse]

Don’t underestimate these idiots. We got the little old lady senator in tennis shoes and we got Debbie Stabenow because she loves her grandbabies.
Hey the government will give us better education, free health care, free child care, free nursing care, increased wages with shorter work week, free telephones with internet, clean air and pure water. Who doesn’t want that?

[bigbob]

Dunno about this one, and she definitely needs to s#itcan that shirt! But a populist, nationalist Democrat could just just as well as a populist, nationalist Republican. Aside from partisan enclaves like unions and state employees, and ideological echo chambers (like this, most of the time), actual Americans don’t give much of a damn about party labels. Trump knew he could never win as a 3rd party candidate, and that the Republican party was not only closest to his views and policy ideas, but was also available to be taken-over in the absence of strong leadership. But pre-Trump, when was the R party ever interested in trade deals, or a border wall?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

She might win because Branstad has been Governor since Washington himself was POTUS.

[Pining_4_TX]

Wish she would drop by and listen to my story. I would make her hair stand on end with what I think of her leftist crapola.

[jjotto]

The current Iowa governor is Kim Reynolds. Terry Branstad is ambassador to China.

[BostonNeocon]

Either the Democrats move to the center and lose votes because of establishmentarianism or they move to the left and lose votes from Joe the Plumber. Game set match.

[headstamp 2]

[Either the Democrats move to the center and lose votes because of establishmentarianism or they move to the left and lose votes from Joe the Plumber. Game set match.]

In other words:

Step 1- Lie like hell.

[jmaroneps37]

Yelling socialist crap even louder ; yeah that’s the ticket !! Run on communism and Obamacare. Do it please.

[jdsteel]

So they think. I’ve been to Iowa. Not a lot of hard working patriotic farmers are going to fall for this Marxist shinola.

[Wuli]

So now the word has gone out to the legions of Marxists/Dims/Progressives/Liberals on the front line jobs for them in the press: Refer to our candidates now as “populists”, so the ignorant sheeple will support us.