Oh please. This article is democrat bulls*** designed to create GOP dissension. Let's stop giving them what they want and use critical thinking instead of making kneejerk comments.
Matt Scultz, who seemed to lead in "Tea Party" support endorsed Young after he was eliminated. Tea Party conservative Monte Shaw's delegates also preferred Young as their second choice over Zaun. Who is a better judge of whether or not Young is a "RINO", Conservative GOP Secretary of State Matt Schultz and conservative GOP delegates, or the friggin AP?
Maybe Zaun, who this article seems to suggest was the "tea party favorite" (I think Scultz was clearly that man) was just a lousy candidate if all these delegates of the other candidates preferred anybody but him. These delegates were not "RINOs".
Iowa is not a Conservative state.
Chuck Grassley (R), the retiring Senator, is a political institution there, and he could consistently pull down 65% of the vote.
I don't think there is another Republican in the state who could get even close to that number.
What happened was Big Liberty supported Zaun, then proceeded to trash every other candidate out there, descending like bees. Which is ironic considering how they always style themselves as free thinking individualists.
That pissed the supporters of every other candidate off, and being that Young was everyone’s second choice, when it came down to Zaun v. Young, Big Liberty pissed themselves and handed Young the win. In some ways it was glorious.