Grand Rapids Business Daily

How bad is the news of the high Democratic turnout in Iowa for Republicans?

According to Howard Dean, about twice as many Democrats voted in the Iowa caucus as Republicans, even though the Democrats and Republicans in Iowa are about evenly divided. How bad is this news for Republicans? Is it an early indication that Republicans will lose badly in November?

Public Comments

1. Republicans WILL win the White House...Democrats will self implode..too many special interest groups...no body want to hear about gay marriage...free health care (nothing is free) doom and gloom...surrender....Tax, Tax, Tax. More government....global warming...America bad...World good. World Government. Socialism...I'm getting tired.
2. not bad at all the democrats in Iowa are blue dog republican democrats and are the same as Conservative republicans
3. As expected, you wouldn't want another war would you ?
4. If this is any indicator of how the entire election season will turn out, then things do not bode well for the GOP. Contrary to an earlier post, it is actually the Republicans that are in a fractured state right now. There is no one single candidate that could bring the conservative base together and woo moderates/independents together. With Romney, you have the country club business elites who see him as serving their interests while the "down home" social conservative ilk putting their support behind Huckabee. Giuliani seems to be not interested in the early caucuses/primaries and it may come back to bite him in the long run. Thompson lacks any enthusiasm whatsoever and really has no business running for office. Of course, let's not forget the anti-war Ron Paul supporters who've irked all of the other Republicans. Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, there just seems to be more at stake. For the most part, the Dems have been playing a bit too nicely as of late, but it will get more heated as the election drags on. Yet, the vast majority of liberals and Democrats will rally behind the eventual Dem nominee (even if it is Hillary). Just about every one of the candidates share just about all of the concerns of the majority of the public (sans Hillary's initial tacit approval of the Iraq invasion/occupation). The outlook is not so good for the Republicans. Even if a GOP candidate manages to pull out a White House win, it would be mosty symbolic as Democrats have a good chance of taking an overwhelming majority in both Houses of Congress. A Republican will have difficulty getting his agenda through a more powerful opposition in the legislatture.