Why is the Iowa Democratic Party so infatuated with the Republican gubernatorial candidates more than nine months away from the primary?  I realize that they are probably anything but proud of their standard bearer's performance lately and are trying to distract us from that fact, but come on, accusing Bob Vander Plaats of using "rhetoric of armed extremists" is a bit of a stretch.

It's one thing to go after Christian Fong for an ad that the IDP believes is misleading (which might be a fruitful effort if Fong was recognized in more than one area of Iowa) but it's another thing to accuse Vander Plaats of  "inflammatory speech" when the issue at hand was about President Obama's health care plan.  Perhaps the IDP doesn't want to address why the constituents are riled up at the town halls or why Governor Culver is failing so badly.

By the way, President Obama has done wonders for the gun and ammunition industry.  Perhaps it is because the 2nd Amendment is in place to allow us to protect ourselves from our own government.  After all, we need something to cling to.