Des Moines Register
April 6, 2014
Jennifer Jacobs, jejacobs@dmreg.com
Whether a David-vs.-Goliath candidate should be given an opportunity to debate Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is the topic of debate in some GOP circles today.
After a conservative blogger wrote about Branstad "refusing" to debate Republican challenger Tom Hoefling, a top party leader scolded the blogger for giving Hoefling any attention. The scolding triggered a grassroots outcry against the "orchestrated whisper campaign within the GOP to squelch dissent."
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