Q U O T A B L E S

October 4, 2005

A lot of my fellow conservatives are concerned, but they don't know her (Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers) as I do," Sen. Orin Hatch, a former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said. "She's going to basically do what the president thinks she should, and that is be a strict constructionist" when it comes to deciding constitutional issues."

"I'm getting reports on both sides," said Paul Weyrich, a conservative leader from the Free Congress Foundation. "Some people are quite enthused about her (Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers) and other people are very upset. The grass-roots are not happy, I can tell you that."

J U S T   P O L I T I C S

Iowa 2008 Hopefuls update

On Saturday, U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican, will be headlining the annual meeting of Iowans for Tax Relief in Des Moines.

Also on Saturday, U.S. Sen John Kerry is headlining Democrat Women in Des Moines, campaigning for city council candidate in Cedar Rapids and attend Johnson County Democrat meeting in the evening.

- Next week, Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, also a Republican, plans to attend the annual World Food Prize ceremony in Des Moines on Oct. 22. The prize is in honor of Iowa’s Peace Prize Noble Laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug.

- Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana is scheduled to attend events for Democratic state Reps. Janet Petersen in Des Moines and Lisa Heddens of Ames on Oct. 13.

- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee is scheduled to headline the state GOP's Ronald Reagan dinner on Oct. 22.

- Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts is planning to attend events in eastern and central Iowa on Oct. 29

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