The Fix: The states presidential campaigns can insult, ranked

Liz Mair worked for the not-yet-a-campaign presidential campaign of Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) for just over a day when her tweets disparaging the Great State of Iowa prompted enough of a backlash that she resigned, however willingly. The problem isn't really what Mair said; we've probably said worse, albeit not while working for a 2016 candidate. Instead, the problem was that it disparaged Iowa, a state that in presidential politics is like a made man in "Goodfellas." Before you could touch Iowa, you had to have a good reason. And you better get an okay, or you'd be the one who got whacked.Read full article >>





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