On Wednesday, Fox News downgraded Reynolds’ reelection chances and labeled the race a “toss up.”
It’s no wonder considering her disastrous tenure as governor, struggling campaign, and ethics disaster of the last week.
In just the last week, Iowans learned the truth about why Reynolds’ has stood by her botched Medicaid privatization plan. Amerigroup, one of the two managed Care Companies in Iowa, has been filling Reynolds’ war chest. In return Reynolds has not only defended them, but also gifted them a huge 7.5% raise.
And following up her pattern of questionable ethical behavior, Reynolds used a corporate donor’s private jet to fly to a football game in Memphis.
Wealthy special interests know they can buy off Reynolds. Clearly, everyday Iowans aren’t enraptured by that kind of swampy politics. Reynolds is in trouble and when Fox News says a Republican is in trouble, then you really know it’s serious…