Bob Vander Platts is going to each of Iowa's 99 counties trying to drum up support for his cause.
Only five supporters and one Vander Platts opponent showed up for the first meeeting;
Vander Plaats asked the six who gathered for the breakfast meeting in southwestern Iowa whether they were thrilled to see the three justices voted out. Five of the six raised their hands. The one who didn’t was Trudy Ball, a retired social worker from Leon who is active in the local Democratic party. She objected to Vander Plaats’ use of the phrase “the truth” when talking about same-sex marriage, because Ball believes people can have very different understandings of “the truth.”
One Vander Plaats supporter, retired farmer Charles Warren of Leon, questioned why more people didn’t come to the meeting. Did this show a lack of enthusiasm among conservatives in fighting same-sex marriage?, Warren wondered. Vander Plaats laughed. On a snowy day in January, when the local school district had a two-hour delay, Vander Plaats thought it was a good turnout for their first of 99 events.
As the Iowa Democratic Party asked Bob on
their Facebook page, "How's that whole impeachy resigny thing working out for ya?"