Hartsuch Denied

Iowa State Senator and 1st Congressional District Candidate Dr. David Hartsuch is telling news reporters that he was denied the chance to speak at the McCain rally held in Davenport yesterday morning. The reason? Apparently the McCain campaign staff was uneasy with some comments Hartsuch made awhile back regarding traditional marriage.

I can understand why Hartsuch would be irritated with the snub. Speaking at the event yesterday would have likely given Hartsuch his largest forum of the campaign season to reach voters. McCain is running a national campaign, and obviously at this point in the game every move that his campaign makes is done with potential damage control in mind. Unfortunately, the end result was negative for both sides. Hartsuch did not get to speak, and in return Hartsuch issued a press release that was a quasi-attack piece on McCain. In fairness, Hartsuch did re-emphasize his support for McCain in the press release.