One vote can change Grassley’s numbers

Election 2010 by the numbers:

60,000: The number of Iowans Sen. Chuck Grassley put in jeopardy by voting against extending unemployment benefits.

2.6 million: The number of dollars Grassley has received from the banking industry since 1989.

700 billion: The amount he repaid them in the form of a Wall Street bailout.

5: The number of times Grassley voted to give tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas.

4: The number of decades Grassley will have spent in Washington if he wins re-election in November. (Four decades is also, coincidentally, twice my lifetime.)

3: The number of times Grassley voted to prevent debate on reforming our nation's broken financial system.

2: The number of states that have never elected a woman as governor or to Congress. (Ours is one of them.)

1: All it takes to change these things is one vote. Cast yours for Roxanne Conlin in November.

Allie Panther

Iowa City