Consider us your proverbial canaries in the coal mine.  Dems involved in state legislative races trying to push out and legitimize their hits on their GOP opponents dump their research on the media and expect them to publicize the Democrats dirt.  We saw it first in Tennessee, and now it’s in Iowa.  Interesting tactic – lazy, and sleazy.  From the Globe Gazette:

Republican lawmakers say they are furious over Democrats’ effort to scour public records for GOP misdoings and then turn them over to the media.

Democrats recently provided a binder full of records to The Des Moines Register that document that several Republican House candidates have criminal charges in their backgrounds.

“This is the sleaziest thing I think I’ve heard of in Statehouse politics,” said House Republican Leader Christopher Rants of Sioux City.

Republicans said the Democrats delved into candidates’ personal lives, poring over public documents on small-claims cases, financial woes, divorces and child-support disputes.

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