“It is an honor to be communicating with you Mr. Rees. I think you are an infinately better choice than any of the other candidates.  I was glad to read your pamphlet and see that it was all about things you support and are FOR and not full of things your against and negative comments, like the rest of the candidates. You are definately on the right track and you obviously have a great campaign manager.  I have been elected as a delegate for the district committee meeting, so I will hopefully see you there if not sooner!”

Wes B.

“Dear Mr. Rees, as a conservative Christian, I like the things you’ve said about health care reform, bipartisanism, national debt and faith-based assistance. If you would like to put a sign in my yard you are welcome to do so. I do hope you stick to your term limits plan. Your incumbent preached term limits, too, until he got into Congress. Then he said there was too much work to be done in just 8 years, so he was running again.”

Debbie D.

“Angela and I received your letter today.  I love your platform.  I don’t remember ever connecting so well with a candidate with so many things – from your focus on debt reduction (ignored by too many for too long), your balanced approach to health care, and two fantastic ideas on taxation (short-sales cap gains and vanishing LT Cap Gains Tax).  It is great to see a candiate list what they are for in so much detail – I just wish you were campaigning in Indiana.  Best wishes – our contribution will be mailed shortly.”

Dale B.

“Dawn and I are registered as Democrats and typically support candidates from that party.  But when you have as much confidence in a candidate’s integrity as I have in yours, an exception can be made!  Let us know what we can do to help.

Boswell is vulnerable because of his age and the electorate’s general dissatisfaction with the party in power during very tough economic times.  He is a nice gentleman but it is time for a change.  If I’m thinking that as a Democrat, there must be a lot of independents out there with the same thought.”

Steve E.

“Mike and  I just wanted to wish you well in your run for congress.  We read about your views on your website that was forwarded to us by friends back home.  Although Mike and I now live in Arizona and I can’t vote for you, we’re glad to see a moderate throw his hat into the ring.  In our opinion, the Iowa Republican Party has been overrun by the ultra right. We’re hoping you can concentrate on the fiscal mess our congress has gotten us into.  We signed up for your newsletter and look forward to reading about your progress.  My mom and dad have always been very politically active in Iowa and still live there.  I will forward your website and trust they will support you too.”

Kathie S.

“You are obviously a successful, articulate and intelligent man who is sincerely desirous of making a positive difference. By going on the Mikelson show I’m sure that you were aware that you and Jan were coming at things from vastly different perspectives and that you would in some ways be “behind enemy lines” ideologically, and yet you had the guts to go on anyway. I admire that and I’m sure that Jan does too. I would say that if we were to sit down and find out where each of us stood on the issues, we would probably be in agreement on at least 90% of them.”

Dave A.