Jeffrey O’Brien

I have watched politicians run from their records for decades. I have rarely seen one sprint with such unseemly desperation. Ashley Hinson is now running for the Senate in Iowa. She is trailing badly. Consequently, she has discovered a sudden horror of Trump's war on Iran. She says Iowans are being “squeezed” and “shouldn’t have to foot the bill at the pump or the checkout line”. That is rich coming from a woman who voted seven times to keep the meter running. In private, she admitted the war is a “political liability” because “we’ve lost Iowa soldiers”. In public, she…