After running against taxes, the Iowa Rs will now commence with raising the gas tax post election.

Branstad will push it and the GOP will keep silent.

http://www.kcrg.com/subject/news/iowa-gop-leader-says-he-wont-take-position-on-gas-tax-20141114

Iowa GOP leader says he won’t take position on gas tax
By B.A. Morelli, The Gazette

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Story Created: Nov 14, 2014 at 1:28 PM CDT
Story Updated: Nov 14, 2014 at 1:28 PM CDT

DES MOINES — As the debate heats up once again over raising Iowa’s gas tax, which hasn’t happened in 25 years, you’re not likely to hear from a once vocal opponent.

The Republican Party of Iowa won’t be entering the fray with a position, said Jeff Kaufmann of Wilton, who was elected party chairman in June.

“The state party is not in the business of putting together policy,” Kaufmann said. “I know former RPIs and RPI chairs have had opinions on that. I will not, which is probably a change.”

As recently as January, Kaufmann’s predecessor, A.J. Spiker, urged Republicans to kill the gas tax, saying in a fundraising email, “Forget Frankenstein’s Monster ... The gas tax hike seems to be the creature that just won’t die!”