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Iowa Patch Poll: Grassley 'Tweet Watch' Update

Did Iowa's Sen. Chuck Grassley trip up with a Twitter message that called the president "stupid?" Vote in the Iowa Patch Poll and share your comments.

Here's the latest on what we might call "@ChuckGrassley Tweet Watch:"

"If PresO wants ppl to pay their"fair share"he shld start w WhiteHouse staff 2.3percent of staff is delinquent by $830 000."

Earlier this month, Iowa’s senior senator and prolific Tweeter Republican Chuck Grassley got into some hot water earlier this month after he picked a Twitter fight with a dispatch calling President Obama “stupid.”

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The tweet was part of Grassley's reaction after Obama it would be “unprecedented” for the Supreme Court to overturn the health-care law.

The message -- in Grassley's shorthand style with typos -- caused a stir online.

Here’s the gist of it:
On April 7, Grassley set off a 139-character blowup with this:

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“Constituents askd why i am not outraged at PresO attack on supreme court independence. Bcause Am ppl r not stupid as this x prof of con law”

Was Grassley out of bounds or is this just part of the normal rough-and-tumble game of Washington politics? Vote in our Patch poll and share comments below.

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