Iowa governor shouldn't blindly back or oppose the president

Iowa should never be a subsidiary of the White House or a full-time part of the resistance. Des Moines Register

To lead Iowa, the governor does many things: propose laws and other policies, meet with hundreds of people a year, appoint judges and board members, lead over 50,000 state employees, provide a face of resolve after disasters. And much more. The policy-setting slice is the most important, and readers offer many views in today’s section on what they’d like Gov. Kim Reynolds’ successor to focus on.