The Gibbons campaign today announced that Denny Hastert and all of his baggage will be coming to Iowa to do a fundraiser for Jim Gibbons.

“If it wasn’t clear before, it’s clear now. With Jim Gibbons, Iowans will get the same old Bush-style politics of Denny Hastert and Tom Delay,” said Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Michael Kiernan.

Kiernan continued, “Hastert had a lot of friends during his time in the House, but friends like Tom Delay and Mark Foley – and his new friend Jim Gibbons- aren’t the type of people we need in Congress.”

As the saying goes, ‘you can judge a person by the company they keep.’ Now, it’s up to Gibbons to wrestle with the company Hastert keeps: George W. Bush, Tom Delay, and Mark Foley.

“These are the same people who brought us the culture of corruption, and the war in Iraq, as well as led us into the worst recession in decades,” said Kiernan. “Iowans don’t need Jim Gibbons in Congress to carry out Denny Hastert’s politics.”

Denny Hastert is the former Speaker of the House who resigned shortly after Republicans lost control of Congress in 2006. The fundraiser will be held March 17, 2010.