Word: iowa
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...Romney has a much more extensive organization in terms of manpower," says Steve Scheffler, president of the Iowa Christian Alliance, who is not endorsing a candidate this cycle. Evangelicals, who make up about 40% of GOP caucusgoers, are drawn to Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist pastor. But Romney has a formidable head start signing them up. Huckabee is scrambling to gain ground, recently taping an interview with a Christian media company--for a small fraction of the cost of television advertising--that churches and congregants can download and watch. And he's counting on the organizational prowess of his homeschooling...
There is something noble about this. Driving hundreds of miles across Iowa, fueled by fast food and a few hours of sleep, Willie Lomaning to groups of 20, selling them on how to make our country better. You have to be real close, however, to see this nobility. Because from a distance, running for President as a second- or third-tier candidate looks like self-delusional narcissism...
...Biden, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a man who has been in the Senate since he was elected 35 years ago at age 29, is sitting in the fluorescent-lit community center in Grundy Center, Iowa, facing 18 senior citizens, when his tiny wooden chair snaps in two. "Ruth," he says, standing up and looking at the first name tag in front of him, "this is a dangerous job, running for President." In a time of war, Biden is the candidate with the most foreign policy experience. He was talked up as a possible front runner when...
That night, he attends a Democratic presidential debate. This is not one of the ones nationally broadcast on CNN or even PBS. It's held by a tiny Democratic group in Waterloo, Iowa, that got in its head that anyone can host a debate at the local high school. More absurd than this is the fact that Biden and Chris Dodd both show up. As the elderly moderator goes over the detailed, confusing rules about time limits--the breaking of which will result with loud beeps like a very unfun game of Taboo--the Senators stand quietly at their lecterns...
...live in Iowa and you haven't had your back slapped by Chris Dodd, you are not getting out enough. Steve Ferguson came to Jameson's after work to meet some friends and talk about his baseball league. "I was just sitting there, and I got a slap on the back, and it's Senator Dodd," says Ferguson. And for those who don't get out enough, Dodd has scheduled "kitchen table" events, in which he goes to your house and talks about the issues...