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...there is any geographic calculation in Edwards' selection, the place to find it is in the economically stressed Midwest. When Edwards makes his first solo campaign swing this week, it will start not in the South, but in Iowa. Exit polls from Wisconsin--a state whose Democratic primary Edwards came within six points of winning in February--suggest that Edwards and his message of "two Americas" could have strong crossover appeal in the swing states in which anxious voters are feeling left behind by the resurgent economy. He trounced Kerry among Republicans and independents, who are allowed under Wisconsin rules...
...Senate colleague Joe Biden more serious consideration than even his top aides suspected. Only Johnson, Cahill and scheduler Alyssa Mastromonaco, who was charged with the under-the-radar logistics, ever really knew which potential running mates Kerry was talking to and when. Mastromonaco arranged Kerry's secret meeting with Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack in San Francisco, but Dick Gephardt blew his cover when reporters caught him sneaking into Kerry's hideaway office in the Capitol. Kerry insisted on seeing the candidates alone, or sometimes with his wife. About once every 10 days or so, Johnson would deliver to Kerry...
...money, mostly from other trial lawyers, and made very few mistakes, but at every critical juncture he was overshadowed by his more erratic rivals: first, when retired General Wesley Clark jumped into the race the same day Edwards announced his candidacy, and later when he came roaring out of Iowa in second place on the night Howard Dean let loose with his famous scream. Edwards was drowned out each time. Sensitive about his scant experience, he published a 60-page booklet full of plans and proposals, far more detailed than those of any other Democrat. He could be withering...
...gravitational force that keeps his feet on the ground, the buffer between the man she knows and the political commodity he's become. Early in the Democratic primaries, when the candidate's schedule called for him to perform the photo-op ritual of flipping pork burgers at the Iowa State Fair, Elizabeth nixed the idea as too phony. Later, when she felt the ads produced by her husband's media consultant, David Axelrod, didn't convey who he really was, her objections led to Axelrod's being replaced...
Over time, says Dr. David Elliott, director of the Celiac Clinic at the University of Iowa medical center, celiac disease can lead to osteoporosis, anemia and severe weight loss. There is also an increased risk of diabetes, thyroid disease, liver disease and arthritis. Fortunately, celiac disease has become a lot easier to diagnose in the past few years, thanks to more reliable blood tests. If the results are positive, a quick biopsy of the small bowel provides a definitive verdict. The trick now, say experts, is to teach primary-care doctors to recognize the symptoms and test for the disease...