Word: vilsack
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...before President Bush's eminently disposable State of the Union speech, I heard a story that I'll never forget. It was told by Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, who was addressing a small audience in Washington. A military helicopter pilot from Iowa, serving in Iraq, was killed when he noticed a ground-to-air missile headed his way and, in a split-second reaction, swerved his chopper so that he and his co-pilot would take the hit and his 18 passengers would be spared. Vilsack placed a condolence call to the widow, who stopped him in midsentence. "I think...
...Vilsack, who is probably running for President-and should be-used the story to illustrate the sacrifice and sense of community that is at the heart of a successful democracy. The current Administration, he said, "is ripping away at the fabric of the American community." The story lingered as I listened to Bush once again ask nothing from the American people in his speech and, worse, issue his annual call for lower taxes. The President's addiction to tax cuts has become rhetorical boilerplate, so totally expected that it's no longer noticed. But I found it particularly annoying this...
...center at this week's conference of the Democratic Leadership Council in Columbus, Ohio, where the party will be urged to support such ideas as requiring cable companies to create family-friendly packages of channels. Attending the centrist group's event, along with Clinton, will be Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack and Indiana Senator Evan Bayh--all probable contenders for the '08 Democratic presidential nomination. --By Perry Bacon...
...base that wrote a gazillion letters on his behalf and a lack of serious competition from other prominent Dems. Some Democratic Governors sought an anybody-but-Dean candidate, but neither former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey nor Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm could be persuaded to run. Likewise, Iowa's Tom Vilsack decided that being Governor and D.N.C. chairman at the same time would complicate his political career, and he never entered the race...
...leading contenders are emerging. Howard Dean is being urged to run by liberal activists convinced he is the best chance for channeling the base's ire into a national message. But the more centrist group believes that Dean is the last person the party needs. Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack was calling labor leaders and others last week, asking them to hold off backing Dean for a few more days as Vilsack decides whether to make a bid. Among others being mentioned: Bill Clinton strategist Harold Ickes and former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen. The outcome is hard to predict...