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...Iowa, a retired CIA officer, and Pakistan's former ambassador to the U.S. are among those who have been selected to serve as fellows at the Institute of Politics (IOP) this fall, according to an announcement made by the IOP this week. Former governor and Democratic presidential candidate Tom Vilsack, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection Mary Margaret Graham, and former Pakistani ambassador Maleeha Lodhi are three of the six fall fellows, who were selected by a group of IOP students and administrators. "It's an eclectic, balanced, thoughtful group that in an election year is going...
...brought their daughters, was very much at ease with the Senator as she managed to convey her usual A-student policy virtuosity in an informal, accessible way. "Wouldn't it be great to have a President who can speak for an hour without notes?" former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, a presidential candidate turned Clinton supporter, told the next crowd, assembled in Red Oak despite biblical rains. It was a classic reaction to a Clinton performance. To be sure, other candidates can go noteless for an hour or more--some, like Joe Biden, famously so--but Clinton's flagrant competence...
...primaries are held on the same day, candidates who are not well-known nationally early on or who do not yet have enough money to campaign competitively in all states will be at even more of a disadvantage than they already are. For example, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack has already pulled out of the race for lack of funds. Pushing all the primaries together will only worsen the disturbingly large advantage well-financed candidates have at the outset. If the nineteen states do not reverse course, it will be all of America’s voters that lose out. Having...
There are Students for Hillary. Students for Obama. Students for Edwards, even Students for Dodd (whoever the Hell that is). At one point there were even a few sad-sacks who actually thought Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa was a legitimate heir to the presidential throne...
...Vilsack used to say he lived the American dream. Given up for adoption at birth, Vilsack later went on to become governor of Iowa—and most recently a presidential candidate. Yet his dream ended in the same way that so many American Dreams tragically end: He didn’t have the money. Or, more precisely, he had $1.17 million some 22 or so months before the actual election but dropped out due to financial reasons. “It is money—and only money—the reason we are leaving today...