Last week was heelacious here in Iowa - I opted to take a day off Friday because of my Saturday midterm and the impending 2nd snowstorm. By the afternoon, I was feeling antsy and my 2 year-old daughter was getting loud, so I headed for a local cybercafe that was popular - and ended up spending an hour listening to and slightly challenging New Mexico Governor and presidential candidate Bill Richardson.
Yes, in Iowa, we can and do get this sort of luck still in the presidential campaign. As Bill noted though, it's getting harder when the campaign appearances of the front runners like Sens. Clinton and Obama draw several thousand people. Kitchen table political work isn't dead quite yet, but this is probably one of our last visions of it.
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