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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSome pundits are questioning why Obama is in Iowa for three whole days...
Three days in a state that has only six electoral votes...
Why is he in Iowa?
Because he can!
Look, do you really think that President Obama is in any way depending on Iowa to tip him over 270?
I can tell you right here and now the Obama is here only because he can. Wisconsin is a neighbor state and the coverage from there will bleed into Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri and even South Dakota.
It's a great trip for him and his campaign to touch the people in Iowa that will carry the campaign in that state through November.
It also gives President Obama some good old fashion fun. It really is fun to campaign in the state fairs, I've done it and it's a lot better than driving from place to place and standing in front of another crowd. It's mingle time.
So, relax, kick back and watch what happens after Labor Day.
Remember this, most people are busy getting their kids ready for school, trying to squeeze a little more fun before fall kicks in. Just because people here on this board and the media is all crazy about the campaign, most people out there are not paying all that much attention or perhaps they are sick and tired of campaigns running from the day after the last election is over....
Curtland1015
(4,404 posts)...and fried cheese, and fried ice cream, and fried dough!
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Romney and Ryan are silent on this topic.
It's a good time for him. I watched the coverage and he was relaxed and having a good time.
Remember, this is the last time he will be on the campaign trail.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)THat took a moment to set in. Man, I'll miss future campaigns without him. He's the best I've seen in my 61 years.
I'm sure the POTUS will miss it too.
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)ask the idiot rethugs for the money yet?
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,614 posts)He knows the Mittster is in trouble, and as you say, state fairs are fun!
More power to him.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)Than Des Moines. I mean the farm folks don't live there.
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)They also don't seem to be aware of Iowa's progressive history.
http://www.councilbluffscommunityalliance.org/iowa/iowas-progressive-history/
Go read this list. It is quite an impressive one.
I'm very proud of my state and wouldn't trade living here for any other place.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Remember, if Al Gore had won New Hampshire's 4 electoral votes he would have won the election.
The race is close in Iowa, and 6 votes could make a big difference. I got a call yesterday from the campaign to travel to Iowa for canvassing later this month. We've tentatively committed to go. Geesh, I hope it's somewhere not too far.
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)...the campaign in earnest now that all the players are known. Considering the history there with President Obama and that state, what better place for him to get going than Iowa?
DJ13
(23,671 posts)ProgressiveEconomist
(5,818 posts)from selecting Paul Ryan. In all the other swing states, disaggregation of recent polling shows selecting Paul Ryan makes people less likely to vote for Romney.
justice1
(795 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,423 posts)I'm just saying