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January 10, 2004
| Iowa News Roundup

From ED comes this roundup of "what the Iowa papers are saying":

Kerry urges Kossuth Caucus goers to get off the fence
By: Joanne Roepke Bode County Editor January 08, 2004 (Algona, IA)
U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry made his second stop in Algona on Tuesday, Dec. 30, to urge the group of more than 70 people in attendance to get off the fence.

Caucus season winding down
By: John Strawn - Editor 01/08/2004 (Mid-Iowa Enterprise)
Last weekend the Des Moines Register sponsored a presidential debate with most of the candidates in attendance. Only Gen. Wesley Clark and the Rev. Al Sharpton were missing. To be honest, I found watching the NFL play-offs a lot more entertaining than the debate. I have a feeling most folks in central Iowa had the same response considering the number of Green Bay Packer fans in this area.

Dean fires 2 campaign aides
By Ed Tibbetts (Quad City Times)
Howard Dean's presidential campaign in Iowa fired two workers Thursday who were accused earlier in the day of trying to infiltrate rival John Kerry's campaign.

Regular sites reject holding caucuses
TIM ROHWER , Staff Writer 01/09/2004 (Council Bluffs, IA)
A local Democratic Party official is concerned that confusion might arise for party participants at the Jan. 19 Iowa caucuses, because many sites will be different than regular polling sites.

GOP plans Iowa blitz
By Ed Tibbetts
The nation's attention will be on Iowa's Democratic caucuses in about
10 days, but a platoon of prominent Republicans will also flood the state that day.

Dean brings campaign to town
by Sarah Passick of the Muscatine Journal
MUSCATINE, Iowa - Jon Sorenson and Derek Dennis sat tentatively and listened to Democratic presidential hopeful and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean address local residents Wednesday in Muscatine.

A time for John Kerry
By QUAD-CITY TIMES STAFF
A funny thing about the Iowa caucuses: Candidates spend an inordinate amount of time trying to come across as ordinary guys in the coffee shops, grain elevators, at the factory gates and school gyms.

Gore and Kennedy Coming to Dubuque
Thursday, January 08, 2004, 7:51:00 PM
By KCRG-TV9 Dubuque News Reporter Rachel Leigh – TV9 Dubuque Newsroom
Presidential hopefuls are crisscrossing the state of Iowa looking to gain your support. Both the democrats and republicans will hold caucuses on Monday, January 19th. A state law requires Iowa to hold its caucuses prior to any other states primary or caucuses. And the results here often affect future primary elections.

KCCI Poll: Dean Still On Top In Iowa
Howard Dean In 1st Place with 29 Percent
POSTED: 1:51 PM CST January 8, 2004
UPDATED: 7:50 AM CST January 9, 2004
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The results of an exclusive NewsChannel 8 poll show Howard Dean remains at the top of the heap among Democratic candidates.

Celebrities will swarm Q-C this weekend
By Ed Tibbetts
Former Vice President Al Gore will campaign Saturday in the Quad-Cities for former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, trying to boost Dean's candidacy on the heels of his endorsement a month ago.

Ambassador to rally support for Kerry in Ames
By: Jason Kristufek, Staff Writer January 07, 2004
Former Ambassador Joe Wilson will campaign in Ames tonight to rally support for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.
http://www.amestrib.com/site/news.cfm?



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