Campaign staffers around the state rose bright and early this morning to finish up final preparations for the launch of GOTC (Get Out The Caucus). Normally called GOTV in most elections (Get Out The Vote), the final four day stretch leading up to the Iowa Caucus is...
Hillary Clinton’s final message to Iowans in the last days before the Iowa Caucus is a simple one: thank you. “I want you to know how much it has meant to me as I’ve traveled across the state to hear about people’s hopes and struggles,”...
Guest post from Addisu Demissie I landed at the Des Moines airport as a 22-year-old on May 31st, 2003 completely unaware of what I was getting myself into. A month or so earlier, I had been offered a job as a Field Organizer for John Kerry in the Iowa caucuses. I...
I am a Democrat because of Socks the Cat. Okay, there’s many other reasons than that, but that’s where it started. When you’re a seven-year-old kid with a black cat and the new President has a black cat too, that’s reason enough to support a...
Here we are: the final few days of the Iowa Caucus. How a candidate spends their time in the precious waning hours says a lot about the state of the race and what each feels they still need to accomplish. The three Democrats plan on barnstorming the state, with...