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/ Des-Moines, Iowa's capital Des Moines News: 20081020 Barack Obama - Madelyn Dunham - Grandmother - Hawaii - Indiana - Wisconsin - Des-Moines - Iowa - Politics - 2008 Election "Obama will make emergency trip to Hawaii to visit his Grandmother." ... "[2008 Election Democratic] Presidential hopeful Barack Obama will make an emergency trip back to the [Hawaii] islands this week to visit his grandmother." ... "A campaign spokesman says 86-year old Madelyn Dunham is very ill." ... "Obama plans to leave Indianapolis [Indiania's capital] on Thursday afternoon." ... "His grandmother has always been one of the most important people in his life." ... ""She's the one who put off buying a new car or a new dress for herself so that I could have a better life. She poured everything she had into me," said Obama on August 28." ... "Obama will be stepping off the campaign trail for a couple days to be at his grandmother's side." ... "He cancelled his appearances in Madison, Wisconsin, and Des Moines, Iowa to make the trip." -By Marisa Yamane -KHON2.com 20080614 Flood - Iowa - Des-Moines - Illinois - History - Health "Thousands Flee Rising Waters In Iowa, Ill.: Breaking Levees Flood Des Moines [Iowa's capital], Western Ill. [Illinois]; Streets In Cedar Rapids [Iowa] May Be Underwater For Two Weeks." ... "Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 24,000 people from their homes, emergency officials said Saturday." ... "The bleak news came as swollen rivers breached levees in the state capital, Des Moines, and in far western Illinois, leading to the evacuation of hundreds more homes." ... "Officials guess it will be four days before the Cedar River drops enough for workers to even begin pumping out water that has submerged at least 438 blocks, threatened the Cedar Rapids drinking water supply and forced the evacuation of a downtown hospital." ... "The Cedar River crested Friday night at nearly 32 feet, 12 feet higher than the old record set in 1929." (1, 2) -AP -CBSNews 20071231 John Edwards - Music - Des-Moines - Iowa - Farm - History - Working - Poverty - Race - 2008 Election - "Edwards Wins the Mellencamp Primary." ... "So it is that [singer John] Mellencamp will come to Iowa Wednesday to close the [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate John] Edwards campaign off with a "This Is Our Country" rally at the not-exactly-Hollywood Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines [Iowa]. (In case anyone is missing the point here, they will be distributing the tickets from the United Steelworkers Local 310 hall.)" ... "Where [Oprah] Winfrey brought a big name but little in the way of a track record on the issues that are fundamental to the rural and small-town Iowans who will play a disproportional role in Thursday's caucuses, Mellencamp is more than just another celebrity taking a lap around the policy arena." ... "For a quarter century, the singer has been in the thick of the fight on behalf of the rural families he immortalized in the video for "Rain on the Scarecrow," his epic song about the farm crisis that buffeted Iowa and neighboring states in the 1980s and never really ended." ... "Mellencamp has not merely sung about withering small towns and farm foreclosures. As a organizer of Farm Aid, he has brought some of the biggest stars in the world to benefit concerts in Iowa and surrounding states, and he has helped to distribute the money raised at those events to organizations across Iowa." ... "Farm Aid is nonpartisan. It's not endorsing in this race. But Mellencamp is. The singer, who this year will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but whose music remains vital enough to have earned a 2008 Grammy nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance, was lobbied for support by other campaigns, especially Clinton's. But he has a long relationship with Edwards. He has an even longer relationship with the issues that Edwards is talking about. Indeed, his credibility is grounded in the recognition that Mellencamp has repeatedly taken career-risking anti-war, anti-racist and anti-poverty stances that other celebrities of his stature tend to avoid." ... "What matters, of course, is the fact of that credibility -- and the fact that it is so closely tied to the farm and rural issues that have meaning even in the more urbanized regions of Iowa. That is why, if there is an endorsement that is going to have meaning with the people who drive down country roads to attend caucuses on what looks to be a very cold and unforgiving Thursday night, it is likely to be that of the guy who proudly sings that, "I was born in a small town..."" -By John Nichols -TheNation.com  20071221 John Edwards - Working - Family - College-Education - Money - Race - Des-Moines - Iowa - NC - Barack Obama - Hillary Clinton - 2008 Election - "The Road Warrior: Even if he loses in Iowa's bigger cities, [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate John] Edwards can still win by wrapping up smaller, far-flung precincts." ... "For months, Edwards has been rounding up support in the state's rural precincts where the front runners have paid less attention. While [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack] Obama and [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary] Clinton have drawn crowds in the thousands in places like Des Moines [Iowa] and Ames [Iowa], Edwards has been winning over people in tiny towns like Sac City [Iowa] (population: 2,189). That's important, the strategists say, because under Iowa's arcane caucus rules, a precinct where 25 people show up to vote gets the same number of delegates as a place that packs in 2,500. In other words, even if he loses to Obama and Clinton in the state's bigger cities, he can still win by wrapping up smaller, far-flung precincts that other candidates have ignored. "The bulk of our support is in small and medium counties," says Jennifer O'Malley, Edwards's Iowa state director. O'Malley says Edwards has visited all 99 counties in the state; the campaign has so far trained captains covering 90 percent of all 1,781 precincts. Rural voters are sometimes reluctant to caucus, so the campaign has been enlisting respected community leaders to encourage first-timers to get past their apathy or fear." ... "This could be wishful thinking from an ailing campaign. But it's worth keeping in mind just how wrong the media echo chamber can be when it comes to predicting winners and losers. At about this time four years ago, Vermont Gov. Howard Dean was the press-anointed darling who could seemingly do no wrong in Iowa. Dour John Kerry was scorned by reporters as the should-have-been who had blown it and couldn't possibly win. But on caucus night, Kerry wound up the victor—and Dean wound up screaming. Reporters were left to wonder what they had missed. One story the talking heads may be missing this time: just how badly John Edwards hates to lose." ... "The desire to get ahead—to win—is no small thing for Edwards. He was raised in the depressed town of Robbins, N.C. [North Carolina], where his father, Wallace, worked in a now long-gone textile mill. It's a biographical detail the candidate mentions so often in speeches and campaign ads that it can sometimes border on self-parody. Yet his father's story is what Edwards's campaign, and political career, is all about. His dad worked his way up in the mill and was promoted to supervisor. But without a college degree, there was only so far he could rise. "He heard his mother and I talk about it at the dinner table, so he knew what I was faced with," his father tells NEWSWEEK. Money was scarce. Wallace was determined that John and his younger brother and sister, Wesley Blake and Kathy, would attend college. He set an example of self-improvement. He took classes offered by the mill, and tuned in to the education channel on TV early each morning when the station aired lessons in statistics and probability." ... "Tall and good-looking—and he knew it—John Edwards was a popular student and a star football player, skinny but fast. His high-school friend John Mashburn remembers Edwards as a leader. "In a little redneck town, he was different," he says. There was still racial tension in Robbins in the early 1970s, and black students were sometimes mistreated. In protest, several of them once held a sit-in. Edwards persuaded his white friends to join in. "Johnny got a lot of the athletes, myself, our girlfriends … he was instrumental in encouraging us," Mashburn says. John Frye, another high-school friend, says it was a gutsy thing to do. He "stuck his neck out," Frye recalls. "There was a price to pay in how some folks treated him after that. We had people who didn't embrace desegregation even though it had been a bridge crossed years earlier."" (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) -By Arian Campo-Flores and Suzanne Smalley Dec 24, 2007 Issue -Newsweek 20071216 John Edwards - Des-Moines - Iowa - Health-Care - Poverty - 2008 Election - "Iowa's first lady to back Edwards for president." ... "Iowa’s first lady [Mari Culver, wife of Iowa's governor Chet Culver], who had said she would stay neutral in the presidential race, has changed her mind and plans to endorse [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] Democrat John Edwards Monday." ... "“I decided to join in the fray,” Mari Culver said in an interview today." ... "She said she agrees with his plans to fight poverty and to reform health care, and she thinks he offers Democrats the best chance to take back the White House." ... "“I think John is a winner. He’s electable,” she said. “He’s been tested. He’s been on the national ticket before. The national polls show him beating all Republicans in the general elections. He inspires me. I think he inspires other Iowans, and I think he can really rally Americans in the fall." ... "Mari Culver said she will endorse Edwards at a rally in Des Moines [Iowa's capital] at noon Monday, and she plans to appear at other events.” -By Tony Leys -DesMoinesRegister 20071130 John Edwards - Des-Moines - Iowa - Economic - 2008 Election - 2004 Election - "The evolution of John Edwards." ... "At its core, Edwards' message of fairness is the same in his 2008 [Election] campaign it was in 2004 [Election], scholars and political observers say. However, it is sharper and more confrontational, reflecting the increased urgency felt by Democratic voters to reverse course, and the pressure on the candidate to remain relevant in an altered political environment." ... "But rather than targeting the [Republican President] Bush administration, he has trained his assault on corporate interests." ... ""Anybody who's really been watching for the whole time and is thinking about it would see there's a very clear pattern to this," Edwards said in a Des Moines Register interview. "If you were to sort of sum it up, what I would say is in 2004, I talked about two Americas. In 2008, I'm talking about taking on the fight and the substance necessary to create one America."" ... "Edwards is referring to the metaphor that fueled his late Iowa surge and second-place caucus finish in 2004. In a Des Moines [Iowa] speech in late December 2003, he condemned the notion of "one America that does the work and another that reaps the reward."" ... "But Edwards is more combative this time around. He is no longer content to talk about economic inequity - he prescribes an aggressive effort to root out special interests in Washington, D.C." ... ""It is time to give these entrenched interests, that are standing against America, hell," Edwards told thousands of Iowa Democrats this month at the state party's fall fundraiser in Des Moines. "That's the only way we're going to win this fight."" -By Thomas Beaumont -DesMoinesRegister ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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20071125
• Hillary Clinton - John Edwards - Des-Moines - Iowa - New York - 2008 Election - International - Trade - Jobs - Health - History - "Stumping for wife, Clinton can help, or hurt, anybody." ... "[Former Democratic President] Bill Clinton will get his chance in the Iowa caucuses after all." ... "The Democrat who skipped campaigning in the state during his own bid for the presidential nomination is stepping up his role as chief advocate for his wife, [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] Hillary Clinton." ... "Meanwhile, her leading opponents for the Democrats' nomination subtly but persistently point out the former president's failures for which they say the New York senator shares responsibility." ... ""Remember in 1993, we had a Democratic president, a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate," [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate John] Edwards told an audience in Grinnell [Iowa] last week. "America got something it didn't need — NAFTA, which cost us millions of American jobs, and it didn't get something it desperately needed, which is universal health care."" ... "Edwards uses the Clinton administration's failed health care effort, which Hillary Clinton led, and the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which she supported, to paint her as too close to moneyed interests." ... "But Hillary Clinton holds her White House years up as an advantage in the campaign, which invites scrutiny, Edwards also said." ... ""Senator Clinton uses those years as first lady as credentialing for her readiness to be president," Edwards said in a Des Moines Register interview. "When she does that, she opens the door. You can't just take the good; you have to take the whole thing."" ... "Edwards said he does not give much thought to how to treat President Clinton's tenure, although he also told a Des Moines [Iowa] audience last week, "I actually think Bill Clinton was a good president, to be honest with you."" -By Thomas Beaumont -DesMoinesRegister

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20071108
• Edwards - Obama - Hillary - Giuliani - Military - Money - Terrorism - Safety - Des-Moines - Iowa - North Carolina - Illinois - 2008 Election - "Edwards Picked Over Obama as 'The Un-Hillary': Former North Carolina Senator Nabs Coveted Iowa Endorsement." ... "Caucus4Priorities, a group seeking to redirect spending from the Pentagon to domestic needs, plans to endorse [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] John Edwards Friday in Des Moines [Iowa]." ... "The decision to endorse Edwards over  Illinois [Senator and 2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] Sen. Barack Obama came down to "courage versus caution," according to the group's executive director." ... "He impressed the group on Oct. 26 when he demonstrated during an Iowa town-hall meeting that he would not back down in the face of Republican attacks. The day before, during an interview with a conservative talk-show host, [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate Rudolph] Giuliani said that Democratic support for lower Pentagon spending showed a lack of concern for what Giuliani calls "the terrorists' war on us."" ... ""Edwards gave an excellent answer," said Huppert. "He said we have to stop buying into their frame which equates spending money on the Pentagon with keeping us safe. He also said we can't have a Democratic candidate who cowers and runs away from this issue."" ... ""For whatever reason," she said, "John Edwards has decided he is going to take this on and he has staked out the position quite convincingly of being the un-Hillary."" (1, 2) -By Teddy Davis -ABCNEWS.com 

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20071029
• Barack Obama - Hillary Clinton - John Edwards - 2008 Election - Polls - Des-Moines - Iowa - North Carolina - "Polls don't reflect Obama's star power: The Democrat [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama] creates a stir wherever he goes, but runs far behind [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary] Clinton nationally. Some observers are puzzled; others say he's too gentle." ... "Crowds coo, strain to shake his hand, get his autograph, take his picture. In town meetings, supporters testify with religious fervor. At a Des Moines [Iowa] forum on global climate change, high school physics teacher Bill Cox lobbed the ultimate love bomb: "You remind me of John Kennedy," Cox said. "Are you going to be the person to . . . lead us to true energy independence?"" ... ""I am the man," Obama replied confidently, prompting an ovation." ... "So why isn't Obama doing better in the polls?" ... "No candidate in recent memory has swept onto the national political scene with greater fanfare. Obama has been on magazine covers and talk shows. Oprah Winfrey endorsed him, and Obama Girl's unrequited urges turned him into a YouTube sensation. He has raised nearly as much money as Clinton, and in Iowa, at least, has advertised twice as much (4,244 TV spots versus 2,192, according to the Nielsen Co.)" ... "Yet he has been unable to translate the relentless, often fawning attention into anything approaching a surge, especially in the crucial state of Iowa. Here, where the nation's first contest is scheduled to take place the first week of January, polls show him in a tight three-way race with Clinton and former North Carolina Sen. [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] John Edwards, though Clinton has recently pulled ahead." (1, 2) -By Robin Abcarian -LAtimes 

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20071026
• John Edwards- Corporate - Law - Kids - Safety - Employees - Food - Drug - Des-Moines - Iowa - 2008 Election - "Edwards Gets Tough on Business." ... "[2008 election Democratic Presidential Candidate] John Edwards is targeting Corporate America and what he argues are its corrupt and greedy practices. In a speech today in Des Moines, Iowa, he is outlining his plan to renew the “social contract” between business and government if elected president. “In corporate America, where a broader sense of social responsibility once held sway, a culture of greed has taken over. Instead of treating their employees fairly, being accountable to their shareholders and contributing to America’s prosperity, CEOs act like their corporations exist just to build their own massive fortunes,” says Edwards, according to speech excerpts provided to Washington Wire by his campaign." ... "Edwards is proposing, among other things, universal retirement accounts that employers would be required to provide if they don’t offer pension programs." ... "Edwards is also proposing stronger protections for workers seeking to unionize and increased shareholder rights. And he’s proposing to cap tax-deferred compensation funds for top executives at $1 million annually, and pushing for more disclosure of corporate governance structures, the pay and demographics of top corporate officers, as well as political contributions, government contracts, and taxes paid." ... "He also proposes tougher Food and Drug Administration inspection standards and safety regulations on products, like kids’ toys, made abroad." -By Susan Davis -WSJ.com 

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20070914
• Edwards - Military - Family - US - Iraq - Newspaper - Ad - Opinion - Des-Moines - Iowa - 2008 Election - "Elizabeth Edwards criticizes MoveOn.org ad." ... "MoveOn.org should not have labeled [General] Gen. David Petraeus “General Betray Us” in a controversial newspaper ad, Elizabeth Edwards said in Des Moines [Iowa] Friday." ... "“Someone who’s spent their life in the military doesn’t deserve ‘General Betray Us,’” said Edwards, wife of [2008 election] Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards." ... "Elizabeth Edwards spoke in an interview after a Des Moines campaign appearance. She noted that her father was a career naval officer, and she grew up on Navy bases, so she said she respects military service." ... "Elizabeth Edwards said the group could have made its point by simply using Petraeus’ own previous words about purported good news in Iraq without insulting him personally." -DesMoinesRegister/News 

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20070805
• US - Iraq - 2008 Election - Opinion - Des-Moines - Iowa - "Iowa Republicans Are Not Thrilled With Presidential Field." ... "As the Republican presidential candidates gather this morning in Des Moines for their fourth debate, Iowa GOP voters are expressing limited enthusiasm for the field of current and potential aspirants, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Their views appear to be a microcosm of GOP sentiment across the country and point to a wide open battle for the nomination." ... "Just 19 percent of likely GOP caucus attendees said they were "very satisfied" with the field of candidates -- far below satisfaction levels among Iowa Democrats -- and poll respondents were badly fractured when asked to rate the candidates on political and personal attributes." ... "Fifty-three percent of Democrats said they are very satisfied with the field of candidates, compared with the one-in-five likely Republican caucus-goers who described themselves as very satisfied. While eight in 10 Republican voters said the Iraq war was worth fighting, nine in 10 Democratic voters said it was not." ... "Half of the Democratic voters polled said they are looking for a candidate who emphasizes fresh ideas and a new direction. But seven in 10 Republican voters said they prize strength and experience over new ideas in their candidate selection." (1, 2) -By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen with contributions by Jennifer Agiesta -WashingtonPost

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20060514
• US - Vietnam - US Immigration - Mother's-Day - People - Des-Moines - Iowa - "Mom gives up possessions so son can live, succeed: 'Because of her, I will have a bright future,' says Hung Bui of Des Moines [Iowa], a top speech and acting student." ... "Hung Bui weeps when he recalls the long road of self-sacrifice his mother paved for him to be successful." ... "In Vietnam, Bui's mother, Thuy Phung, sold her car and valuables to pay for hospital care he needed when he was 2 months old." ... "After the family immigrated to the United States in 1998, Phung tirelessly worked and cared for Bui, his three older brothers and their father." ... "On Mother's Day, Bui, now 17, honors the person who has endured extraordinary sacrifices to help him become the person he is today." ... ""All her life, she has been working and building a comfortable life for the people around her," Bui said of his mother. "But she doesn't think much of her life. All she wants is my love." ... ""I will dedicate everything to her. Because of her, I am; because of her, I am going to college. Because of her, I will have a bright future."" -DesMoinesRegister/News 

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20050503
• Mother's-Day - Homes - Florida - Georgia - Austin - TX - IL - Des-Moines - IA - Connecticut - Oklahoma - WA - Nebraska - Phoenix - AZ - Virginia - CA - Utah - North Carolina - "Women helping build homes." ... "Women Build is a partnership of Habitat for Humanity and the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores. It is an annual event that gives women a chance to help needy families. Female crews have built 650 Habitat houses in the United States." ... "[Along with Pensacola, Florida] Other cities with Mother's Day Women Build projects are Atlanta [Georgia]; Austin, Texas; Chicago [Illinois]; Des Moines, Iowa; Hartford, Conn. [Connecticut]; Oklahoma City [Oklahoma]; Olympia, Wash. [Washington]; Omaha, Neb. [Nebraska]; Phoenix [Arizona]; Richmond, Va [Virginia].; San Francisco [California]; Salt Lake City [Utah]; Tacoma, Wash. [Washington]; and Winston-Salem, N.C. [North Carolina]" -By Bill Kaczor -APvia -NJ.com

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20050420
• Animals - Psychology - Georgia - Des-Moines -  - "Great apes to learn human behaviors." ... "The first two bonobos will make the 16-hour road trip from the Language Research Center at Georgia State University to their new $10 million, 13,000-square-foot home near downtown Des Moines later this month. All eight --three females and five males -- will arrive at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa by mid-May." ... ""If you want to find a human-like creature that exists in a completely natural state ... that creature is the bonobo," said [Dr. Sue] Savage-Rumbaugh, an experimental psychologist who is one of the world's leading ape-language researchers." -AP via -CNN 

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20040111
• -  - ELECTION 2004 - QC - Davenport - "Des Moines Register Endorses Edwards." ... "Iowa's largest newspaper endorsed North Carolina Sen. John Edwards for the Democratic presidential nomination while three other Iowa newspapers went for Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry in weekend editions[.]" ... "The Des Moines Register backed Edwards and called him a cut above several well-qualified candidates despite the fact that he doesn't have as much experience as other Democrats." ... "The Quad-City Times in Davenport, the Iowa City Press-Citizen and the Hawk Eye in Burlington endorsed Kerry, saying his foreign policy experience makes him the best candidate to face President Bush in the fall election." -Contributions by David Tirrell-Wysocki, Kate McDann, and Nedra Pickler -AP via -Guardian.co.uk 

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20040106
• - ELECTION 2004 - "The NPR Debate: Democrats Face Off in Radio Broadcast in Iowa." ... "Two weeks before the key Iowa caucuses, the Democratic presidential candidates face off in the only radio debate of the election season. The debate, sponsored by NPR and the WOI Radio Group, is being broadcast from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET from Des Moines, Iowa, and features six of the nine Democratic presidential candidates. NPR's Neal Conan will host the event, which will include questions e-mailed by NPR listeners." ... "The debate comes two weeks before the Jan. 19 Iowa caucuses, the first-in-the-nation test of the Democratic nominating contest." ... "Sitting out today's debate are retired Gen. Wesley Clark, North Carolina Sen. John Edwards and New York City activist the Rev. Al Sharpton."-NPR/News 

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• - "The Debate's First Hour: Part One, Part Two, Part Three."
• "The Debate's Second Hour: Part One, Part Two, Part Three."

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20031115
• - ELECTION 2004 - "Clinton defers to Dem hopefuls:  Iraq war split is on display as N.Y. senator plays host to Dean, rivals." ... "The most intriguing non-contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton played host to the six of the nine contenders at the Iowa Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson fund-raising dinner meeting in Des Moines on Saturday night. Although some observers had expected prior to the event that Clinton would outshine the contenders, she played a fairly deferential role as mistress of ceremonies." -By By Tom Curry -MSNBC

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• - ELECTION 2004 - "For Iowa Party Boss, a Time of Little Rest and Much to Do." ... "Gordon R. Fischer, the Iowa Democratic Party chairman, hunched into the wind as he weaved through traffic on Fourth Street [Des Moines, Iowa] in early November, late for the first of two meetings he had scheduled at Java Joe's, a funky downtown coffeehouse that has become one of his offices-on-the-run." ... "The annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner on Nov. 15 was days away, bursting at the seams with politicos, campaign workers and the news media, and never enough seats to satisfy the well-connected. Soon after, the Democratic contenders will have a debate   yes, another debate   here on Nov. 24, which happens to be Mr. Fischer's 39th birthday. And in slightly more than two months, of course, Iowans will gather at 1,994 caucuses around the state to cast the first binding votes of the 2004 presidential race, all under the unforgiving gazes of campaign staffs and thousands of journalists." -By Rick Lyman -NYTimes via -Google-News

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20030309
• "Balance of power shifts in Des Moines." ... "John Ruan. Bill Knapp. [and] David Kruidenier." ... "A partial list [of things they've been a driving force behind] includes the Ruan Center, Marriott Hotel, World Food Prize, Drake University's Knapp Center, Bethel Mission, YWCA, the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, Nollen Plaza, Simon Estes Amphitheater, Forest Avenue Library, Polk County Convention Complex, Gray's Lake redevelopment and the city's skywalk system." ... "Others say Ruan, Knapp and Kruidenier represent more than the projects they completed. They are symbols, many believe, of a benevolent, autocratic leadership style that ruled Des Moines for decades and slowly is being replaced by group decision-making." -By Ken Fuson -DesMoinesRegister/News 

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