The House Financial Services Committee is a magnet for Wall Street campaign cash, but some Dems are grumbling that Chairwoman Maxine Waters has been slow to deliver the goods to members who are key to holding the majority
for not taking Iowa seriously enough. And Kamala Harris so lacked a presence that Democrats here assumed she was skipping the first-in-the-nation caucus state altogether.As the Iowa State Fair and the Iowa Wing Ding — a marquee Democratic political dinner — get underway this week, both Biden and Harris have upended the landscape by significantly bulking up their field organizations, adding more frequent visits and in Harris’ case, even airing TV ads.
“Even with a historically large field, I highly doubt a candidate would be able to sustain the needed fundraising and voter support without a top four showing in Iowa,” said Jim Messina, Barack Obama’s campaign manager in 2012. “Democrats are like everyone else; they want to vote for something with a chance to win. If you can’t prove that early, history teaches us that it's very unlikely a candidate could survive for very long after Iowa.
The campaign’s growing muscle was in evidence Thursday at the state fair, where Biden’s team was deployed en masse. When a supporter called out “Way to go Joe!” as Biden passed by her, she was pounced on within moments with a request to sign a caucus card to commit her support. She now has nearly 50 full-time paid staffers on the ground and is considering another staff hiring push.
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Warren unveils extensive rural policy plan ahead of four-day visit to IowaSen. Elizabeth Warren rolled out a new set of plans on Wednesday that would increase government investments in rural America, doubled down on her threat to break up anti-competitive agribusiness giants and build what she calls a 'new farm economy' aimed at helping struggling farmers.
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Warren rolls out plans for rural health care and farm economy ahead of Iowa swingSen. Elizabeth Warren is outlining how she'd invest in rural America and focus on U.S. farmers as she embarks on a multi-day swing through Iowa.
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Biden Accuses Trump Of Fanning 'Flames Of White Supremacy' In Iowa Speech“How far is it from Trump’s saying this ‘is an invasion’ to the shooter in El Paso declaring ‘his attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas?’ Not far at all'
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Biden, in Iowa, torches Trump’s divisive rhetoricJoe Biden lit into Donald Trump earlier today, stating that the president “has publicly and unapologetically embraced a political strategy of hate, racism and division”
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Kamala Harris hits the airwaves in IowaA Harris campaign official said the ad buy will be in the high six figures, and that they expected it to run for several weeks.
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Biden speaks at Iowa State FairDES MOINES, IOWA, USA - Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Des Moines Register's political soapbox at the Iowa State Fair.
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