DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Hy-Vee Hall ballroom in Des Moines erupted in cheers in 2008 when the youthful Illinois senator hinted at the improbable possibility…
DES MOINES, Iowa Iowa, an overwhelmingly white state propelling Barack Obama s rise to become America s first Black president in 2008, seemed to ratify its first-in-the-nation position in the presidential nominating process. But in the half-century arc of the state s quirky caucuses, Obama s victory proved to be an outlier.
DES MOINES, Iowa Iowa, an overwhelmingly white state propelling Barack Obama s rise to become America s first Black president in 2008, seemed to ratify its first-in-the-nation position in the presidential nominating process. But in the half-century arc of the state s quirky caucuses, Obama s victory proved to be an outlier.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) The Hy-Vee Hall ballroom in Des Moines erupted in cheers in 2008 when the youthful Illinois senator hinted at the improbable possibility of the feat ahead: “Our time for change has come!”
“We’ve been headed this way for a while," said Joe Trippi, who managed Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt s winning Iowa campaign in 1988, adding “2020 broke the camel s back.”