Greetings from Iowa! [View All]

[huskerlaw]

Ok, actually I'm in Nebraska at the moment, but I spent the past 2 days volunteering with the Edwards campaign in Iowa. My timing was extremely good, as I got to spend yesterday at an Edwards event. I helped set up, etc. and afterwards, even spent a bit of time talking to people from the campaign. The mood was really great--those Iowans greeted John like he was a rock star! The event was in the middle of the day, so the majority of attendees were retirement aged and they yelled/clapped like a bunch of college kids. ;) The turnout was also fantastic-the room was packed!

The mood is extremely upbeat. There's a definite feeling that Edwards will win Iowa (which is also supported by the most recent polling). The staffers and volunteers are super-busy. Things are happening at lightning speed at this point, and everyone is putting in 17+ hour days.

In addition to helping with an event, I also did door-to-door canvassing for 4 hours and placed over 150 phone calls, so I got to speak to quite a few Iowans. They are a well-informed group, overall, and asked some great questions.

I was amazed by the amount of people I spoke to who said they were definitely going to caucus, but were still undecided. I'm not good at estimating figures, but I would say it was around 1/3. Many--if not most--were leaning Edwards, though!

Overall, a great experience and it definitely left me feeling quite confident in our chance to win Iowa.

:woohoo: