Cedar Rapids residents wish McCain would tour city (AP)

[Nambe]

Source: Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's decision to hold an airport rally while skipping a tour of a city still reeling from summer flooding has some in Cedar Rapids grumbling.

McCain, they say, is only the latest official to ignore their city's pain.

"That's exactly what's happening," said Lee Clancey, a Republican and a former mayor who is coordinating flood recovery efforts. "I don't know if his advance team is making him aware that there are significant needs here." ...

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[bluestateguy]

1. McCain is going to end up pulling out of Iowa in a couple of weeks

Oppose ethanol subsidies at your own peril.

[hedgehog]

2. Too bad for McCain - candidates can learn a lot if they

are open to new experiences:

http://books.google.com/books?id=ngz-jTApvNoC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=kennedy+west+virginia+poverty&source=web&ots=TVMA4JOttJ&sig=WQ516h9saUymwKglujQ_eXj2TF0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result

[ComtesseDeSpair]

3. Yes, but...

McCain doesn't CARE about you little people and your petty suffering.

[annabanana]

4. What's Obama's ground game like in Iowa?. . .n/t

[olddad56]

6. better than McCain's passing game.

[blueclown]

5. no wonder why mccain is polling so terribly in iowa. n/t