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The Register’s Kathie Obradovich reports that U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin will not make it to the Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson dinner in person tomorrow night because he’ll be busy trying to pass health care reform in Washington, D.C. In his absence, the party will play a video greeting from him during the event.
Perhaps more notably, [...]

Vice President Joe Biden will headline the Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson fundraising dinner, the Democrats announced today.

In a fiery speech spanning subjects from the causes of the Iraq war to the nation’s current economic trajectory, from torture to the 2000 election, former Vice President Al Gore gave as passionate a speech as I’ve ever seen him give Saturday.
He praised Iowa’s unique role in the American political process, and he thanked about [...]

Harkin said he has met a number of Republicans who are planning to vote for Democrats this year.

In a speech heavy on “thank yous,” Gov. Chet Culver told those gathered at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner that Iowa’s congressional delegation has worked hard to get recovery funding for Iowa in the wake of several natural disasters this summer.
“The devastation was beyond description,” Culver said, referring to the significant flooding eastern Iowa faced last summer.
“In [...]

“I debated on whether I should even bring Sarah up tonight, because you know, I think the bloom is off the rose,” said Lt. Gov. Patty Judge, but in the end she clearly decided to talk about her.

“This is the year we’re gonna get it done,” announced U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell.  “Thank you for sending Bruce Braley and Dave Loebsack, the great members that they are.”
Assuring the crowd that even if two more Democrats were added to Iowa’s congressional delegation, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin would be able to find a big enough [...]

“This is a very humbling moment for me,” Hubler said.  “I have been to a lot of J-J dinners,” but rarely as a guest, he said.  “And now I’m standing up here,” he continued.  “It is a humbling thing.”
Saying his life is “tied together” by service, Hubler recounted his past in the military, working for [...]

Saying he ran “to restore that hope and opportunity” that he felt growing up, first-term Congressman Dave Loebsack cited several achievements of the Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
But “What we really need, folks, is a President who won’t veto the good things that we’re going to pass in the Congress,” Loebsack said.
Loebsack [...]

Focusing on her biography, fourth district congressional challenger Becky Greenwald criticized incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Latham’s record on the economy.
“It’s time to hold him accountable,” Greenwald said.  On Social Security, which Latham has supported privatizing, allowing Americans to invest Social Security funds in the stock market, she asked, “Aren’t we glad that he didn’t get [...]