December 31, 2007
Beauty And The Huckabeast
Among those arriving in Des Moines today only to find that their luggage had been lost: CNN's Bill Schneider and PBS' Judy Woodruff (Caucus Call! luggage-losing).
On New Year's Day, Mitt Romney will be attending something called "House Party Huddles" in the Polk Co. area, where attendees will be watching the football games (Caucus Call! sources).
As a couple of dozen volunteers made phone calls on behalf of Barack Obama on 12/30, "Superman Returns" star Brandon Routh showed up with "that guy from 'Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle'" (Des Moines Register).
To help pay for the "Huckabeast" -- a purple and gold bus that five Mike Huckabee volunteers have brought to IA -- John Brewer, 46, says he sold his wedding ring on eBay for $150. Brewer: "It wasn't as popular as I thought it would be" (Des Moines Register).
Sydney Rieckhoff, 9, a Cedar Rapids fourth grader and "kid reporter" for Scholastic News, approached Chelsea Clinton after a 12/30 event and asked: "Do you think your dad would be a good 'first man' in the White House?" Chelsea "brushed her question aside," responding: "I'm sorry, I don't talk to the press and that applies to you, unfortunately" (AP).
Romney, in an Altoona coffee shop on 12/29, said: "I won't remember my friends here in Iowa. You've been an inspiration to me and Ann." A. Romney then "corrected him." Romney: "I said, 'I won't forget.' ... This is good. This is like spell check right here, you know" (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier).
"I think it's a bunch of crap, just a bunch of political nose blowing" -- Waterloo resident Staci Johnson, 32, showing some home state pride for the caucuses (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier).
At the '04 caucuses, John Edwards supporter Terrence Neuzil told a neighbor who was undecided: "If you vote for Senator Edwards, you can borrow anything out of my garage." And so it was (Washington Post).
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