Kerry 'Gores' Dean
Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts took another swing at Howard Dean last week, a week after accusing the former Vermont governor of supporting policy unbecoming of "real Democrats."
The comedic timing was admirable, but the jab left a reporter's question unanswered.
During a campaign stop in Des Moines Monday, Kerry was asked whether the Internet petition drive he was announcing in protest of President Bush's proposed overtime pay standards was in response to a similar effort Dean had also launched.
Dean staffers had stirred up the questions in advance of Kerry's event with union members at a Des Moines AFSCME office.
"The Dean campaign is saying you're kind of stealing their thunder on this on-line petition," Dave Price, a reporter for Des Moines-based WHO-TV 13, to which Kerry responded with a smirk: "Well, the last person I heard who claimed he had invented the Internet didn't do so well."
The response earned restrained yucks from the gaggle of reporters. But Dean's staff hadn't said they invented on-line petition drives, and Kerry didn't refute that Dean's started at the same time.
John Edwards, now with an office and handy pamphlet near you
Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina now has 14 Iowa campaign offices and one shiny new information guide with details of his policy proposals, the campaign reported this week.
Undeterred by his 5 percent showing in the Des Moines Sunday Register's first Iowa Poll of Democratic caucus activists, Edwards now has Iowa offices from the Missouri River coast to Mississippi River coast, from Burlington to Sioux City, including less common field spots such as Ottumwa and Fort Dodge.
Edwards also released the booklet Tuesday, 65 pages with everything from his recently announced health care plan to the rural economic initiative he outlined in Iowa in May.
It even has a letter from Edwards that reads remarkably like an abbreviated version of Edwards' stump speech, complete with a reference to "growing up in a small town in North Carolina."
No mention of the mill or the post office. Maybe that's in the sequel.
Must be willing to work weekends and cold, January nights
Joe Lieberman pledged last month he would be increasing his Iowa staff and opening more field offices in Iowa, where he has reversed strategies and now plans to compete vigorously.
With a lot of the Democratic foot soldiers already spoken for in the half-dozen other Iowa caucus campaigns, Lieberman has taken to the e-mail classifieds in his appeal to Iowa Democratic Party officials for suggestions.
A copy of such an ad states "The Joe Lieberman for President Campaign is increasing its presence in Iowa and looking to fill several positions immediately" including general staffers, regional directors and a press person.
The ad didn't mention having to take a spelling test, but to those who are interested in applying, it's H-A-D-A-S-S-A-H.
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