Why are Dean and Gore going to Iowa tomorrow

[Demobrat]

for what amounts to just a few hours? Any theories?

[Patriot_Spear]

1. 'Cause they're buddies!

:bounce:

[robsul82]

15. I don't know why, but...

"'Cause they're buddies!" made VCoke spurt out my nose. That hurt, A-HOLE!

Later.

RJS

[pruner]

2. rumor is that Tom Harkin will be endorsing Dean

my fingers are crossed.

[CMT]

9. now wouldn't that be a double whammy?

having Gore and Harkin endorsing Dean on the same day.

[ComerPerro]

3. Nudge, wink, grin

I think you know why....

[Demobrat]

12. Ahhh, ya got me.

I just wanted to hear somebody else say it.

[WhosNext]

4. To boost Dean in Iowa. Why else?

Dean HAS to win Iowa. It's the trigger to the Dean Domino Effect. Having Gore backing him does nothing but help him in Iowa. No-brainer.

[deminflorida]

5. I'll bet he'll stump for him in Iowa, but won't give up any of that

campaign contribution money...any takers????

[Closer]

6. I'm wondering about this, too

I can't help but wonder if something even bigger isn't planned for Iowa tomorrow and if the Gore endorsement wasn't "leaked" for a reason.

I mean, if Gore's here endorsing in NYC, then why fly to Iowa together for what the Dean campaign is calling a "major announcement."

Perhaps Harkin is endorsing? If so, it's OVER for Gephardt. Nail coffin shut, he's done.

Something smells awfully fishy. But the good kind of fishy! HEHE

[David Zephyr]

8. Yep.

Just Gore endorsing Dean inside of Iowa pretty much shuts down everyone else, but a Harkin endorsement of Dean...Gephardt is done...they all are done.

[slinkerwink]

10. and Dean HQ's been very quiet about it on the Dean blog......

so it might be a really big announcement they're making in IA tomorrow.

[Closer]

13. Exceeeeeeeeeeedingly quiet

which makes me extra suspicious.

[slinkerwink]

18. hahaha, they're still doing the holiday party shtick.....

I thought we were going to watch it live?

[Patriot_Spear]

14. A Dean/Gore ticket?

no way.

....?

[creativelcro]

23. dean/Gore would be a disaster...

[CMT]

7. because Gore still has a lot of support in Iowa

especially among Democratic caucus voters who rightly believe that he had the presidency stolen from him.

[pruner]

11. yep…

In Iowa, which holds its first-in-the-nation caucuses on Jan. 19, Democratic strategist Jeff Link, who is not affiliated with any of the presidential contenders, said a Gore endorsement “is a big deal. Gore was and continues to be very popular in Iowa. Democrats worked hard for him,” Link said, both in the 2000 caucuses in which he beat Bill Bradley and in the November election, in which he carried the state by a slim margin.
       
If Gore campaigns for Dean in Iowa and picks up the phone to make the Dean pitch to key Iowa Democrats, Link said, it would boost Dean in the state, where he is running neck and neck with Rep. Dick Gephardt.\

http://msnbc.com/news/1002950.asp?0cv=CA01

[UTUSN]

16. My Heart Is Breaking - I Love HARKIN and GORE - Goodbye n't

[slinkerwink]

why is your heart breaking?

[slinkerwink]

19. why is your heart breaking?

[cade]

17. cause hell is freezing over

expecting about 6 inches of snow, wind and freezing rain

[Demobrat]

20. That's scary.

I wish they weren't flying.

[slinkerwink]

21. but they are!

[cade]

22. what time and where

are they arriving ? The eastern part of the state won't be too bad until tomorrow afternoon or maybe night ( depends on temperature - rain changing to snow ) Western Iowa is already getting some rain/snow mix. Northern portions of the state already have about 6 inches on the ground from a couple of days ago so that part of the state will be colder.