AROUND 500 CAME TO THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER LAST NIGHT TO HEAR SENATOR OBAMA, INCLUDING ME. I TOOK SEVERAL PICTURES....THIS ONE OF THOSE SITTING UP ON STAGE. HE WAS INTRODUCED BY FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE BOB OSTERHAUS. HE THEN SPOKE AROUND 30 MINUTES AND AFTER ANSWERED NUMEROUS QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE. THEN STAYED LAST NIGHT AT THE COMFORT INN. OVER 100 MOTEL ROOMS WERE FILLED IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT BECAUSE HE WAS HERE OVERNIGHT. EARLY THIS MORNING, HE WORKED OUT AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA YMCA. WE ALL KNOW HE'S A GOOD SPEAKER...AND WAS AGAIN LAST NIGHT. LOTS OF IDEAS TO BETTER AMERICA, LIKE ALL THE CANDIDATES. I ENJOY ELECTION CAMPAIGNS AND WE IN IOWA ARE LUCKY TO HAVE
SO MANY BIG POLITICIANS TOURING THE STATE EVERY FOUR
YEARS....AND IN A POSITION WHERE IF WE WANT, WE CAN GO UP AND TALK TO THEM, AND TAKE THEIR PICTURE. IN MOST OTHER STATES....GETTING CLOSE TO A POSIBLE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
AND SO.....THE CAMPAIGN GOES ON....BUT IT WON'T BE LONG, JUST AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR....WHEN WE FIND OUT WHICH TWO CANDIDATES CAME OUT ON TOP IN THE ALL IMPORTANT IOWA CAUCAS SYSTEM OF CANDIDATE SELECTION.
DENNIS VOY