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Good morning from Iowa, which the national (and international) political press will go back to mostly ignoring starting tomorrow, but which for now is poised to give America the first actual votes we can count in the Democratic presidential race.
Why Iowa? asked Dan Zak of the Washington Post. What a great lead.
Here's Torey Van Oot, with contributions from me and Jessie Van Berkel and photos by Glen Stubbe, on Sen. Amy Klobuchar's final weekend sprint.
(I had one of the best ice cream cones of my life yesterday at the NewBo City Market in Cedar Rapids. Snickers Bar ice cream and a pretzel cone. What a scoop!)
No caucus predictions here, but seems like Klobuchar needs to finish at least fourth to have any kind of credible case going forward. She says she's headed to New Hampshire no matter what, but fifth place would be a pretty meager bounce.
Klobuchar is back in D.C. today for closing arguments in the impeachment trial, then plans to fly back into Des Moines tonight for a post-caucus event.
