Hillary was @ IA State Fair

[cyberswede]

From Twitter:

@presscitizen: LIVE video: We are anticipating the arrival of @HillaryClinton at the #IAstatefair. http://t.co/wMMsWAMSCR #IAcaucus

[winter is coming]

1. Is she doing the soap box speech after all?

Or is she just there to pay homage to the Butter Cow?

[cali]

6. no. supporters only for Hillary. the soapbox is icky, too common.

[Duckhunter935]

10. No surprise there

She can't take the chance of getting real voters wuestions unscripted and in a public venue.

[Peacetrain]

13. She should have done the soapbox

really should do it

[misterhighwasted]

2. Thanks for the heads up. CSPAN is showing it too but I'll be

..watching both now. Two perspectives, & different crowd shots.

[cyberswede]

3. Harkin announcing her now. nt

[MoonRiver]

4. He gave a wonderful endorsement speech!

[Duckhunter935]

5. She is not doing soap box

Looks like very small crowd with almost more media than constituents. Now staged questions as they are calling on people by name. One of the many reasons I do not support her in the primaries.

[OKNancy]

8. oh good grief, those are not "staged" questions

Harkin knows the local news people and Hillary knows most of the national press.
SOme of the questions were pointed on the verge of rude actually.

[Duckhunter935]

9. You are correct, my mistake

Too bad she refuses to do the soap box. Her campaign does not want any risks. Too bad, makes her look bad in my opinion.

[LuvLoogie]

12. I like the one where Hillary and Tom both looked bemused

at the "reporter" who asked, "Is the reason you locked in Tom Harkin's endorsement because you were concerned about the possibility of Al Gore or Joe Biden getting in the race?"

You see--she threatened to turn Tom Harkin into a newt.

All questions to Hillary are planted. And the answer that Tom Harkin gave was scripted. Mmmm Hmmm... Fake hug, too. Mmmm Hmmm...



She really has a great smile, doesn't she?

Good answers too. Very Presidential.

[Historic NY]

7. "Usual partisanization"

[Peacetrain]

11. As an O'Malley supporter..Harkin carries a lot of weight in our state!

He is beloved by Iowa Democrats make no mistake about that. While I wish he had endorsed Martin O'Malley.. it does not diminish one iota how important his endorsement is with Iowa Democrats who go to caucus

[LuvLoogie]

14. He said to the endorsement question/accusation and to the "mistake" baiting

that Hillary was doing everything right in Iowa. That the "timing" of his endoresment had to do with his being busy and what better time than the Iowa State Fair.

I give O'Malley the favorite for VP should Hillary win the nomination. The hint being that she sat in the audience during his speech at the dinner last night. So much nuance in that.

[Fearless]

15. How big is the crowd?

[cyberswede]

16. She was done earlier - I think it was a small group of media people.

Sanders is on now - good crowd.

Stream:
http://features.desmoinesregister.com/news/politics/des-moines-register-soapbox/

[NorthCarolina]

17. Small as

not many fair goers had the $2,700 entry fee on them.