'residential campaign ’80
THE BATTALION
MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1980
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owans bask in political limelight
ave seized
ion of Afghanisiu'
;y perceive as ate
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a [Xissihle SovietjjOSKALOOSA, Iowa — Iowa is
own land is a very
lians, who
long last are
if access towam-t
Indian Ocean,
>re, they have!
It Pakistan or Ira I
wet
own for corn, hogs, the world’s
best farmland and a unique atmo-
here blending the traditions of a
heritage with the complexities
modern life.
But this year Iowa is known for
thing else: politics.
Iowa has relatively little clout at
two national nominating con
ations and its eight electoral votes
Idom decide presidential elec-
But tonight’s precinct caucuses —
iw e ,first test of the presidential
/■ampaigh — are in the political
■melight and lowans are taking it in
■ride.
* Q/lil I We got to see Oskaloosa on the
I O VvU Boday Show,’ said a cafe waitress.
^ IThat would never happen any
Ither time. People all over the
auntry are seeing Iowa. I think it’s
rom 1957 to 18&!i mtastic.”
lington. "I think it’s great Iowa gets in the
w is with theNtfjj melight,” said Sioux City house-
- 1 Cooperative^ ijfe Kay Fortner,
still as part-tiiiie(■ "Ot er people think Iowa is un-
ultant, is with nportant. We have as much here as
ation of Evangela hy other state. People think all we
Commission. ave here is corn, and that’s not
d the refugee puH rue.”
since a 1978 11® Like many lowans, Fortner and
erhusband, a part-time farmer and
.•onnected with|j jology teacher, have not decided
d family, or olil rhether to attend their caucus.
; systematically Id Only a small fraction of lowans
— 15,000 to 2M articipate in the process that has
ny sources, CiA nought an army of politicians and
family in the mij olitician-watchers into the state,
i affected.” However, most have been
I puched by the campaign in some
iay — shaking hands with candi-
lates, getting calls from volunteers,
Ir non-stop pleas for support on
Jdevision or radio.
1
omic boon.
“We love it, ” said a hotel clerk in
Javenport. “As far as we re con-
encef The campaign vas been an eco-
ersp
curity adviser
deputy-director
that because ofs
was retired rather!
the Sunday Timer
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ing him may have]
way of deflectinj
nst others.”
terrogator Wi
se successes inc
jf the atom spy
efended Liddells
>stion that hew
posterous,” Skan
lay Times. “Thei
ran find for these!
Guy Liddell is I
coterie of people
s. Blunt and li
ng to guilt by ass*
cenred, we could have these cau
cuses every three months.”
The average Iowan, however, has
found the attention a mixed bless-
ing.
“It’s a circus right now,” said
Cedar Falls service station operator
John Repp. “There’s too many run
ning. It’s utter confusion. It’s a little
wild and I think one of these days
people will get bored with it be
cause it’s constantly in front of
them. ”
For Lillian Gay, the political hul
laballoo is of little interest. The real
payoff was getting Sen. Howard
Baker’s signature to go with those of
Frank Sinatra and Gregory Peck in
her autograph collection.
The intensity of the campaign —
telephone calls to a majority of Io
wa’s voters and a media blitz that
has brought it into nearly every
home — has drawn some politically
inactive people into the process.
Virgill Davis Sr., a woodsman
from rural Wellman, may attend the
caucuses just to support President
Carter.
“It’s kind of a toss-up, but I think
we’d better help the one that’s in
office,” Davis said “I don t believe
in changing horses in the middle of a
stream.”
Not everyone is as dedicated.
“It’s all right,” said Oskaloosa
businessman Joe Shafier. “But I’d
go along with David Brinkley — it
all seems like a big waste of money. ”
Beverly Ginsberg, who is on the
staff at St. Ambrose College in Dav-
neport, says she is tired of being de
luged with telephone calls.
“Frankly, the attention and ev
erything’s just great,” she said. “But
I know I’m getting a little sick of it
and I suspect a lot of other people
are, too. You know, there’s a limit
on how much of this stuff you can
take. And I think we’ve reached the
limit.”
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