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by John McCormick
DES MOINES — There is no more influential political columnist in Iowa than David Yepsen of The Des Moines Register. After sitting through six Democratic presidential campaign speeches at last night’s Jefferson Jackson dinner, he is giving the night’s win to Sen. Barack Obama.
“Five of them gave really good speeches,” Yepsen wrote early today. “Barack Obama’s was excellent.”
Yepsen goes on to call Obama’s appearance “the best” of his campaign.
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“The passion he showed should help him close the gap on Hillary Clinton by tipping some undecided caucus-goers his way,” Yepsen says. “His oratory was moving and he successfully contrasted himself with the others – especially Clinton – without being snide or nasty about it.”
Clinton sat and watched Obama’s speech from the floor of Veterans Memorial Auditorium. The New York senator appeared immediately before the Illinois senator.
Yepsen’s full online column is linked here.
After a short night’s sleep, Obama just finished his appearance on “Meet the Press.” The Swamp will have the full report on that appearance soon.