Saturdays aren't my usual day for the Edwards Evening News, and so I was excited to have an opportunity to host a weekend edition. Excited until I noticed that there isn't much news out of the campaign today. So I put my thinking cap on and here's what I came up with.
There's a lull often right before a storm, that eerily quiet period before the weather changes dramatically--almost as if nature is saying "get ready, here I come." That's what this feels like a bit to me. On this holiday weekend, many of us have family visiting or are off visiting family; there was the big shopping day yesterday (I did my part by continuing my own tradition of not spending as much as a penny yesterday). We've spent time giving thanks and hopefully many of us have done our fair share of giving.
In six weeks, we will be on the other side of the "Iowa storm," heading off to New Hampshire. For now, let's take this moment to gear up -- get out your maps for the drive and canvassing, get out your pen and paper to write letters, get out your cellphone to make calls, get everything you can -- we've got some caucuses to win!
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