2024 Caucus Talk- The Best State Fair in the State
The decision from the Democratic Party has been to delay the announcement of the Primary Order for the 2024 Election Will that mean rising political candidates will still come to Iowa or will they skip it? I suspect that there will still be some moments. There are still a couple of big Party fundraisers and these are the kind of moments where someone like a Barack Obama or Pete Buttigieg can launch themselves. The September Steak Fry is the premier event and the marquee speaker is US Representative (from NY-8) Hakeem Jeffries. Jeffries in just under a decade in Congress has been a rising star- is a fromt runner to replace Nancy Pelosi when she retires and steers a more moderate path than other more well known young leaders. Not quite to the level of that annual Des Moines event, the Wing Ding in the Northern Iowa town of Clear Lake took place in the first part of August. In this case, the keynote speaker was Mallory McMorrow. McMorrow currently sits in the Michigan legislature but has