DES MOINES, Iowa — As the first primary contest in Iowa rapidly approaches, the 2020 campaigns are looking to former President Barack Obama’s historic winthere in 2008, seen as key to solidifying his strength as a candidate. “It was the moment that changed everything for the Obama campaign and, ultimately, for the country,” South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg said in an October email to supporters ahead of the Iowa Democratic Party Liberty and Justice Dinner, a key Democratic fundraiser in Des Moines. “That same moment for Pete, and for America, is this Friday night.” At another major Democratic event, the Polk County Democrats Steak Fry, California Sen. Kamala Harris marched in alongside the Isiserettes, the same marching band that Obama featured at the 2007 event – the Harkin Steak Fry at the time. And of course, former Vice President Joe Biden often talks about his “buddy Barack” while on the campaign trail. But imitation alone won’t be enough to capture the energy of the current electorate and keep it, advisers to the former president said. “We were showing a country that a black man can become a candidate, and become a nominee, and become a president,” said Michael Blake,… Read full this story
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