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The decision of former Republican Congressman Jim Leach to endorse Obama probably signals that Iowa -- which the Illinois Senator won in the caucuses -- is now a blue state. From Radio Iowa (via theObserver):
"According to a source in the Obama campaign, former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach -- a Republican -- will be endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama this morning. Leach, as you may recall, lost his bid for re-election in 2006 after three decades representing portions of eastern Iowa in congress. Leach was considered a 'moderate' Republican and was a backer of campaign finance reform. Leach did not accept campaign contributions from political action committees.
Leach became a professor at his alma mater -- Princeton -- and then was asked to be the interim director of Harvard University's Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government when its director left to run for the U.S. Senate. The institute's new director is to start September 1, 2008. Leach's wife has contributed the maximum amount allowed to Obama's campaign."
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