October 15, 2007 07:18 PM UTC

Pena Stumps for Obama in Iowa

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• by: Colorado Pols

From the Rocky Mountain News:

t’s a lot of heavy lifting, even in the lightest of crowds. But part of Peña’s job as one of Obama’s national campaign co-chairs is to look into each face, answer every question and win precious Iowa caucus votes one at a time if that’s what it takes.

Peña is just the latest Coloradan to join the campaign trail in Iowa, where January’s caucuses will be the first test of the 2008 presidential race. Already, Sen. Wayne Allard and former Rep. Bob Beauprez have done Hawkeye State barnstorming for Republican Mitt Romney.

In Perry, a quaint little town about an hour up the road from Des Moines, Peña, the former mayor and Clinton administration Cabinet member, got a fierce grilling on Iraq and other issues from 84-year-old retired high school math teacher Helen Dewey.