Yesterday was a long day for the media team I had the pleasure of tagging along with. Dubbed "Team C" we were assigned to go to events in the eastern part of Iowa, places like Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, and others. We saw four rather distinct events in our 302 mile journey around Iowa.
We started by going to Newt Gingrich's rally in Walford, Iowa, where he was speaking at an event in Schrader Excavating & Grading. Inside of the event, we were able to see through large windows on huge garage doors his bus pull up. We were surprised to find out that they were planning on driving the bus into the building, so that Newt could use it for a backdrop! After it was expertly reversed behind the former Speaker's podium for the day, to the tune of "Eye of the Tiger" no less, Newt Gingrich emerged from his bus with his wife right behind. Instantly he approached the podium where he started to address the audience, and quickly brought them up to a fire of fury hitting major points about Obama's failure, his own personal experience, and, of course, relating himself to Ronald Reagan. Through his speech he talked about how he had the know-how to run this country like a well oiled machine, to which the audience seemed to agree. Towards the end of the speech, he was sure to mention that his book was on sale behind the audience at a table and that they should pick it up and read it, as well as buy his wife's newly published children's book "Sweet Land of Liberty". He finished the event by signing books and posters of himself for the attentive audience after answering a few questions.
That concluded our time with the former Speaker, and we quickly ran out to the van (to avoid the cold) and left to go see Representative Ron Paul give a speech in Cedar Rapids
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