B3: Here is the Christmas Eve report from Carolyn Schmidt, our citizen journalist in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She will be reporting regularly up through and after the Thursday election. The key question remains: Will Iowans pick the president this time around?
By Carolyn Schmidt
Cedar Rapids, Iowa–The papers are so full of good stuff, I’ll give you some choices. It’s way more than you probably want to know.
Candidates are bringing in special guests to campaign with them these last few days. “West Wing” star Richard Schiff has been stumping with Joe Biden since Friday, and Martin Sheen, from the same show, is appearing with Bill Richardson. Hillary had the governor of Ohio with her for a few days.
Although his attack ads against Huckabee and McCain are still running on television, Romney has let up on his criticism of the other GOP candidates in person. Reminiscent of Howard Dean, for years ago, he’s saying, “I’m going to fight in Missouri, and Michigan, and South Carolina, and Florida, and California. I’m going to be all around the country making sure that if I get this nomination I’m not just a one-hit wonder.” Huckabee, on the other hand, is now hitting back at Romney, saying Romney is dishonest in his depiction of Huckabee and his policies. “If you get a job by being dishonest…how can you be trusted once you’re in that job?” Huckabee asks. (His audiences evidently haven’t reminded him that it’s been done before:)