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It was an oral history of the 2008 Obama campaign in Iowa, covering highs and lows, and was described as a fantastic book.
They Said This Day Would Never Come it's an oral history of the Iowa campaign the general election stories Like the worst moments the best moments all rolled into one
— Episode: “Hillary endorses Bernie.”
Episode: “Hillary endorses Bernie.”
It was an oral history of the 2008 Obama campaign in Iowa, covering highs and lows, and was described as a fantastic book.
They Said This Day Would Never Come it's an oral history of the Iowa campaign the general election stories Like the worst moments the best moments all rolled into one
Not a lot of people do oral history projects these days.
I wanted to talk to people who had been a part of that Starting at the time when it was really unlikely right and who saw it go from this long shot thing to him becoming The most successful politician of the last 50 years, right?
The whole was greater than the sum of the parts
He would literally say over and over again. Like I just can't let these organizers down
Episode: Iowa Episode 2: The history and the rules
President Obama described the 2008 Iowa caucus to Chris Liddell Westefeld for this book, highlighting the diverse attendees, festive atmosphere, and the presence of a Gandalf-like individual with a video screen playing Obama's speech.
Those couple nights before the caucuses were the coldest nights of the year. And we got inside, and it was just this sea of people.
Every age, different backgrounds. You had farmers in overalls and seed hats, and you had young African-American kids, Latino moms.
The fact that people had brought their kids, and there were a lot of families who had shown up, gave it this festive feeling.
I still remember there was a guy who looked like Gandalf. He was dressed in this white robe, and he had this long white beard, and he had this white staff.
And at the top of the staff, he had jerry-rigged this little video screen that was playing my JJ speech looped over and over again.