Present Governor Vilsack spoke in our town at our new

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performance center for State Senator Roger Stewart. He has a neat haircut now and seems thinner. He mentioned some facts and figures about the improving (economic) landscape in Iowa. He went through a number of facts and figures but got applause when he mentioned the teacher pay raise since this was actually something provable by empirical means. He also went after Nussle and what a scum he is and we applauded that too. Dickinson gave a gentlemanly speech in which he forgave his opponents for what they did and urged us to unite behind Braley. There were quite a few local republicans there too and they joined in the applause!!