Comments on: Obama’s Des Moines event might be biggest in Iowa history

By: Edwin Woodward

Edwin Woodward — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:21:01 +0000

very helpful article

By: Edwin Woodward

Edwin Woodward — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:21:01 +0000

very helpful article

By: Edwin Woodward

Edwin Woodward — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:21:01 +0000

very helpful article

By: Rodney Z Hartman

Rodney Z Hartman — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:41:26 +0000

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By: Laura A Benson

Laura A Benson — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:18:35 +0000

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By: chasemartyn

chasemartyn — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:17:18 +0000

Thanks for the correction.

By: iowapolitics

iowapolitics — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:45:24 +0000

It seems that “reliable sources” can only remember what happened yesterday. In 1964 the Des Moines Register, as I recall, reported that 85,000 Iowans greeted Barry Goldwater at an October rally in downtown Des Moines, and that 125,000 Iowans greeted Presdient Lyndon Johnson at an October rally on the west front of the Iowa State Capitol. Richard Nixon addressed a huge crowd covering the Merle Hay Mall parking lot in 1968.

Going back further, the Des Moines Register and Leader reported that on April 28, 1903, more than 100,000 people saw and heard President Theodore Roosevelt during his two hours in Des Moines. During that short time he made half a dozen speeches, including one on the east front of the Iowa State Capitol.