The Note
W A S H I N G T O N, Jan. 17—<br> -- TODAY SCHEDULE AS OF 9:00 am (all times ET):
— 9:00 am: Rep. Richard Gephardt attends a "Countdown to Victory" event at the public library, Solon, Iowa— 9:00 am: Gen. Clark attends a pancake breakfast event at the Belknap Mill, Laconia, N.H. — 9:15 am: Gov. Howard Dean attends a pancake breakfast at Music Man Square, Mason City, Iowa— 9:30 am: Sen. John Kerry attends a "Rally for America's Future" event at the Eagle Point Park Lodge, Clinton, Iowa— 10:30 am: Sen. John Edwards holds a rally at his campaign headquarters , Des Moines, Iowa— 11:00 am: Rep. Kucinich attends the annual convention of the Dine Bidziil Navajo Strength Coalition, Farmington, N.M. — 11:00 am: Rep. Gephardt attends a canvass staging at UAW Local 1024, Cedar Rapids, Iowa— 11:30 am: Sen. Kerry attends a "Town Hall for America's Future" event at the Radisson Quad City Plaza, Davenport, Iowa— 12:00 pm: Gen. Clark hosts a "Conversations with Clark" event at Holderness Central School, Holderness, N.H. — 12:45 pm: Gov. Dean attends a "Caucus for Change" event at Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School, Council Bluffs, Iowa— 1:00 pm: Rep. Gephardt attends a "Countdown to Victory" event at the Sundance Lodge, Clinton, Iowa— 2:00 pm: Sen. Edwards meets with Jackson County Democrats at the Public Library, Maquoketa, Iowa— 2:30 pm: Sen. Kerry attends the Tri-State Presidential Candidates Forum, Dubuque, Iowa— 3:00 pm: Rep. Gephardt attends a "Countdown to Victory" event with singer Michael Bolton at the Coliseum Ballroom, Davenport, Iowa— 3:15 pm: Sen. Edwards meets with Dubuque County Democrats at the Grand River Center, Dubuque, Iowa— 3:30 pm: Gen. Clark attends an "All-America Day Rally" featuring Michael Moore and Rep. Charles Rangel at Pembroke Academy, Pembroke, N.H. — 3:30 pm: Rep. Kucinich attends the Tri-State Forum, Dubuque, Iowa— 3:45 pm: Gov. Dean attends a "Caucus for Change" event at the Woodbury County Courthouse, Sioux City, Iowa— 5:00 pm: Rep. Gephardt attends a "Countdown to Victory" event at a UAW hall with singer Michael Bolton, Burlington, Iowa— 5:00 pm: Rep. Kucinich attends a "Caucus for Peace, Jobs and Health Care" event, Maquoqueta, Iowa— 5:30 pm: Sen. Kerry attends a rally with Polk County African American Democrats, Des Moines, Iowa— 5:30 pm: Sen. Edwards meets with Black Hawk County Democrats at the Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa— 6:15 pm: Rep. Kucinich attends a get out the vote rally at the YMCA, Clinton, Iowa— 6:30 pm: Rep. Gephardt attends a "Countdown to Victory" event at the Iowa Wesleyan Chadwick Library, Mount Pleasant, Iowa— 7:00 pm: Sen. Edwards meets with Butler County Democrats at Dee's Place, Parkersburg, Iowa— 7:30 pm: Gen. Clark eats with supporters at the Puritan Backroom restaurant, Manchester, N.H. — 8:00 pm: Sen. Kerry attends a "Rally for America's Future" event at the Old Capitol Mall, Iowa City, Iowa— 8:15 pm: Sen. Edwards meets with Hardin County Democrats at the Ellsworth Community College, Iowa Falls, Iowa— 8:30 pm: Rep. Kucinich attends the Scott County Red, White & Blue Dinner, Davenport, Iowa— 8:45 pm: Rep. Gephardt attends a "Countdown to Victory" event at the VFW Hall, Ottumwa, Iowa— 9:00 pm: Rep. Kucinich attends a get out the vote rally at the LULAC Center, Davenport, Iowa— 9:45 pm: Sen. Kerry attends a "Rally for America's Future" event at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
NEWS SUMMARY
Just your typical Iowa Saturday before an election:
-- lots of candidate events in every corner of the state (but none in intention or execution seemingly poised to make new news);
-- lots of biggish named surrogates crisscrossing as well;
-- a bunch of national reporters (including the biggest of the big feet) setting the bar at about the same place -- only attending events within a 30-minute radius of the Des Moines Marriott;
-- ABC News journalists, on the other hand, free to roam from Maquoketa to Council Bluffs because of the liberating broadcast media freedom provided by the innovative, jam-packed ABC News campaign buses;
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