It looks like Sen. Obama is making the right moves in Iowa. John Norris is a major player in Iowa, and his possible support of Obama would go a long way.
The Illinois senator gets filled in on the caucus leadoff state as he weighs a 2008 presidential bid.
By THOMAS BEAUMONT - DEM MOINES REGISTER
November 26, 2006Democrat Barack Obama has sought the advice of top campaign workers in Iowa and has established a seedling support network in this state as he prepares to decide whether to seek the 2008 presidential nomination.
The first-term Illinois senator has surrounded himself with advisers rich in experience in Iowa, the leadoff caucus state.
Obama has vaulted to the top tier among prospective candidates for the Democratic Party's nomination, even as the new star in the party says he has not made up his mind about running.
The Iowa connections of Obama's campaign advisers and the senator's behind-the-scenes inquiry into the Iowa caucuses are hardly an announcement that he is running for president. But they show he is visualizing the presidential campaign process, in the event he decides to run.
Obama said last month he was considering a campaign for president, as enthusiastic crowds turned out for his political appearances on behalf of other candidates and as he traveled the country promoting his best-selling autobiography.
Shortly after the Nov. 7 election, Obama telephoned John Norris, the Des Moines Democrat who ran John Kerry's winning campaign in the 2004 Iowa caucuses.
