Seth Moulton -- who? -- plants his flag in Iowa
By James Pindell GLOBE STAFF SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
DES MOINES — Eight days after a wedding, most newlyweds are still on their honeymoon. Not US Representative Seth Moulton, who instead found himself in Iowa Saturday — without his wife — learning to flip a fried steak.
He also just might have been laying the groundwork to run for president of the United States.
“You’re probably asking yourself what on earth a sophomore congressman from Massachusetts is doing here,” Moulton told hundreds of Democratic activists gathered in a field at the sprawling Water Works Park.
“To be honest, giving a political speech in Iowa is just about the last place I would have expected to find myself when I was . . . in Iraq a few years ago,” Moulton said, referring to his service as a Marine Corps officer.
“The answer to all those questions is simple: It’s the right thing to do. Because we can do better, and we need to do better.”
Iowa’s annual steak fry, sponsored by the Polk County Democrats, is a unique institution in US politics. The photo-op at the grill and the keynote speech have been traditional first stops for future Democratic presidential candidates, from Bill Clinton to Al Gore to Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
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