Martin O'Malley does 'The Iowa Waltz' at the Better Day Cafe in Storm Lake
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from the Storm Lake Pilot Tribune:
The former governor of Maryland glanced wistfully at the guitar laying on a table, left there by a barista at the coffee shop, seeming to wish he could strum instead of deliver his third campaign speech of a long weekend swing across Iowa.
And he would play, but first things first. "Everyone wants to hear the governor sing - once," he joked after spotting the instrument, finding his rhythm in campaign mode instead...
Among those curious to hear what the Democrat has to say was Trish Moe. "He was like a breath of fresh air," she reflected afterward. "His thoughts on immigration were impressive to me. We need these people," she said.
Another man reflected that while Hillary Clinton has her rabid detractors, "I don't think anyone could hate O'Malley."
Indeed, O'Malley was affable, trim and energetic, kitted out appropriately for a weekend speech in unfaded jeans and a neatly pressed blue button-down oxford, hitting all his cues in rapid-fire order. Though his campaign staff was urging him to depart after his message with another event, he lingered, spending time talking with members of the crowd, and signing the back of the guitar for its owner.
With a grin he reported that along with his home state, Iowa and New Hampshire are first in his heart...
Finding a stool and that guitar, he wrapped the evening with an unabashedly curry-favoring folk tune he called, "The Iowa Waltz," which seemed to energize him at even this late stage of the day, urging those singing along, "now with feeling!" ...more
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