Clinton gets key endorsement from former Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin

The Iowa State Fair remains a center of attention today as presidential candidates from both sides of the aisle line up to speak at the traditional presidential forum in this critical early primary state. But perhaps you didn’t know that in 1952, the fair also featured butter sculptures of that year’s presidential candidates Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson.

“We invested in infrastructure, we invested in new jobs and new industries”, he said. Our world has changed. Biden is considering a 2016 campaign.

Clinton, her voice growing hoarse, sought to take on twin controversies that have buffeted her presidential campaign while presenting herself as combative, tough Democrat prepared to fight Republicans in the race to succeed Obama.

Webb deplores the number of super PACs that are raising money to support candidates in the race.

“She was one of eight children, three of whom died in childhood – not childbirth, childhood”, he said. “The American people are sick and exhausted with establishment politics, with establishment economics, and with the establishment media”, he said to applause. The power sources would include next-generation nuclear power, wind and solar energy, as well as yet-to-be-developed “technologies we’ve never heard of”, O’Malley said.

O’Malley pointed to a laundry list of progressive proposals he would pursue if elected president, saying his years as Baltimore mayor and Maryland’s two-term governor were about “action, not words”.

Webb has been a combat marine, an assistant secretary of defense and a secretary of the Navy – credentials that set him apart from his Democratic challengers.

Whether you’re a lifelong fairgoer or a day-tripping tourist, adventure and excitement are waiting for you at the 2015 Iowa State Fair. Jim Webb of Virginia said Thursday his two favorite 20th century U.S. presidents were Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.

A Sarah Palin fan shows off his autograph from the 2011 Iowa State Fair.

Within the recently-revealed correspondence from Hillary Clinton’s email server, Harkin corresponded with the State Department to speak to Clinton directly.

Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks says the billionaire businessman may stop by the soapbox, but his schedule is in flux.

“Not all candidates are going to appear natural and comfortable at a state fair”. Then the multi-armed organism of the press scrum moved on, to procure pork on a stick.

“I’ve been to so many state party dinners”, said O’Malley.

Webb, a laconic speaker who is waging only his second bid for office, arrived at the fair shortly before his 1 p.m. turn at the Des Moines Register’s candidate soap box.

As candidates walked through crowds, fielding questions between corn dogs and Ferris wheels this is where Iowans separate the weak from the chaff.

“But I’m just a humble candidate running for president”, says Jeb Bush.

Huckabee went on to banter easily with the crowd.

They’ll be serving themselves up to voters, and they’ll be served all kinds of deep fried foods.