Iowa, August 13

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Tuesday:

10:15: VP Biden delivers remarks at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville, Va.

12:25: President Obama delivers remarks at the Nelson Pioneer Farm & Museum in Oskaloosa, Iowa

4:30: VP Biden delivers remarks at Spiller Elementary School, Wytheville, Va.

5:00: President Obama delivers remarks at B.R. Miller Middle School in Marshalltown, Iowa

8:45: President Obama delivers remarks at the Waterloo Center for the Arts in Waterloo, Iowa

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Oh heck, I love PBO supporters:

Supporters of President Obama demonstrate across from the site of the “Romney Plan for a Stronger Middle Class” bus tour, at El Palacio De Los Jugos, Miami, Florida on August 13

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President Obama shares a beer with Mike Cunningham at a beer stand at the Iowa State Fair, August 13

President Obama and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack greet people as they visit the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines

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Iowa, August 13

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President Barack Obama gets a hug from Joy Dannelly as he visits the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, August 13

“Obamacare? It’s true: I do care”

Boone, Iowa, August 13

Heads Up: President Obama in Boone, Iowa

6:15 ET: The President delivers remarks at a campaign event at Boone, Herman Park, Iowa

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First lady Michelle Obama, Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas and host Jay Leno during a taping of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” in Burbank, Calif.

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Thank you Roberta in MN – a photo from today’s Rochester Roundtable

Iowa …. & Mars

President Obama walks from Marine One to board Air Force One at O’Hare International Airport en route to Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Neb.

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Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska

… with a member of his Secret Service security detail

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Bayliss Park in Council Bluffs, Iowa

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President Obama inspects drought-stricken corn with farmer Roger McIntosh as he visits the McIntosh farm in Missouri Valley, Iowa

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Next up:

6:15 ET: The President delivers remarks at a campaign event at Boone, Herman Park, Iowa

Heads up: President Obama in Iowa

12:25: President Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event at Bayliss Park, in Council Bluffs, Iowa

C-Span

CNN

CBS

Next:

6:15: President Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event at Herman Park in Boone, Iowa

Rise and Shine

President Obama smiles as supporters sing Happy Birthday during a fundraising reception at the Bridgeport Arts Center on August 12

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10:40: President Obama departs Chicago en route Nebraska

11:55: Arrives Omaha

12:25: Delivers remarks at a campaign event at Bayliss Park, in Council Bluffs, Iowa

12:45: VP Biden travels to Durham, N.C., where he will deliver remarks at a campaign event at the Durham Armory

4:30: Michelle Obama delivers remarks at a campaign fundraising event in Los Angeles

6:15: PBO delivers remarks at a campaign event at Herman Park in Boone, Iowa

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President Obama walks through the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago, August 12

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Crikey, even Politico – Politico! – pushed back against Kantor the shill:

Republicans quickly jumped on a report that President Obama’s largest fundraiser here Sunday was only “half full,” but the crowd for the event was larger than the Obama campaign had initially anticipated.

“At Obama fundraiser in Chicago. Admission only $51, but room is half full,” New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor wrote on Twitter.

The Romney campaign seized on Kantor’s estimate ….  The Drudge Report also piled on….

….to this reporter and several others in the White House press pool, the room seemed plenty full. There was empty space at the back of the large loft space during and immediately after the president’s remarks, but the crowd was densely packed to get close to the stage at the front of the room where Obama spoke.

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Morning everyone, early start today 😉