One of my memories of moving from Iowa to Washington, is of seeing "Jim Leach for Congress" signs along the hiway as I drove west out of my home county.
Iowa Republican Jim Leach was first elected to Congress in 1977. After thirty years as a Republican Congressman, he's now campaigning for Obama. I think his support for Obama is an important indication of both what a fine Presidential candidate Barack Obama is and how far today's Republican Party has strayed from it's American democratic roots.
The Quad-City Times, Davenport, IAYou can read the complete text of Jim Leach's remarks before the Democratic Convention HERE.
Leach touts Obama's talents
By Ed Tibbetts Monday, August 25, 2008 11:28 PM CDT
DENVER — Former Republican congressman Jim Leach had hard words for his party and praised Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama in a remarkable address Monday night to the Democratic National Convention here.
Leach, a Davenport native, represented eastern Iowa for 30 years and has been one of the state’s best-known Republicans for more than a generation. Yet, he stood before a convention hall of Democrats urging the victory of the party’s presidential candidate.
Leach, who lost a re-election bid two years ago and now works at Harvard University, said that Obama is a candidate whose talents fit the time.
“Seldom has there emerged a leader who so matches the needs of the moment,” Leach said.
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