With Bowling Alley Visit, Hillary Clinton Closes a Circle in Iowa - NYT
ADEL, Iowa — Closing a circle on her Iowa presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton stopped in at a bowling alley here on Wednesday owned by Bryce Smith, a 23-year-old she met on her first visit to the state as a 2016 candidate...
Mr. Smith was among five small-business owners whom Mrs. Clinton spoke to at a round table in Norwalk in April, part of her first swing in the state that will hold its caucuses on Monday. Mr. Smith lamented to Mrs. Clinton that he could not afford to pay off his college loans and pursue his dream of owning a bowling alley, and the visit turned him into something of a local celebrity. He is now running for the Iowa House in his hometown district.
“At the end of it, she said, ‘I would love to stop by your small business,’ and I said, ‘I would love that, too,’” Mr. Smith said introducing Mrs. Clinton on Wednesday. “Nothing motivates you more to clean a business than having a potential president stop by.
...Mrs. Clinton lit up as she recalled the period in her campaign when she wanted to hear directly from voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. “We all know about the student loan debt, but I’ve never heard anyone so persuasively link it to the slowdown in business startups,” she said.
“You’ve given me an insight that nobody else has,” Mrs. Clinton said to Mr. Smith, “and I’m grateful to you.”
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/27/with-bowling-alley-visit-hillary-clinton-closes-a-circle-in-iowa/ (small bit more at link)
I've seen quite a bit of talk about crowd size in Iowa. And I'm happy that Bernie has been getting great turnout, but don't assume that Clinton's small group, personal touch town halls, won't produce great results today.
Hillary has approached Iowa very much the way she did her first Senate run, by meeting people, hearing their stories, and developing solutions to their concerns. She also learned from Obama's great ground game in 08, and her team has put some of those ideas into play. They expect great results tonight.
All three campaigns have approached Iowa in ways that they feel will best get their message out. I hope all three get great turnout, and that all the first time caucus goers have a memorable first time.
editing to cut some of the bold type..made my eyes hurt. 
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Go, Hillary! 
