Hillary Clinton just finished her three-event swing through Iowa and the reviews are in...from Iowans. See below.
"She was on fire!" Ames Democrat Cindy Paschen said after the speech. [Des Moines Register]
Teresa Harris, 57, of Des Moines is also certain in her support of Clinton. Why? "It's her tenacity. I think that makes her a great leader. She sticks with it, no matter what," said Harris, who is a nurse. [Des Moines Register]
“I nearly started crying because finally we have a candidate that is really listening to us,” Hood said. [KWQC]
"She really wants to be president for all the people and really is trying to genuinely hear people," Fineran said. "To me, she has proven her leadership." [Sioux City Journal]
Mary Anne Murphy, 66, of Cumming is a rare bird: She's a self-described Republican who loves Clinton. "I was very, very impressed," Murphy said afterward. "She's unassuming. She's humble. I think she's the best person for the job." [Des Moines Register]
They repeatedly interrupted her remarks with applause and chants of “Hillary! Hillary!” and they hushed when Clinton struck a vulnerable tone discussing her mother.[MSNBC]
Linda Smoley is a retired educator. She had held prior Democratic Party events in her home, but nothing of the magnitude of hosting Clinton. "She was just so gracious to everyone. People were so excited. She gave a terrific speech in New York and then she flew here," Smoley said. [Sioux City Journal]
“I think she did fantastic. She was human. She was personable. She just came out like everyone else,” Sandy Martin said. [KCCI]
Melissa Eggerling, who supported Clinton in 2008 and came out wither her two daughters Saturday, said Clinton’s second campaign is “night and day” from her first one. “I think she understands that she’s really got to understand the voters this time. This campaign’s been a lot more personal.” [MSNBC]
"There is hope for America and she is the hope." - Steve Toumi [KCCI]
“It was fun seeing her because she is quite the character and she speaks from her heart,” Mediapolis resident Karen Wick said. [KWQC]
State Rep. Marti Anderson hosted one such gathering at her home in Beaverdale, a Des Moines neighborhood that was so active for Obama in 2008 that it took on the moniker “Obamadale.” With a few dozen of her neighbors gathered in her living room and kitchen, Anderson gave a moving testimonial to Clinton’s character. “I think Hillary is among the best of us,” she said. “You will hear all kinds of things about Hillary that don’t sound like the best of us, but I don’t see her as having any mean-and-nasty, horrible, hating everybody or anybody in her system. I think she’s a person that truly loves every human being.” [Washington Post]
Blake Corley, a 22-year-old Clinton super-fan, drove up from New Orleans and got in around 4 a.m. Sunday to see the candidate in the flesh. “When I was born, Hillary Clinton was first lady and I know she’s been fighting for my generation since before I was born,” he said. [MSNBC]
Clinton spent the rest of her visit in Sioux City mingling with guests, posing for photos and talking to supporters, which definitely impressed voters. "It's energizing that she can come into a small group and even though she's former secretary of state and a presidential candidate that she just acts like a regular person and she's very personable," says Kim Weaver, O'Brein County Democratic Chair. [ABC9 - Sioux City]
"She is just an absolutely beautiful woman. She has good values and good morals. I think she would make a wonderful president,” Shari McMain said. [KCCI]
Jim Davis volunteered for Clinton’s 2008 campaign and met with the candidate on her first trip to Iowa this year. “She’d be great the job,” he said. “Now we’ve got to see if we can get her elected.” [MSNBC]
"It means a lot," says Mary Ann Schuldt, a Clinton supporter. "It means that she's counting on Iowans to do what we need to do for her. I will, and everybody in this room will. We love Hillary and we will elect Hillary in 2016." [ABC9 - Sioux City]
"It's very exciting that she chose Sioux City," says Kathy Winter, the Osceola County Democratic Party Chair. "So often in Iowa, Des Moines and the Eastern part of the state gets most of the attention so for her first trip here today to be to Sioux City is just amazing." [ABC9 - Sioux City]
John Hamm, of Sioux City, said he was pleased Clinton mentioned the need to support organized labor groups. "That was good to hear, that she didn't forget about us,"Hamm said. [Sioux City Journal]
