Tom Fiegen, U.S. Senate Candidate and Iowa Democrat endorsed Bernie yesterday

[emulatorloo]

This is the man who WILL replace Grassley. I think this is a great endorsement for Bernie!

Article is very interesting, well worth reading the whole thing if you have the time.

http://observer.com/2015/11/tom-fiegen-bernie-sanders-biggest-ally-and-candidate-for-u-s-senate/

Tom Fiegen: Bernie Sanders’ Biggest Ally and Candidate for U.S. Senate
Farmer's kid looks to grow a progressive base in the Hawkeye State

By Michael Sainato • 11/02/15 10:00am

When the Democratic presidential primary kicks off in Iowa in February 2016, the state will also be gearing up for the U.S. Senate race to unseat incumbent Senior Senator, Republican Chuck Grassley, who has held the position since 1981. Three Democrats have declared they are running. One of them—former Iowa State Senator, Democratic Caucus Chair in the precinct of Clarence, Iowa, and bankruptcy lawyer, Tom Fiegen—has formally endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for president, and is one of his greatest allies in the battle to win the first Democratic presidential primary of the 2016 election cycle.

“The first time I heard Bernie Sanders speak was in May 2014,” said Mr. Fiegen in a phone interview with the Observer. “He came to a little county on the eastern edge of Iowa, Clinton County, to speak in a little town called Goose Lake. There’s a wedding hall there. 300 people came to hear him, more than there are people in that little Town of Goose Lake. After he spoke, the mood was electric, and people were saying to each other, ‘This man should run for president,’ and he hadn’t even hinted at presidential ambitions that night.”

Mr. Fiegen shares similar stances with Senator Bernie Sanders, including repealing Citizens United.

“I want to fix the bribery of politicians in the guise of campaign contributions,” Mr. Fiegen said. “People throw around the reference to Citizens United, but the problem is much more systemic and ingrained than that.”

Mr. Fiegen cites an NPR story from 2012 about convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. In the piece, Mr. Abramoff explains how he donated $100,000 to Mr. Fiegen’s opponent, incumbent U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, in exchange for allowing his client, Tyco International, to evade paying billions in taxes.

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[47of74]

1. He certainly would make an excellent Senator

I hope he plans on running as a hard, pipe hitting liberal. Enough of the chicken shit milquetoast campaigns our side has been running.

[emulatorloo]

3. Sounds pretty tough. Agreed about the last couple Dem candidates

Soft, almost apologetic.

[rurallib]

2. Tom has to be one of the smartest people I have ever met on economics

as a bankruptcy lawyer he has many personal experiences with folks who have been decimated by Republican economic policies. Iowa would be proud to to have Fiegan as a senator.