Posted at August 25, 2008 at 10:27 pm
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I caught part of Jim Leach’s speech at the Democratic National Convention. His speech seemed very scholarly, filled with historical facts and void of talking points.
Andrew Sullivan summarizes Leach’s support for Obama…
It’s an interesting take on Obama - and it was Jim Leach’s basic point. He is not a great speaker, to say the least. But he was the most substantive of the night and the most serious. He is right about one fundamental thing, I think. The ditch this country has gotten itself in - fiscally, militarily and diplomatically - is extremely deep. It will require more than an ordinary politician to get us out of it.

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Posted at August 25, 2008 at 1:34 am
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Former Republican Congressman Jim Leach, who endorsed Barack Obama two weeks ago, is going to be speaking on at the Democratic Convention on Monday.
From Radio Iowa…
A source in the Obama campaign says former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach, a Republican from Davenport/Iowa City/Harvard/Princeton, is scheduled to speak Monday night at the Democratic National Convention. For those of you who hadn’t heard, back on August 12 Leach endorsed Obama.
The theme of Monday night’s convention is “One Nation” and Leach’s role as one of the Republicans now backing Obama fits into that theme, according to the source.

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Posted at August 12, 2008 at 10:36 am
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Radio Iowa is reporting that Jim Leach will be endorsing Barack Obama today.
According to a source in the Obama campaign, former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach — a Republican — will be endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama this morning. Leach, as you may recall, lost his bid for re-election in 2006 after three decades representing portions of eastern Iowa in congress. Leach was considered a “moderate” Republican and was a backer of campaign finance reform. Leach did not accept campaign contributions from political action committees.

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Posted at September 17, 2007 at 11:25 am
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From the Des Moines Register…
Former Rep. Jim Leach of Iowa will be the director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University for the current academic year, it was announced this morning by the university.
Leach, a Republican from Iowa City who served in the U.S. House for 15 terms before his defeat in 2006, will succeed Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat from New Hampshire
who is leaving to run for the U.S. Senate in her home state.
The Institute of Politics is part of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
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Posted at June 11, 2007 at 12:59 pm
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