Is the governor's perceived presidential aspirations pure romanticism, or does he have a legitimate shot?

By Jon Gaskell

In the fall of 1991, Des Moines attorney Jerry Crawford received a phone call from Mark Gearan. The two had met during Michael Dukakis' failed presidential bid four or so years earlier with Crawford serving as the Dukakis campaign's chair and Gearan as its senior member. The Democratic Party was floundering the day Gearan picked up >> more

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