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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Daily Kos: Christie Vilsack on jobs: how about apprenticeships?

Daily Kos: Christie Vilsack on jobs: how about apprenticeships?:

Christie Vilsack on jobs: how about apprenticeships?

Christie Vilsack spent 8 years as First Lady of Iowa while her husband Tom, now Secretary of Agriculture, was Governor. A native of Iowa, she and Tom moved back to the state after he finished law school at the request of her father (Tom was a foundling in Pittsburgh before they met at Hamilton College). She has moved to Ames - site of Iowa State - to run in the newly drawn 4th Congressional District against the obnoxious Steve King. The district is winnable - only about half of it is in King's current district.

I have written about Christie's candidacy before in this brief piece about her outstanding fundraising in the 3rd quarter. And I will continue to write about the campaign, because Tom and Christie are personal friends. Consider that my disclosure.

One concern Christie wants to address in her campaign is how to keep Iowa's young people in Iowa. What can