Last week in Ames, Iowa, real farmers asked Democratic presidential candidates questions about agriculture, which the farmers feel is in dismal condition. The idea was to get a measure of the knowledge and concern of these would-be Presidents. In a couple of weeks, a debate sponsored by the Des Moines Register will allow these men to question one another and answer a few queries from the newspaper's scholarly Washington bureau chief James Risser and a few more from knowledgeable lowans. No Phil Donahue, no Ted Koppel, no Hollywood, lowans have always had a bit more than their share of...
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