Surest Sign that Dick Gephardt is having trouble attracted the "youth vote:"

"*** Singer Michael Bolton to perform at event ***" -- from Gephardt's public schedule 1/16-1/18 (release).

In other Iowa News, Flesh colored latex on Nipples does not violate Des Moines anti-nudity laws [Polk County Judge] "Lipman, who presided over an October trial, was offered the chance to inspect usage of the latex in his court chambers. He declined, noting in a written decision that 'the court did not feel it could accurately re-create the same lighting conditions' as in Beach Girls." [the strip club in question]

Another fun quote from the article "Court papers say police then were confronted by women 'who held their breasts up to the officers and argued that they did have material covering their breasts.'" That must have been a great scene.