They said this day would never come.

On January 3rd, 2008, I was standing with my buddies on the campaign and a crowd of

cheering Democrats in high v. hall in Des Moines, Iowa.

Watching my boss, Barack Obama speak after he won the Iowa caucuses.

This country was too divided.

But on this January night, you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do.

If Obama doesn't win that night, he would not have become president.

My name's Tommy Vittorra.

I worked for Barack Obama for nine years.

I was in the White House on his national security team.

I was in the Senate office for a couple of years.

But the best job I've ever had was when I spent a year in Iowa as Barack Obama's spokesman.

I spent hundreds of hours with Obama as he traveled across Iowa, delivering speeches, meeting

with journalists and answering tough questions from voters in living rooms and backyards and

farms and packed arenas.

I have never worked harder and never had more fun.

This November will launch a special series on the Iowa caucuses and you can find it right

here in the Paz de America feet.

We're going to talk about how they work, what it takes to win in Iowa.

And we're going to ask the question, is this really the best way to figure out who can

beat Donald Trump in 2020?

I think caucuses are one of the worst ideas anyone ever came up with.

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