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Dec. 29, 2008 2:16 pm
I ran into U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack at Barnes and Noble in Cedar Rapids Sunday afternoon. He was just sitting down in the cafe, preparing to dig into a freshly purchased copy of "Foreign Affairs" magazine.
We exchanged holiday pleasantries, and I learned he will be attending the Outback Bowl. He says it's the first time he's gone to a Hawkeye bowl game since Iowa played Washington in the 1982 Rose Bowl. The Huskies pasted the Hawks 28-0, so I hope he's not a jinx.
Oddly, he's the second top Iowa Democrat in a week to tell me, via small talk, of Outback Bowl plans.
Gov. Chet Culver told me last week that he also plans to sneak away to Florida for the game.
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