by Dar Danielson | Sep 13, 2009 | Health & Medicine, Politics & Government
Former comedian and current Democrat Minnesota Senator, Al Franken, was the keynote speaker at Iowa Senator Tom Harkin’s annual steak fry fundraiser in Indianola Sunday. Franken told the crowd that the gravest challenge facing the Senate is passage of the health...
by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 11, 2009 | Politics & Government
Minnesota Senator Al Franken is the keynote speaker at this Sunday’s “Steak Fry” fundraiser for Iowa Senator Tom Harkin. Franken says he’ll deliver a “hopeful” speech that will rally his fellow Democrats. “I have known Senator...
by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 15, 2008 | Politics & Government
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer headlined Senator Tom Harkin’s 31st annual Steak Fry Sunday afternoon. “Woodrow Wilson was in his first term when you did your first steak fry, wasn’t he?” the 53-year-old Schweitzer asked Harkin as the two...
by admin | Sep 7, 2008 | Politics & Government
The Montana governor who made a surprising splash at the Democratic National Convention is the keynote speaker at Senator Tom Harkin’s annual “Steak Fry” fundraiser. “I just thought Brian Schweitzer just gave a great speech at the convention. I...
by admin | Sep 16, 2007 | Politics & Government
Six of the Democrats who are seeking their party’s presidential nomination spoke to a crowd of 12,000 gathered in a field near Indianola Sunday. It was Senator Tom Harkin’s 30th annual "steak fry" and ticket-holders had to walk through a crowd of...