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Harris Says Iowa's Caucuses Can Prove She's Electable

Associated Press

   AMES, IOWA - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris told Iowa
   voters on Sunday that they can help refute questions about her
   electability if they support her in the caucuses.

   "Iowans have the ability to show our country what can be, even if we've
   never seen it before,"Harris said during an event on Iowa State
   University's campus.

   The visit to Ames marked her first to the state since Harris announced
   plans to recommit her focus on Iowa, as part of an effort to turn
   around a campaign that has thus far struggled to gain traction. The
   California senator is planning to campaign in Iowa for half the month
   of October, will double her campaign staff from 65 to 130 and add 10
   field offices over the next month.

   Harris told reporters after the event, however, that nothing overall
   would change about her strategy in the Hawkeye State beyond her plans
   to focus more of her time here.

   "It's the plan that we've always had, which is after Labor Day, double
   the resources here,"she said.

   "It's basically about doing what is, I think, an important part of the
   process, which is engaging with people on the ground, where they live,
   in their neighborhoods, in their homes to talk about the issues that
   concern them, and address them."

   The ISU event was smaller than many she's had in Iowa. Asked if she was
   concerned about the crowd, Harris simply said, "I'm not into comparing
   crowd size."

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