Obama Gets Chicago Boost In Iowa

Chicago Public Radio:

Senator Barack Obama's home court advantage in Illinois is expected to swing the state his way in the upcoming presidential election. But crime and high housing prices in Chicago are indirectly giving Obama a home court advantage of sorts in Iowa as well.

The house that Denise Boyd rents in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is right next to a vacant lot, usually a bad thing right?

BOYD: It's full of beautiful green grass. And the children play over there, they have a really good time, they can play ball over there...

And Boyd's home is only a few blocks from Johnson Elementary where her kids go, and she says it's a really good school.

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