The $400 haircut
Remember all the flap over John Edwards’ $400 haircut? For a while in the spring of 2007 it generated a lot of talk in Iowa, and of course the media. Turns out, Barack Obama’s presidential campaign was the source of the story, according to Ben Smith, the Politico writer who broke it.
Smith tells the story here, noting that Obama campaign manager David Plouffe’s writes in his new book, “The Audacity to Win,” that it was their campaign that found the haircut expenditure.
For what it’s worth, here’s my story in the Times today about Plouffe’s visit to Iowa City on Thursday to promote his book.
Of local note, Davenport Mayor Bill Gluba rates a mention.