From this morning's Burlington Free Press.
Gluba governs the third largest city in Iowa (with a population of about 100,000) and said that the message of income inequality and student debt hits home. He said that one fourth of Davenport's children come from poverty.
Gluba said that his city needs jobs to solve poverty, and he heard Sanders address that outright in the town hall meeting.
"He became a serious player in the Iowa caucus last night," Gluba said.
Johnson and Embree, the West Branch couple, agreed that Sanders should be taken seriously.
"There is a little bit of magic about him, like there was about Obama," Johnson said.
The magic, Embree explained, happens while watching an underdog candidate succeed.