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Register editor: Obama off-the-record comments deserve to be shared with voters

An interesting look behind the curtain from Rick Green, the editor of the Des Moines Register: “Just two weeks before Election Day, the discussion, I believe, would have been valuable to all voters, but especially those in Iowa and around the country who have yet to decide between the incumbent Democrat and his Republican opponent. Unfortunately, what we discussed was off-the-record. It was a condition, we were told, set by the White House.”