Two Iowa staffers named for Obama's presidential effort

Two Iowa staffers named for Obama's presidential effortBy Courier Des Moines Bureau
DES MOINES --- Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has announced two veteran political staffers will serve on his presidential effort in Iowa.
Obama recently announced he had formed a presidential exploratory committee and is expected to formally join the growing field of 2008 candidates.
Paul Tewes will serve as Obama's director in Iowa, where the caucuses kick off the presidential nominating contest. Tewes, a Minnesota native, ran Democrat Al Gore's Iowa caucus campaign in 2000.
Iowa native Emily Parcell has been tapped to serve as the political director. She worked on Sen. Tom Harkin's re-election campaign in 2002, and U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt's 2004 caucus campaign.
Exploratory committee chairman David Plouffe announced the Iowa hires Wednesday afternoon.
"Paul Tewes and Emily Parcell, who are already at work, represent a new generation of individuals with experience in the best of Iowa caucus traditions and a vision of how to run an inclusive grassroots campaign," Plouffe said in a statement.
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