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Amy Klobuchar desperately wants an Iowa moment. Impeachment is getting in the way.

The senator from Minnesota told voters she’d rather be campaigning than heading to Washington just as she’s catching on here

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January 20, 2020 at 1:11 p.m. EST
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) campaigns in Waukee, Iowa. (Holly Bailey/The Washington Post)

WAUKEE, Iowa — Amy Klobuchar sounded like a candidate with an eye on the clock.

The senator from Minnesota had been on the road all day Sunday, starting the morning in Davenport, where she had awakened to discover she’d won the endorsement of the local newspaper, the Quad-City Times. She had held a town hall in tiny Marion and then driven two hours to Des Moines, where she appeared at two more events back to back.