Think picnic, political fundraiser, circus, and rally and it pretty much gives you a visual of The Harkin Steak Fry on a hot-air balloon field in Indianola, Iowa.
The steak isn't fried -- it's grilled. Also, they had chicken and free beer. A local high school band sold water for a dollar. The meat was from Iowa. One of the grillers told Sen. Hillary Clinton that the chicken was from Arkansas but that was just a little Iowa humor.
A quick explainer: Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin is a four-term senator from Iowa, home of the first contest of the presidential election season, which explains why six of eight Democratic presidential contenders were there with Tom, me and 12,000 of his closest friends. 
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