Duffy Lyon and Deval Patrick Endorse Obama (audio and video)

Ben Smith:

It's the season for folksy Iowa media, apparently, and Obama hits a standard that will be hard to beat with his radio spot today featuring the state's famed (who knew/?) sculptor of butter cows, Duffy Lyon (pictured above).

“You know, you see a lot of manure in our line of work,” Lyon says. “It’s a lot like politics. You got to know what’s bull and what’s for real.”

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BarackObamadotcom, video (02:23):

At a huge rally on Boston Common, Governor Deval Patrick endorses Barack Obama.