Just 15 days shy of Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses... The article is dated December 27, 2007, and the Iowa caucus date is January 3, 2008.
Hillary Clinton's campaign made this same date "mistake" a few days ago. Clinton urges Iowa voters to caucus on wrong day
It was 15 days until the caucus when Fred gave this speech. I was there. His appearance at the Radisson in downtown Davenport was December 19th.