Biden launches eight-day Iowa `barnstorm` amid flagging poll numbers
(The Guardian United States)

Former vice-president tours first-voting state in effort `to meet as many caucus-goers as I can´Joe Biden has embarked upon an eight-day tour across Iowa as the former US vice-president attempts to arrest his flagging poll numbers in the key state, which is the first to vote in the race to be the Democratic presidential nominee. Biden started his election blitz on Saturday, telling supporters in a fundraising email that he was undertaking an `eight-day, 18 county, `No Malarkey´ barnstorm` across Iowa. `The plan is to meet as many caucus-goers as I can, and we´re going to cover a lot of ground to do it,` the email read. Continue reading...