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There that with 64 days to go there s still plenty of time for iowans to potentially change their mind. he also noted that the front-runners, you know, there s different front-runners at different points in the race. and he said that december, around this time, is when it s a good time to start peaking. so really his campaign is getting him out here on this eight-day, 18-county bus tour getting him to try to connect with more voters. he s been focusing a lot on rural areas over the past 24 hours, taking his pitch there. he was also asked about pete buttigieg at that stop earlier in carroll, iowa. potentially comparing him. the question was whether he might be like the young president obama from 2008. and biden went out of his way, said he didn t want to criticize pete buttigieg but he also did stress that it s going to be important for the nominee not to need on-the-job training heading into the white house if they win the presidency. fred? all right. all bundled up. arlette saenz in ....
Will make some strides with this bus tour. and then again, like i said, in the middle month of december. so if you look at the latest iowa polling, you ll see that biden slipped 5% in a matter of two months. meanwhile, mayor pete buttigieg soared. so what is it you think allows pete buttigieg to get so much appeal and traction? well, first and foremost, he s running a really great campaign with a really strong organization. but you know, iowa voters like to be excited. they like to be inspired. and pete buttigieg is an inspiring candidate. he does represent that sort of generational transformational change that inspires a lot of people. and he came out of nowhere, right? very much like barack obama did in 2008. pretty much written off when he was when he first entered the race. but he spent a lot of time doing that retail campaigning that ....
Behavior we don t need to see from a standard bearer for the democratic party. especially in a year when the nominee is running against a known misogynist who pressed forward with misogynist policies and we have women in the race who have strong campaigns going forward. strong policies going forward that are just better choices. to this point, about 30 seconds left. there was so much talk about letting trump be trump. i don t know if there s a parallel to let biden be biden. you have to acknowledge his behavior is as a result of this. do you see it as part of what we continuing? i mean, biden will be held to a different standard than trump is held. trump regularly on stage refers to women as darling. right. that s not what you re supposed to do in 2019 but he does it and is not penalized for it. not by his own supporters and ....
Rein him in, you give him a script, plead with him to stick to it and minimize the risk for an unforced error. you can call that a prevent defense approach. but there s a downside and we ve seep it. the joe biden who looks down at his speech and reads from it is a different joe biden. there is a notable lack of energy in his delivery. there s no passion, there s no punch. he is 76 years old and when he sticks to the script like that, he seems 76 years old. there s a risk in that too. the alternative is to let biden be biden, the biden who tosses the script aside, who walks away from the podium, who speaks his mind unfiltered. that s the joe biden who got himself in trouble this week but it s also the joe biden that some people like. he brims with energy, he stirs the crowd s passion. he can bow a very effective communicator. that has always been the reality with joe biden. he makes ms. share of gaffes but he also makes his share of command performances. he went nowhere back in the 2008 ....
What his tactic has been thus far. that s right. he s trying to engage the president, but also not get down on his level. the introductory video that he puts out he talks a lot about trump, says this is not who we are, we need to strive for something better, we need to make a change in the white house. at the same time, though, the juvenile name calling, the back and forth, the twitter wars, he s signaling that s not something he s going to get involved in. it seems to be working for him so far. we ll see as we get further into the season if that s going to hold. it s using your opponent s strength or attacks as his own weakness. joe biden loves getting attacked by the president right now because it s keeping joe biden in the headlines without having to do anything. if you are in a democratic primary what better thing is there than being attacked by president trump? look, if the strategy for trump supporters is let trump be trump, there s plenty of time to let biden be biden. we ....