Ex-Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack plans to endorse Biden

[brooklynite]

AP News

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack plans to publicly endorse Joe Biden for president at a rally on Saturday, two people close to Biden’s campaign told The Associated Press.

The former two-term governor, who served with Biden in the Obama administration as U.S. secretary of agriculture, and his wife, Christie Vilsack, plan to appear with Biden and his wife, Jill, at a morning rally in Des Moines.

The backing from Vilsack comes as Biden, once the early favorite in the state with the nation’s first presidential caucuses, has steadily slipped in Iowa, and he now trails South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren in early polls.

The two people spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the plans before the rally. Neither Vilsack nor the Biden campaign replied immediately to requests for comment Friday.

[Cha]

1. Good!

[emmaverybo]

2. Glad to hear it. 65% of Iowa caucus voters in 2016 were over 45 years old. If it holds today, that

voting demographic is older, this endorsement helps Joe as those folks will remember Vilsack. The most important ingredient, however, is Joe himself, on tour. His specialty is speaking from the heart to the hearts of audiences.

[Gothmog]

3. This is great news

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