Joe Biden is still the front-runner in the Democratic presidential race, but the crown is slipping. On a two-day holiday visit to Iowa, the state that kicks off the White House nominating fight in seven months, Biden was greeted by new polls showing his lead narrowing in the state and nationally after
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 5 - Joe Biden is still the front-runner in the Democratic presidential race, but the crown is slipping.
"I was really surprised Biden wasn't prepared for some of those attacks. He didn't handle it," he said. Biden has been on the defensive since the confrontation with Harris, who criticized his opposition to federally mandated busing to integrate schools in the 1970s and his willingness to work with segregationist senators.
Talking to reporters after marching in a July 4th parade in the small town of Independence, Biden shrugged off concerns about the polls and said he was happy with his debate performance.But Biden also seemed anxious to move beyond busing and other explorations of his lengthy public record, saying it could easily be distorted in the short sound-bites of a presidential debate.
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