Joe Biden Briefly Leaves Rural Iowa for Manhattan Fundraisers
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Joe Biden in Iowa on Dec. 2.
Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty Images
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden left rural Iowa for the penthouses of New York for a six-figure night of fund-raising, sticking to a brief stump speech as he collected cash to keep his campaign afloat in key early voting states.
His approach was as different as the locations. In Iowa’s small cities he’s discussed shared values. In Manhattan, he flattered the donors from the worlds of finance, diplomacy and art by telling them they were “one of the most sophisticated audiences I’ll ever speak to.”