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Important. in that polling in iowa, elizabeth warren is right up there with joe biden. >> absolutely. to add to cornell's point, we forget this. in 2008, there was robust argument over whether obama was electable at all. we forget that. there were many, many people who were arguing he wasn't. when biden adopts that as the front-runner strategy, you have to wonder at some point if that's going to start to fade in the minds of voters who start to see the other candidates as being electable. >> what's the strategy that works? is the idea still the same and joe biden needs to get out there more. h...

Elizabeth warren is right up there with joe biden. >> absolutely. to add to cornell's point, we forget this. in 2008, there was robust argument over whether obama was electable at all. we forget that. there were many, many people who were arguing he wasn't. when biden adopts that as the front-runner strategy, you have to wonder at some point if that's going to start to fade in the minds of voters who start to see the other candidates as being electable. >> what's the strategy that works? is the idea still the same and joe biden needs to get out there more. he's not lacking for media coverage. ...

Best birthday gift imaginably for a political reporter like you. happy boilirthday. what are you hearing on the ground? so many candidates are there. joe biden is not. how is his front-runner strategy we're seeing play out, how is it going over right now? >> such an interesting topic here because joe biden, yes, is leading in our new poll. yes, he is the nominal front-runner, but talking to so many voters and other democrats here, he's getting to the point where he has to prove he is the front-runner. he's going to be here in iowa tomorrow and wednesday. he's going to be campaigning. but he ha...

>> like the buzzer. noticeably absent joe biden. will that hurt him? how is that going over with iowans? >> there's no question joe biden is the most recognized democrat of anyone in the field, so i think people accept his reasoning. he was unable a tend because his granddaughter was graduating from high school today. people certainly do accept that. they are eager to hear from him. they are eager to have him mix it up and give his specific ideas and plans for the future. he's definitely been running a front-runner strategy. he's not been engaging with other candidates as much. there's a quest...

Ground in the key early state of iowa, bryce smith, the chairman of the dallas county democratic party. thanks for being here. >> no problem. thank you, kate. >> of course. you're hearing biden's campaign, they're running a front runner strategy. his campaign has argued that he doesn't need to introduce or reintroduce himself like the other democratic hopefuls do in this early stage, hence the fewer events, fewer public events. do you think they're right? >> i think it kind of can go both ways. i think joe biden has been in the spotlight essentially since being vice president but also before t...