FW: VPOTUS Updated Independence Pool report

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FW: VPOTUS Updated Independence Pool report

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Sent:Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:46 PM To: Seher, Jason - Time U.S. <jason_seher@timemagazine.com>

From: Noble, Jason [mailto:jnoble2@desmoine.gannett.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:29 PM To: Amy Dudley; Barkoff, Kendra; Allen, Liz; Erin Seidler; Alice Muglia Subject: Updated Independence Pool report

! Vice!President!Joe!Biden!met!a!crowd!of!about!50!at!the!First!Street!Deli!during!a!lunch!stop!in!Independence, Iowa,!this!a@ernoon. Biden!arrived!shortly!a@er!1!p.m.,!entering!through!the!front!door!and!immediately!began!greeEng!diners,!at least!one!of!whom!carried!a!Barack!Obama!reelecEon!campaign!sign. The!diner,!located!in!a!white!building!with!sheetImetal!siding!along!Independences!main!street,!was decorated!with!En!signs. As!Biden!entered!to!a!round!of!applause!and!began!greet!a!table!of!diners,!a!deli!employee,!Panda!!like!the bear!!Schnepf!shrieked!from!behind!the!counter,!Oh!my!word!!Get!a!picture!of!that!!Thats!my!grandchild! Thats!my!daughter!!referring!to!the!people!shaking!hands!and!chaQng!with!the!vice!president. Biden!cracked!jokes!with!the!diners!and!shook!hands!working!slowly!toward!the!lunch!counter. He!sat!down!at!a!booth!with!three!women,!each!of!whom!appeared!to!be!from!a!dierent!generaEon! perhaps!a!grandmother,!mother!and!child.!Standing!up,!he!wrapped!his!arm!around!a!teenage!boy!and chaUed!with!two!highIschool!age!girls!standing!near!him. Biden!wore!a!blue!blazer!and!blue!oxford!shirt!over!khaki!pants,!although!he!removed!the!jacket!during!his visit!to!the!diner. At!one!point,!he!walked!up!to!Peggy!Magner,!a!middleIaged!supporter!wearing!two!Obama!reelecEon!buUons and!said!to!her,!I!love!your!smile. At!1:27!p.m.!he!ordered!lunch.!Accompanying!him!was!Cathy!LaytonIJohnson,!a!campaign!volunteer!from Clinton,!Iowa,!who!won!a!contest!to!eat!lunch!with!the!vice!president!a@er!volunteering!to!knock!doors!on behalf!of!the!campaign. LaytonIJohnson!ordered!several!turkey!sandwiches,!while!Biden!ordered!a!turkey!wrap!with!provolone!cheese on!a!cheddarIjalapeno!torElla!with!yellow!mustard. He!asked!the!press,!assembled!behind!the!counter,!whether!they!would!like!anything.!Im!buying,!he!said. At!the!cash!register,!Biden!ordered!several!pastries,!and!when!a!young!boy!approached,!he!pulled!him!up,!sat him!on!the!counter!and!handed!him!a!cookie. Im!not!going!to!get!in!trouble!with!your!mom,!am!I?!Biden!asked!him. The!boys!name!is!Alex!Thompson.!Hes!5,!and!from!Independence. Outside!the!restaurant,!his!mother,!Terri!Thompson,!said,!I!told!him!he!was!going!to!have!to!frame!that cookie,!he!couldnt!eat!it! Small!groups!of!people!gathered!along!1st!Street!in!Independence!as!the!vice!presidents!motorcade!passed through!town,!and!several!more!remained!on!the!blocks!surrounding!the!diner!a@erward. Independence!is!located!along!U.S.!Highway!20!in!northeast!Iowa.!It!is!the!hometown!of!1st!District Congressional!candidate!Ben!Lange,!a!Republican.!(He!was!not!present!for!Bidens!visit.) At!around!2:15,!Biden!met!crowds!gathered!outside!the!diner.!As!we!walked!away!from!a!crowd!on!one corner,!several!people!shouted!in!unison,!Babies!deserve!to!live!

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Biden!walked!across!1st!Street!to!a!line!of!people,!greeEng!and!shaking!hands!with!each!one.!Amidst!the crowd,!he!kissed!the!cheek!of!a!young!girl,!Paige!Rose!NielsonIScalaro,!3,!wearing!an!Iowa!Hawkeyes cheerleading!oueit. Done!shaking!hands,!he!called!out,!Keep!the!faith,!before!returning!to!a!vehicle. !

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