Biden's words, audience sway D.M. man

It wasn't just an impassioned stump speech by Joe Biden that sold Charles Worthington on him.

The reaction from the crowd of about 200 who turned out at Des Moines' Italian-American Cultural Center to listen to the Democratic presidential candidate spoke as loudly to the Des Moines man as Biden's explanation of why he is more viable than his less-experienced competitors.
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"One of the reasons I came was to check about viability because this will only be my second caucus," said Worthington, a food stylist. "I learned quickly last time that without some number of supporters, it'll be pointless, especially in my district. I really came to see how many people were out here and what kind of support he was getting."

Worthington, who supported John Edwards in 2004, is confident Biden will have the bodies he needs — including his own — come the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses.

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"We hear this debate going on, whether is it about experience, or is it about change? And the two candidates with the most money talk about experience and change. I've got more experience than all of them, including the candidate who says she has experience, and I've changed more things than the guy who talks about change," Biden said of Democratic Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. "It's about action. You don't have to wonder what crisis the next president's going to have to face. You know what they are now."

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but, it's good to see Biden getting enough support that hopefully he won't be hurt by being seen as not viable.