Obama embarks on bus tour to test mood of voters
The White House says the three-state, five-stop tour is official business, not a campaign swing, but it is also Obama’s first bus tour since he criss-crossed the country seeking the presidency.
And with the 2012 campaign already under way, the excursion will surely have a campaign feel, especially as Obama sweeps into the beautiful rolling farmland in north-eastern Iowa just two days after voters in the state held the first test vote of the Republican presidential nominating season.
