BRIAN NELSON, CNN ANCHOR: The Democratic campaign not only picked up steam in the polls today, Al Gore left his slow riverboat tour for the day in favor of something speedier, a motor vehicle. The next stop for the Gore-Lieberman team is a rally in Muscatine, Iowa, and that's where we find our Pat Neal. Pat, hi.</s>PAT NEAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Brian. Well, the Gore-Lieberman express is expected to arrive here next in Muscatine, Iowa, here on the county courthouse grounds of Muscatine County. And we expect this rally to begin within the hour. The first stop of the day was in the Quad Cities area of Iowa and Illinois. Gore was rejoined by vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman, who did not campaign Saturday in observance of the Jewish Sabbath. The Democrats are boosted by those poll numbers you mentioned, and they continued their theme, hitting issues they believe connect with working families and independents also; those issues of health care, prescription drug benefits for seniors, raising the minimum wage. And Gore spoke about the need for a middle-class tax cut, not one, he says, for the wealthy as George Bush's, he said, would help.</s>AL GORE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I am standing up here without any ulterior motive. I am standing up here because I want to fight for you and your family and your future, and I need your help.</s>NEAL: Gore's bus trip is reminiscent of one he took with President Clinton in 1992 after securing the Democratic nomination then. Gore is targeting these Midwestern states because they are key swing states that could determine the outcome of the election. Now, after this rally here in Muscatine, there are two more rallies today in Iowa, and then it's back on the boat, back moving down the Mississippi River into Missouri. And this four-day trek through the Midwest ends tomorrow in Hannibal, Missouri. Pat Neal, CNN, reporting live from Muscatine, Iowa.</s>GORE: Thank you, Pat.
Gore Heads to Iowa For Rally