Joe Biden is the only candidate with a real shot at getting things done

[Gothmog]

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Rep. Conor Lamb, 35, won a special election in the suburbs of Pittsburgh 18 months after Trump carried the district by 20 points. His campaign made time for only one national surrogate: Biden.

“He reminds me of my son Beau,” Biden said at a rally at the Carpenter’s Training Center in Collier, Pennsylvania, a week before the March 2018 election, referring to his son who died of brain cancer in 2015.

Biden’s endorsement was not the only reason for Lamb’s victory, but the campaign did think the visit from the former vice president offered Lamb a chance to build credibility with union workers.

Lamb is now endorsing Biden to be the Democratic nominee, and he’s in good company. Biden has far more endorsements from elected officials than any other candidate. The FiveThirtyEight endorsement tracker, which keeps track of high-profile endorsements and weights them by influence, has Biden scoring 237 points — nearly triple the second-place candidate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who scores an 81.

Sen. Bernie Sanders trails Warren at 55. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is next with 50.
Other candidates have picked up pockets of support in important states — in Michigan, five state lawmakers are backing Warren and the Young Democrats have come out for Sanders. But Biden has way outpaced his competitors in numbers, and he’s earned endorsements from Democrats who’ve won tough races in places that will be tough again in 2020.

[PatSeg]

1. Excellent article

[empedocles]

2. So obvious. Denial is not a river in . . .

[Democrats_win]

3. Biden the new John Kerry?

Defeating Trump is job one. I relish being one vote among many. But I hope you guys--who chose John Kerry--know what you're doing.

Shoot, John Kerry had to take back his concession! Was he BORN to lose the presidency?

[Thekaspervote]

4. The Q poll out yesterday showed Biden was the one to beat trump 44% sanders 31%

John Kerry...loved the guy but was painted as a high and mighty NE liberal and then the swift boat thing.
Biden just IMHO is framed differently...more of a folksy, down to earth all round good guy thpe

[TexasTowelie]

5. Kerry was vilified because he speaks French.

That was devastating in the era of "freedom fries" and because France opposed the Iraq war.