Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 02:15 PM Feb 2020

Biden Tells Voters to Look to the Past.

For months, he played the big-talking front-runner, swaggering if rarely steady, hoping voters would not linger long on the tautology of his premise: Joe Biden was the candidate who should win, he told fellow Democrats, because he was the candidate who could win.

So it was with some apparent humility — and then plenty of residual swagger — that Mr. Biden, days off a fourth-place debacle in Iowa, opened Friday night’s debate with an unusual prediction: He would probably do some more losing next week. “I took a hit in Iowa,” the former vice president allowed. “I’ll probably take a hit here. (New Hamsphire)”

Mr. Biden, in one of several forceful defenses of his long record in Washington, adopted the uncommon political strategy of trumpeting the old ways of doing business, after Mr. Buttigieg urged voters to “leave the politics of the past in the past.”

“The politics of the past, I think, were not all that bad,” Mr. Biden said, spending the night ticking off highlights of the Obama administration and his legislative career. He was at least “part of the reason,” he said, for the following events in American history: the confirmation of Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor; the non-confirmation of Judge Robert H. Bork; and the Iran nuclear deal.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/us/politics/joe-biden-debate-new-hampshire.html

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
6 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Biden Tells Voters to Look to the Past. (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 OP
I see no problem in placing the 8 yr record of Obama/Biden in the WH against any other beachbumbob Feb 2020 #1
I'd love to wake up and be in 2008. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2020 #5
I'll pass. BlueStater Feb 2020 #2
We have an openly Fascist like government in place for all to see. It's not going to be jalan48 Feb 2020 #3
Yup. Voltaire2 Feb 2020 #4
I love this ad Gothmog Feb 2020 #6
 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
1. I see no problem in placing the 8 yr record of Obama/Biden in the WH against any other
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 02:17 PM
Feb 2020

presidential admin in past 50 years? Who had a "better" track record?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

greatauntoftriplets

(175,694 posts)
5. I'd love to wake up and be in 2008.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 02:41 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
2. I'll pass.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 02:17 PM
Feb 2020

I'm quite sick of the past.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

jalan48

(13,797 posts)
3. We have an openly Fascist like government in place for all to see. It's not going to be
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 02:28 PM
Feb 2020

stopped by Centrist politicians appealing to the mythical glory days of the past. These Fascists didn't appear out of thin air, they've been with us for decades slowly creating what we have today. Now we are in a place where some are seriously considering a billionaire who supported the tortuous regime of Bush/Cheney, hoping this will be the Centrist who will save us. It's not looking good.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»Democratic Primaries»Biden Tells Voters to Loo...