Does Biden have any actual executive experience?

[Renew Deal]

The kind of experience where he was responsible for the decisions?

[DURHAM D]

1. Well, as Senate Judiciary Chair he

presided over the Clarence Thomas hearings and made decisions about who could and could not testify regarding Thomas conduct.

[Voltaire2]

2. Don't care. Trump had decades of executive experience.

So it is glaringly obvious that executive experience does not determine who will be a good president.

[DownriverDem]

3. Oh please

We are a Center/Left Country. Focus on who they support.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

4. dubya was a ceo,

look what happened to the economy under him, Obama had to straighten it out?

And he said he was the decider!

[bucolic_frolic]

5. A ridiculous question to ask of a Senator who served 36 years and VP 8 years

just ludicrous in my view

[2naSalit]

10. Mine too!

[UniteFightBack]

17. +1000

[PatSeg]

6. Besides being chairman of the Judiciary Committee

and Foreign Relations Committee, he had a lot of responsibility as vice president. Few people realize how much he was in charge of during the Obama administration and that certainly involved a lot of decision making. Few U.S. politicians have met with more foreign leaders than Joe Biden. He is known and respected all over the world.

[hlthe2b]

7. He was a defense atttorney and started his own law practice early on.

Then served as a County Councilman before serving six terms as a Senator where presumedly he made a decision or two--not to mention while Chairman of Senate Judiciary as well as during two terms as VP. Do you really think he lacks any experience with executive decision making? Really?

Look, I'm undecided, but this kind of question re: Biden just drips with condescension for no apparent reason.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. What an absurd question.

How much did President Obama have before he became president? He worked out just fine. Bush had executive experience as the governor of Texas and we all know what a mess he turned out to be. This is one of the cheaper shots I've seen around here.

[yaesu]

9. Of course he has & he was President Obama's top adviser being the VP, Obama trusted him,

& that knowledge & experience helped Obama fight the good fight against the ever present republiCon thugs.

[emmaverybo]

13. He was entrusted with post-war Iraq where he used his own judgement, gun control legislation,

Reviving the VAWA, and was Obama’s chief FP advisor, hired as same. Yes, he negotiated with Congress for and under Obama, so deals made were with Obama’s initiation and approval.

Biden went eight times to Iraq. The plan he suggested was, unfortunately, not implemented. That had nothing to do with Obama.

[Zolorp]

11. Obama put him in charge of multiple initiatives

Moreso than any Veep before him. There is so much work for the presidency now that Obama wisely offloaded a good portion of the executive decision making to Biden.

That's the biggest reason I back Biden.

[phleshdef]

12. Yes, Obama handed him executive responsibilities as VP.

They worked as a team on everything.

[MineralMan]

14. Sure. More than the rest of the candidates.

Nothing prepares someone for becoming President. Being VP is about the closest you can get to that job, really.

Probably, of all the current candidates, Bloomberg comes closest to having relevant executive experience, really.

[emmaverybo]

15. Let me take this opportunity to offer an analysis of Biden as VP, Obama's weigh-in, and world

leaders’:

Snip————————————————————————-

Joe Biden: The Most Influential Vice President in History?
MICHAEL HIRSH
From the fiscal cliff to gun control to Afghanistan, Scranton's favorite son has transformed himself from affable gaffer to West Wing powerhouse.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/joe-biden-the-most-influential-vice-president-in-history/266729/

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World leaders tell Biden: We need you
The former vice president would bring deep relationships and heavyweight credentials to a 2020 Democratic field lacking in national security experience.
By DANIEL LIPPMAN 03/20/2019 05:04 AM EDT

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/20/biden-2020-foreign-policy-national-security-1228345

[Gothmog]

16. Ask President Obama

President Obama was happy with him in the real world

[treestar]

18. Senators don't really need it

The Veep is part of the Executive Branch. If you want to insist it does not carry responsibility for decisions (other than breaking tie votes in the Senate) it is an office not entrusted to one not though capable of the Presidency (the purpose of the VP's existence is to have someone to step in if something happens to the President) or you could say he had an 8-year apprenticeship.

I don't think this one will hold. Better of sticking to the gaffes.