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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: The Morning Consult Poll... The UAWCHILD Analysis! [View all]Cha
(297,123 posts)5. No.. Biden is Not "basking
in the glow of President Obama". That comes up every now and then by those who don't know or care to know Biden's experience and qualifications.
Biden was a working Vice President with invaluable experience in Foreign Relations.
Biden was a long-time member and former chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden
Biden is a great political asset
Since he first stood in the massive shadow of Barack Obama four years ago, Joe Biden has emerged to be a full partner and a great political asset for the president.
The unequal nature of their relationship at first was a function of Obamas unique standing as a candidate, but as he has fallen to earth, Bidens star has risen. He is becoming an excellent surrogate for the president, taking on some of the essential work of defending the administration and sticking in the shiv when necessary. Biden does the latter with real skill, most of the time. His attack this weekend on Mitt Romney and Republicans as being a little out of touch was masterful.
Biden, whose campaign I worked for in the 1980s, is a remarkable political figure. His personal story is masterfully chronicled in the great Richard Ben Cramer book, What It Takes. Biden was elected to the Senate in 1972 at the age of 29, headed the Judiciary and Foreign Relations committees and ran for president twice.
But what animates him politically is his visceral connection to a middle-class, often ethnic population who, as the cliche goes, work hard and play by the rules. He comes from Scranton, Pa., and from an America where people sweep their stoops, know their neighbors, often serve their country, love their kids, but arent afraid to smack them. It is an America where the dream is still college, maybe a professional job, Sundays down on the shore and enough in the bank to retire. It is an America that is struggling, disappearing really, in many places in Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New York and Michigan.
It is also a voting population that started abandoning the Democratic Party in 1980 and has rarely come back. This shrinking group is still a crucial swing vote, and while they may not warm to the cerebral Obama or the mega-millionaire elitist Romney, they might just like Joey Biden.
The unequal nature of their relationship at first was a function of Obamas unique standing as a candidate, but as he has fallen to earth, Bidens star has risen. He is becoming an excellent surrogate for the president, taking on some of the essential work of defending the administration and sticking in the shiv when necessary. Biden does the latter with real skill, most of the time. His attack this weekend on Mitt Romney and Republicans as being a little out of touch was masterful.
Biden, whose campaign I worked for in the 1980s, is a remarkable political figure. His personal story is masterfully chronicled in the great Richard Ben Cramer book, What It Takes. Biden was elected to the Senate in 1972 at the age of 29, headed the Judiciary and Foreign Relations committees and ran for president twice.
But what animates him politically is his visceral connection to a middle-class, often ethnic population who, as the cliche goes, work hard and play by the rules. He comes from Scranton, Pa., and from an America where people sweep their stoops, know their neighbors, often serve their country, love their kids, but arent afraid to smack them. It is an America where the dream is still college, maybe a professional job, Sundays down on the shore and enough in the bank to retire. It is an America that is struggling, disappearing really, in many places in Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New York and Michigan.
It is also a voting population that started abandoning the Democratic Party in 1980 and has rarely come back. This shrinking group is still a crucial swing vote, and while they may not warm to the cerebral Obama or the mega-millionaire elitist Romney, they might just like Joey Biden.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-insiders/post/biden-is-a-great-political-asset/2012/04/01/gIQAZlWYpS_blog.html
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1002509667
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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We need his foreign relations and policy expertise more than ever. Nice job on Biden not basking.
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#6
Thanks Cha. Some of the criticisms against Joe are so lame, they indicate to me grasphing at straws
still_one
Jun 2019
#16
Biden is an adept debater. I don't recall Biden making any major gaffes in debates. nt
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#8
Morning consult just did a poll. Sanders supporters second choice would be Biden. nt
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#9
Biden was instrumental in negotiating the Iran deal and the Paris accords. nt
LibFarmer
Jun 2019
#13