Former Vice President Joe Biden said in a rare-post debate interview following the Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire Friday night that he believes he is “the underdog” in the state’s upcoming Tuesday primary.
Biden looks and sounds like a guy who’s time has passed. Perhaps if he had run 4 years ago we wouldn’t be in this situation, I don’t know. But watching some of the recent debates and watching him stumble in his responses and search for words, he just can provide a crisp enough presentation to be convincing that he should be the candidate. At this point he is only hanging on through the desperation of Democrats that as former Vice President under Obama, he could be the guy. Sadly, I have given up hope that he can.
Here’s one that will surely cheer everyone up from WaPo.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made at least $82 million in outside income last year, filings show
Seems so odd, since very recently he was the top dog, the one people would vote for. Don’t really know what happened unless the polls were misleading.
That’s the point, wasn’t it, to monetize the presidency. Fat jenius taught them well.
Biden had a great debate, his best performance thus far. Was authoritative, hit Bernie on single payer/socialism/guns, owned foreign policy. He did what he needed to to keep POC voters with him and he probably won the Culinary Union Workers endorsement with his health care focus. NH doesn’t matter for him. NV/SC do.
His mistake was not setting expectations in IA. He’s done that here in NH. In the meantime, I think voters who are under no illusions about the binary choice of this primary (Biden v Bernie) will vote Biden if they happen to be older. He should be able to get some delegates. I do think that Pete has real momentum and will be successful in keeping Bernie in that mid 20s range.
However, I favor Bernie to win NH b/c Amy Klobuchar will take too many potential votes from Pete and from Joe.
The Warren campaign seems to be headed nowhere. Maybe she has a good turnout op that can get her to 18% and keep Bernie’s numbers down, but that performance last night wasn’t what was needed for her.
" Biden Laments Being ‘The Underdog’ In New Hampshire Days Before Primary"
No malarkey Joe
"Obama is believed to have told Biden that his team were ‘too old’ and ‘out of touch with the current political climate’.
He suggested that Biden should hire younger staffers who he believes are more capable of connecting with younger votes."
Buck up Joe. It’s the Mayberry Dog Show, not Westminster.
He has been the top dog through hope and desperation. Democrats convincing themselves that we can all find a way back to the Obama years. His actual debate performances and campaign have only been a drag on that hope, with it now setting in that he isn’t what he hoped he was.
Biden started making some dumb comments since then,and it turns some heads. Here’s just one example.
“Joe Biden’s Tuesday remarks that he thought Republicans would work with Democrats toward a consensus after President Donald Trump left office swiftly prompted incredulity, with commentators questioning whether the former vice president had forgotten the GOP’s conduct during Barack Obama’s tenure.”
I know, but he’s always done that and somehow he was still the one that could lead the Dems.
And, they’ll continue to suck up just to make sure when he kicks the bucket they’ll be entitled to even more money.
I can tell you, if he was my parent, I would have ditched him a long time ago.
This factoid has always been around as well. Joe rewarded Obama by calling him clean.
It’s claimed that he was ‘quietly pressured’ not to run in 2016 by Obama.
“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” Biden said. “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”
It’s very misguided of Joe to think Rs will come around because HE’S in office. Never, never going to happen. Back in NY where I grew up we had a saying about people who thought too much of themselves: “He thinks who he is.”
I think we would all be in a better place if sanders and Biden didn’t run this year.
I can’t remember where it was,but it was on the campaign trail early on,some one said something to Biden and he challenged that person to a push up dual ,WTF. Then he also came up with this gem of thought.
" Biden sparks outrage after suggesting black people don’t know how to raise children: ‘Put the record player on at night’"
I think I’m already at the point where none of these folks need to lower my expectations much. Go to the next thing on the list, Joe.
Just get on with it.
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I don’t think it’s helped our cause that there were/are too many running. I imagine it has really hurt the ultra expensive campaigns when people are so split on who to donate to.
And, to top all of that we’re looking for the perfect candidate and surely there’s one among all of these contenders, and clearly there’s not.
Biden sound like a republican when he scolds Bernie for the democratic socialism identity. Democrats generally do this because Americans are indoctrinated to think that democratic socialist is the same as the commie pinko socialists who want to take over means of production and confiscate private property.
Democratic socialist are democrats who believe in stuff like the New Deal and Johnson`s Great Society programs.
YEP !
“Don’t be Never Bernie; don’t be Bernie or Bust. And do remember that all the Dems believe in democracy and rule of law”