Joe Biden Is Running for President

[brooklynite]

The Atlantic

Joe Biden is running. The former vice president will make his candidacy official with a video announcement next Wednesday, according to people familiar with the discussions who have been told about them by top aides.

Seriously, he’s actually made a decision. It’s taken two years of back-and-forth, it’ll be his third (or, depending on how you count, seventh) try for the White House, and many people thought he wouldn’t actually do it, but the biggest factor reshaping the 2020 Democratic-primary field is actually locking into place.

He wants this. He really wants this. He’s wanted this since he was first elected to the Senate, in 1972, and he’s decided that he isn’t too old, isn’t too out of sync with the current energy in the Democratic Party, and certainly wasn’t going to be chased out by the women who accused him of making them feel uncomfortable or demeaned because of how he’d touched them.

Biden’s campaign will, at its core, argue that the response to Donald Trump requires an experienced, calm hand to help America take a deep breath and figure out a way to get back on track. First, however, the man who would become the oldest president in American history needs to get through a primary—one that’s already tracking 18 other candidates, including six senators, two governors, a charismatic Texan wannabe senator, a geek-cool Indiana mayor with an impossible-to-pronounce name, and a guy no one had ever heard of who’s already scored a spot on the debate stage by becoming a mock obsession in weird corners of the internet by talking about universal basic income and robots.

[janterry]

1. Sigh

n/t

[democratisphere]

2. Great news.

Now we can really start moving forward.

[louis c]

3. Where did I hear this before?...

…

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=71491

[Freddie]

4. Great news

He’s not my first choice but I will enthusiastically support his candidacy.

[shanny]

5. I suspect he may come to regret this.

[janterry]

7. I think we will, too

[Demsrule86]

32. No he can win.

[janterry]

44. It's not my choice. It's time to move forward

we have plenty of good candidates with new and exciting ideas.

No one I know, in my circle of friends is at all excited for him to run. They are pretty miserable about it (all very liberal democrats - fwiw)

[JI7]

9. why would he regret it ? at worst he will lose the primary which he is used to

[shanny]

35. lol

very true--but if he doesn't get in, he can skate off into the sunset with his Uncle Joe/Obama's wingman/good guy persona intact. If he does get in, I suspect that image will be heavily tarnished.

[Demsrule86]

17. I suspect another candidate may regret running.

[SFnomad]

24. The only people that will come to regret this are BS and his supporters

I'm sure by the end of this, they'll be crying about how the establishment has stolen the nomination they were entitled to.

[LongtimeAZDem]

28. +∞

[patricia92243]

6. yippee - not.

[Kahuna7]

8. Yippeee! YAASSS!

[samnsara]

10. hes got my vote

[highplainsdem]

11. Great news!

[Skya Rhen]

12. I am beyond excited! Thanks a million for your selflessness!

[DownriverDem]

13. So very happy!!!!!

Nothing in Biden's past compares with trump. Foreign leaders are begging him to run. He can beat trump. He won't take trump's crap. trump does not want to run against Biden. trump needs Pennsylvania. Biden can win Pennsylvania. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania. Biden has a close relationship with blue collar workers. They will support him because they know how much trump has screwed him. I would love to see Biden run with a strong progressive Dem woman (Harris?). She would then be positioned to become the first woman President! (remember we have not had a woman VP yet either)

[Gothmog]

14. Yeah

Link to tweet

?s=20

[quickesst]

15. A game changer.....

.... to say the least. Welcome aboard Joe! We've been expecting you.

[Kahuna7]

27. ...

[Demsrule86]

16. Great news! He alone can beat Trump.

[Pope George Ringo II]

30. Also, don't forget:

He alone can beat Sanders.

[BlueStater]

18. Yawn.

Ugh.

[Demsrule86]

19. Inslee is where in the polls?

[BlueStater]

20. He's a better candidate than Biden could ever hope to be.

So I'll endure your cheap shots.

[Kahuna7]

25. No one is better than Joe when it comes to repairing our image

on the international stage, and countering trump's lies about how he "inherited a MESS!"

[awesomerwb1]

29. You came into a Joe Biden-decided-to-run thread

to "yawn" about it and you're calling others "cheap shots" for doing the same thing you did to begin with.

Brilliant!

[BlueStater]

37. It wasn't a cheap shot. It was my opinion.

I find absolutely nothing appealing about Biden's third, ego-driven bid for the presidency.

[LongtimeAZDem]

38. +1

[Demsrule86]

33. He has no chance of winning a general

I want to win. And Joe Biden is a good man. I really like him...don't know much about Inslee but, I don't believe anyone but joe can win.

[bearsfootball516]

34. A better candidate?

Biden is consistently in first place in most polls, often by wide margins. Inslee can't even pull a single point of support in many of those same polls.

[BlueStater]

36. How about you actually compare their records rather than base your opinion on polling.

[bearsfootball516]

39. Because polling shows who people will vote for.

And from what we've seen, that's very clearly not Inslee.

[BlueStater]

40. Polling is based on name recognition.

Inslee has low name recognition at the moment. You're not going to vote for someone you're not even aware exists.

And Biden has a crappy voting record, but a lot of people are unaware of this. He's riding high based on his association with Obama and nothing else.

[janterry]

45. Early polling like this means little

I agree - it's all name recognition. When the race heats up - we'll see who rises to the top. It's my hope that it's someone new, with new energy - and new ideas.

[helpisontheway]

21. Good...not my top pick but he will make it harder for

Bernie to secure the nomination. That is good news to me.

[BlueFlorida]

23. Great news

People need an antidote after the Barr poisoning.

[Kahuna7]

26. Exactly. Biden had the inside intel into what was going on. nt

[redstateblues]

31. Go Joe!! Beat Trump

[David__77]

41. I'm optimistic about him campaigning.

Regardless of outcome, I think would be a positive development.

[BlueStater]

42. It needs to be said that, based on recent developments, I'm not even 100% sure that Trump will be on

the ticket next year.

That will throw away a major argument for Biden's candidacy right off the bat.

[LongtimeAZDem]

43. On the contrary, I think it bolsters him. The "never Trump" Republican votes will no longer be an

issue, and a more left-wing candidate would have a harder time.

[Cha]

46. GOOD!

[Baclava]

47. Biden Thinks It'll Be Easy to Beat Bernie?

you left this part out



The primary, Biden believes, will be easier than some might think: He sees a clear path down the middle of the party, especially with Bernie Sanders occupying a solid 20 percent of the progressive base, and most of the other candidates fighting for the rest.

[UniteFightBack]

48. Bet on Biden! Go with JOE! Let's get this!!!! nt

[flamingdem]

49. +1000