Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Charles Blow: Joe Biden Is Problematic [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Please be specific.
And Biden is a professional politician whos been in the Senate for most of his adult life. Claiming he was facing a limited time doesnt explain why the substance of his comment was so off-base. He managed to get in several paragraphs - the problem wasnt lack of time - he managed to get in several paragraphs and his opponents managed to speak coherently within the same time constraints - the problem was that he was so ill-prepared and ill-at-ease. One would think he should have been able to answer this rather simple question on a topic he claims to care a lot about and that is very important part of the electorate hes trying to win over - in fact, he should have knocked it out of the park instead, he not only couldnt come up with a coherent response, he completely screwed it up. As Starfish said, it sounded like he was trying to repeat what Obama said a few years ago, but got it completely wrong.
If he has this much trouble with such a question, he needs to do some serious remedial work before he has to start facing some REALLY tough questions.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided