Joe Biden, Senator from Citibank (oops, DELAWARE), to Run for President

Bernie was just about to say what he was really thinkin *touches nose knowingly*

It takes a nation of ignorants to hold us back.

it's hard to run a Rose Garden campaign when you don't live in the White House

Bernie was just about to say what he was really thinkin *touches nose knowingly*

― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 7 March 2020 22:59 (twenty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

please dont do this, it spreads the cov

Deems we’re calling it the ‘vid plz

Covid’s Metamorphoses

What's effective about this Trump ad is that, contrary to current liberal/Democrat complaints this is a smear by opponents, it makes its case by compiling comments from Democrats and mainstream media analysts. pic.twitter.com/47pdXyYUT6

— Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) March 7, 2020

This is why Bernie is going to keep holding his tongue ^

For years, Joe Biden repeatedly referred to "fighting crime" as "cutting grass"––including in 2015 months after the Ferguson uprising. Here's a web archive of this line from his 2008 campaign website. https://t.co/fBp0Zl06fg pic.twitter.com/F4pb1nPEGU

— Sarah Lazare (@sarahlazare) March 8, 2020

My partners mother (politically engaged Democrat in MA) said she just saw Biden on TV and was surprised by how old and frail he seemed, but that she thinks he'll be seen as physically declined not cognitively declined.

I thought that was interesting, from her perspective at least that means Biden hasn't been on TV enough or in such a way that his cognitive decline registered. And that while his physical state registered, it was a surprise

Whether this strategy of hiding him can continue through November is another matter, but that points to some degree of success at it so far.

Deeper questions about the person we see and the person we're told we see (for anyone, not just Biden). And which is the version we hold in our minds

A worthwhile read from @pareene. When "getting things done" is the brand, and what the "things" are is irrelevant.https://t.co/1YeXEuHEjV

— Mass for Shut-ins (is a podcast) (@edburmila) March 9, 2020

I put a FB post up the other day saying that Biden's capacity was a legitimate concern that needed to be acknowledged and addressed. My cousin Andy pushed back--not aggressively, but let's say adamantly: three comments and two messages in the next 24 hours, with an intimation that Biden concerns might be a conspiracy engineered by Trump. So Biden Bros do evidently exist--they're in Canada. My cousin's in his early '80s, I think.

No doubt he’s lost a step, but I think by now most people have seen him in action and come to their own conclusions about whether it’s disqualifying or not. My contrarian take is that he had a tendency to be loquacious to show off his grasp of policy especially foreign policy in a way that could seem a bit overbearing to the average person and he doesn’t do that anymore which is probably a win for likability.

Maybe we have the brainworms and he's functioning just fine!

do these brainworms make me Look, Fat

A+ doddering, can't imagine why this dude's time in the public eye is being limited

so we're all going to have to vote for this guy and try to motivate people who don't normally vote to vote for him too, aren't we

i just hope he will nominate a VP who speaks Spanish, like Tim Kaine. could lead to president beto o'rourke in 2021

from June

https://www.essence.com/op-ed/joe-biden-james-o-eastland-mississippi/

the worst possible biden vp choice would be like, romney, so that's what i'm going to expect

joe lieberman is still alive

the worst possible biden vp choice would be like, romney, so that's what i'm going to expect

Biden was literally talking about selecting a Republican as his running mate a couple of weeks ago

I think someone whose brain is functioning will beat him into accepting a woman of color or at least a woman. I doubt they'll worry about giving a sop to the left.

My Twitter suggestion was Jay Inslee + play up the idea that he might die in office.

Mike Pence?

lol

Abrams or Inslee are the only semi-plausible options I can see getting any sort of more-than-luke-warm enthusiasm from the kind of soft-left centrists on this board, but both of them would likely embarrass Biden in their ability to, and energy for, campaigning and communicating. When the dude most visibly responsible for his surge last week openly says the best hope of victory is to hide Biden from the voters, what plan can they have for the running mate?

Possible scenario where he picks a woman then sucks on her fingers during her speech at the convention.

and try to motivate people who don't normally vote to vote for him too, aren't we

― Karl Malone, Tuesday, March 10, 2020 11:17 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

good luck with that

Is it too early to start the “Post here when Joe Biden decides to leave in place some shitty Trump policy?” thread?

I mean on the off chance Biden doesn’t trip on his dick and wins the election.

which Trump cabinet members will Biden keep?

you remember who's in the cabinet this month?

Ben Carson

Should keep Kushner as a whipping boy

Bidenism predated Clintonism and remains, in many respects, an even more regressive political ideology.

— Jeffrey St. Clair (@JSCCounterPunch) March 11, 2020

The question is whether Biden will remember the difference between his cabinet members and his family members. Maybe he can give Hunter the job of drug czar, perhaps the only job for which he is actually qualified.

Is Joe going to take Amtrak back to Delaware every night or is he going to actually live in the WH?

Could Biden appoint Warren as VP candidate, and pick up support that way?

Bernie people would view that as a slap in face

Also Warren wouldn't take the job?

too much self care to catch up on

Dunno. Probably 50/50 she'd be the first progressive president? Problem is she doesn't help enough electorally, iirc?

the first progressive president

don't you pretty much only have to pick a VP that's gonna win you Wisconsin

https://i.imgur.com/Xr8vTi5.jpg

But after Pete and Bloomberg, I think Democrats are about done with these guys for awhile.

the first progressive president was George W Bush. I heard this on the radio.

https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/306096/content/arcmedia/media/images/50/1/a0161.gif

lolz

Joe Biden says he is “desperately” looking to be in regular contact with the American public, perhaps with regular press conferences in Wilmington, Del., or using technology. "They tell me there’s ways we can do teleconferencing via us all being in different locations,” he says.

— Matt Viser (@mviser) March 20, 2020

oh my lord