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Home Front: Politix
The Moment I Realized Biden's Candidacy Is Doomed
2019-08-21
[Hot Air] I mentioned this clip in a post this morning but reading about it is one thing and watching it is another. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pitch based on "electability" quite this naked ‐ or depressing ‐ certainly not in a field as big as the one Biden’s facing. Hillary made an electability pitch against Bernie in 2016 but that was a binary choice for voters and her opponent was a self-proclaimed socialist. It would have been malpractice not to highlight his radicalism as a strike against him.

By contrast, Jill Biden isn’t even making a point about radicalism in the clip below. She’s not claiming that the rest of this year’s field in its entirety is too far out on the fringe. How could she, really, when candidates like Amy Klobuchar are still hanging around?

Rather her point is this simple: At this particular moment in time, 14 months out from the election and seven months out from Super Tuesday, Joe polls better against Trump than anyone else. Ergo, he should be nominated. That’s all there is to her pitch.

What if Warren’s ascendance continues and she starts polling better against Trump? What’s left of the case for Biden?

Jonathan Bernstein wrote about electability yesterday, asking a pertinent question: What the hell is it, exactly? How electable did Hillary turn out to be?
Posted by:Besoeker

#22  Do I need a sarc font there?
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2019-08-21 22:01  

#21  Yah, all 26 of them thar Commie Greenlanders! Allofem!

This would be a perfect place to relocate the Somalis!

Perfect.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2019-08-21 22:00  

#20  EC: No senators for Puerto Rico or VI or Guam.
Or for soon-to-be-renamed Vineland.
Posted by: Lex   2019-08-21 21:40  

#19  And don't forget the Duchy of Grand Fenwick
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-08-21 20:20  

#18  upcoming war against Gibraltar

Lucky for us the British have them under occupation.
Posted by: Wharong Splat5641   2019-08-21 19:58  

#17  Don't forget that Greenland is basically a socialist country. You really want two more Democratic senators?
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-08-21 19:32  

#16  I forgot to mention the upcoming war against Gibraltar
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-08-21 18:21  

#15  Even “I” got the joke. Come on, guys.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2019-08-21 17:23  

#14  It was a joke
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-08-21 16:57  

#13  I suspected Greenland but how is buying a war?

Only communist think like that and I don't see European Conservative as fitting that description.
Posted by: ruprecht   2019-08-21 16:42  

#12  as too the headline, I knew it was doomed as soon as he started. he's an idiot that knows the ppl too put him in power too pull his strings
Posted by: chris   2019-08-21 16:37  

#11  I remember some time ago , IIRC , on the History Chanel, they had a series on the high suicide rate of the natives of Greenland. It seems the Danes run the Island to suit themselves, and the natives feel useless since they can't live their old live style. If Greenland became a US state they could travel to the US and hunt Somali's in the warmer climate of Michigan and Minnesota.
Posted by: Flesing Wittlesbach3140   2019-08-21 16:31  

#10  Doh! I mean "Trump buying Greenland" which is currently owned by Denmark.
In my defense, all those snowbound countries above 60 degrees north look alike to me.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-08-21 16:29  

#9  Who is going to war with Denmark?

A reference to the "Trump is buying Denmark" silliness that is going around. Although, I understand the Norwegians have some historical grievances.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-08-21 16:21  

#8  Who is going to war with Denmark?
Posted by: ruprecht   2019-08-21 14:38  

#7  At least Biden isn't going to war with Denmark.
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-08-21 13:59  

#6  With Biden as the candidate:
* He is white as white can be so you lose the 'not an old white man' appeal against Trump.
* Bidens touchy gropy things means you lose the war on women argument against Trump.
* Biden's foot is in his mouth as often as Trumps so excusing his gaffs means you can't then attack Trumps without everyone noticing.
* Biden's legacy is Obama's legacy and the Dems have already started shredding that in their primaries. Reach further down the Biden resume and you have nothing. So comparing experience is out.
* I don't know if you can even say his hair is better, it sort of fades into his pale scalp but Trump's hair is entertaining.
* Biden has better name recognition than anyone else in the primaries but even before he was President Trump has higher name recognition.

By all means make Biden the leader of the Democrats.
Posted by: ruprecht   2019-08-21 11:43  

#5  Snarf, it is who I thought would write this.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-08-21 10:58  

#4  essentially prestige nonsense

"Wait. You say you are a doctor but you cant do anything about my shih tzu's irritabe bowl syndrome? What good are you?"
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-08-21 08:38  

#3  ..idle curiosity. See - cheap entertainment, village idiot.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-08-21 08:26  

#2  Many will follow him simply out of curiosity.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-08-21 07:09  

#1  actually Dr Jill (doctorate in Education - essentially prestige non sense) implies that her husband has stale ideas but is marginally more likable
Posted by: lord garth   2019-08-21 07:06  

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