Joe Biden might seem like the 2020 candidate of anachronism. He’s old in a party that skews young; a white, straight candidate courting an increasingly diverse electorate; an old-school liberal in a party moving to the left; and more conventionally credentialed than hot commodities such as South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
Biden isn’t entirely alone in these qualities. Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are old and white. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is running on competence. The bigger question for Biden is this: does the Democratic Party’s “Great Awokening” doom an admittedly handsy politician whose past positions on racial issues are decidedly outdated. CONT.
David Byler, Washington Post