If Democrats pick Joe Biden as their next presidential nominee, he will set a new standard for political longevity. In the process, he will provoke complex questions about relevance, age and shifting political attitudes in the US. Should Biden prevail next year, he would become the Democratic nominee exactly 50 […] Read more »
Twitter Isn’t Real Life (if You’re a Democrat)
On Twitter during late 2015 and early 2016, Donald Trump’s front-runner status was evident, even if it hadn’t yet fully sunk in with the tribunes of conventional wisdom. Trump’s following far outstripped his rivals. His tweets drove news cycles, and channeled the resentments of a furious base. … Yet when […] Read more »
What Joe Biden Is Teaching Democrats About Democrats
… Biden’s apparent resurrection from relic to runaway front-runner has illustrated a chasm between perception and reality. … So why did the media spend the past few years getting the state of the Democratic Party so wrong? … The most important ingredient in the delusion was Twitter. It is hard […] Read more »
What if Electability Is More About Authenticity than Moderation?
There is a big disconnect in Democratic politics right now. On the one hand, a majority of Democratic primary voters are backing Biden at this early date–not because he lines up with their policy preferences, but because they believe he’s the most safe and electable choice. … Frustratingly, in the […] Read more »
‘The safe choice:’ Biden widens SC lead in 2020 Democratic presidential primary
Now that he’s formally entered the race, former Vice President Joe Biden widened his lead in South Carolina among 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, according to a new poll. Biden is preferred by 46 percent of likely S.C. Democratic primary voters, up 14 points from a month ago, according to a […] Read more »
Why Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden really need each other
If New Hampshire Democrats voted today, and the most recent polling is correct, the only candidates who would get any delegates at all from the first-in-the-nation primary would be Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. The two are not only leading the packed field of 2020 presidential contenders, but are the […] Read more »