Posted on 08/25/2015 4:31:07 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
You’ve got to admit it was kind of a stroke of genius for Joe Biden to have that “secret” meeting with Elizabeth Warren over the weekend. The mind of course jumps instantly to the prospect of a Biden-Warren ticket, even to the idea that Biden could, when announcing his candidacy say next month, also announce that Warren will be his running mate.
Game-changer is a hoary expression in this town, so forgive me, but that really would be one. I’d guess Biden would go instantly from his current 13 percent to at least twice that. His ego would have to adjust to having a running mate who is more beloved than he is and who draws crowds about four or five times the size of his. But even something short of an official alliance, a nudge-wink implication that Warren is somehow on team Biden, makes him a much more serious player.
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But what if he just decides the hell with it, I’m running? A Biden v. Clinton primary battle could be—and if Biden manages to win a couple of primaries, most certainly would be—far more acrimonious than the Clinton-Barack Obama fight of 2008.
Why? Three reasons. The first has to do with race and gender and history. When Clinton announced in 2007, she was going to be the first woman president. Then Obama got in, and he was going to be the first black president. He totally trumped her on the history-maker scale. ......
Biden is not going to get anywhere with a campaign that says: “I have better ideas than Hillary Clinton does,” ...... No. He’s going to have to run a campaign that says, sub rosa: “I’m a stronger and safer nominee because she’s corrupt.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
No. With Hillary dogged by scandals of her own making the Democrats are shopping for a replacement. Their bench is so shallow that Biden is the best they have.
If Biden gets in, it presents a real problem for Hillary. How does she campaign against him? How does she attack him without attacking the Obama administration, since she was a key player in the administration herself? Also, she’ll alienate Obama’s supporters, who she desperately needs to win over.
RE: your photograph of the gruesome twosome
Yup, it’s ugly, alright....
Why, nothing at all.
It is the Camp Hillary retaliation that will make it so much fun to watch.
Talking about lightweight on the resume, Warren is not like Obama 2008.
Besides being female, she doesn’t have the exotic background, claiming Indian blood not withstanding. Also why would blacks vote for her but not Hillary?
The word “hoary” in an article about the Hildebeast made me chuckle.
I’m beginning to wonder if Slow Joe has an ear fetish.
“Also why would blacks vote for her but not Hillary?”
Blacks would vote for Robert Byrd if he had a “D” next to his name. Oh wait, they did.
If Hillary was walking around openly discriminating against blacks and using racist language, they would still vote for her.
Gibmedats only know from what am I getting for my vote, regardless of candidate. And if Warren chose to run, she would offer the same gibmedats, because on policy alone, a democrat would never win another election.
Justice Department investigation bargins can make Hillary waltz off into the sunset fast.
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