Joe Biden Could Be Just What Democrats Need, Especially On The Economy

[big_dog]

Biden cuts right down the middle on income inequality, an issue that, according to a recent Brookings Institution study, is important to 90% of Democrats, second only to energy on the list of topics they want candidates to talk about. Biden isn’t as strident about using government to fix income inequality as Sanders is, but he isn’t perceived as being as tight with the big banks and other “one-percenters” as Clinton is.

Though this perception may not be entirely accurate—according to OpenSecrets.com, employees of credit card company MBNA have donated the most to Biden over the years—this, to be frank, isn’t really about accuracy. It certainly isn’t about how any of the candidates would govern. This is American politics, and its all about perception.

A Biden-Warren ticket could capture Clinton partisans who are tired of the scandals that seem to follow Hillary everywhere she goes. Warren’s presence could reignite the leftist wing of the party that was activated by President Obama but has largely become disillusioned with the party. And, if Biden promises to serve only one term as some have suggested he will, he could pitch himself as bridging a gap between the Obama/Clinton years and a Democratic party future driven by Warren, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, or perhaps even also-ran candidate Martin O’Malley.

Right now, the Democrats seem lost. They have an issue that everyone cares about, but no candidate seems to be able to speak to in a broad enough way. Biden could be the one to fill that gap. http://fortune.com/2015/08/28/joe-biden-president-economics/

[cascadiance]

1. Love that bankruptcy bill he personally pushed on us? Many of us who want a better economy DON'T!!!

I still don't see Warren giving up her senate seat to be a VP for someone that she basically took heavy issue on this with.

https://www.americarisingpac.org/warren-slams-democrats-like-hillarybiden-supporting-bankruptcy-bill/

[big_dog]

2. Warren wont say if she's running for Senate next time

someone asked her on a local station Sunday

[cascadiance]

5. Maybe Bernie spoke to her about a spot on his ticket if he wins!

[Trajan]

3. In other years I would love to vote for Joe ...

And, if he or Hillary is the eventual nominee, I will vote for them ... However ...

Biden is a centrist, at best ... He is part of the problem in the Democratic Party .. He helped lead it to the 'GOP-Lite' status it enjoys today ...

Bernie presents a bold, inclusive vision of the future ... Where ALL citizens have a stake and all reap the benefits of citizenship ... Joe, like Hillary tends to work for the bankers ... This is unacceptable ...

I like a clean DU, without unnecessary distractions and upheavals ... Therefore, the OP must go down the oubliette ....

[Sunlei]

4. don't think Biden wants to run or be President anymore, except of course in an emergency situtation.

Then it would be President Biden and VP Orangeman

[Vattel]

6. Now that is a weird argument.

Biden is inaccurately perceived as someone who can effectively address income inequality, and so he would make a good presidential candidate for the democrats? Seriously?

[Maedhros]

7. The Party seems to be trapped in this strange mindset

that if we just believe hard enough that pro-business, pro-corporate candidates are really Liberals then - poof! - they ARE.

[demwing]

8. "Biden isn’t as strident about...income inequality as Sanders is"

Strident:
adjective stri·dent \ˈstrī-dənt\
: sounding harsh and unpleasant

: expressing opinions or criticism in a very forceful and often annoying or unpleasant way

Do you think Bernie'd discussion of economic inequality is annoying or unpleasant?

That's a hardly an objective opinion, or even accurate.