Another old white guy will be joining the race for the democratic presidential election today. Joe Biden, whose main qualification for running, besides being old and white, is that he hung out with Barack Obama for eight years. Biden is the personification of a certain breed of democratic pol. He takes big donations from corporations whose interests he has championed while appealing to the average voter as someone who is looking out for the culture war issues many of them prize in a candidate.
I received a fund raising e-mail from his campaign and promptly wrote back requesting that he not run. In hindsight, that is probably a mistake. Come on in Joe, the water is fine. If you really believe you can appeal to today's democratic voter with a Clinton era message of social liberalism and conservative economics, then have at it. Let's see how long you can hang with Bernie, Buttigieg and the rest. Your 76 year old body is going to get the workout of a lifetime in the next 12 months. I hope you are up to it.
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