Is Joe Biden Really as Electable as He Seems?
The former VP continues to reveal himself as the most vulnerable potential nominee.
Joe Biden hasn’t had a very good summer.
Neither debate performances did him any favors. But his fumbling performances on the television screen pales in comparison to his recent “gaffes” in the wake of the shootings over the past weekend in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in which he couldn’t identify where they took place. It didn’t get much better after that either. At an Iowa campaign event, the gaffe-prone former Vice President said “White kids are just as smart as poor kids.”
Yes, Biden remains ahead in the polls.
But what does that lead really mean? Will this perception of electability actually translate in to a campaign that’s able to get people to the voting booth? Is it actually backed up by genuine support or just mass nostalgia for the Obama days, and a desire to return to a time when at least it felt like there were real adults in the room making the decisions that affect our lives?
When push comes to shove, we have to remember what those decisions were, and where they’ve gotten us. Of course, it should go without saying that the days of Obama and Clinton were monumentally better than Trump. But a significant…
