Joe Biden, Senator from Citibank (oops, DELAWARE), to Run for President

Could Biden appoint Warren as VP candidate, and pick up support that way?

Bernie people would view that as a slap in face

Also Warren wouldn't take the job?

too much self care to catch up on

Dunno. Probably 50/50 she'd be the first progressive president? Problem is she doesn't help enough electorally, iirc?

the first progressive president

don't you pretty much only have to pick a VP that's gonna win you Wisconsin

https://i.imgur.com/Xr8vTi5.jpg

But after Pete and Bloomberg, I think Democrats are about done with these guys for awhile.

the first progressive president was George W Bush. I heard this on the radio.

https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/306096/content/arcmedia/media/images/50/1/a0161.gif

lolz

Joe Biden says he is “desperately” looking to be in regular contact with the American public, perhaps with regular press conferences in Wilmington, Del., or using technology. "They tell me there’s ways we can do teleconferencing via us all being in different locations,” he says.

— Matt Viser (@mviser) March 20, 2020

oh my lord

Zoom hard at work on sniff-o-vision tech

.@JoeBiden popped into @djdnice Instagram party tonight to show a little love. The party is now over 100k strong 💪🏾🙌🏾 Congrats D! pic.twitter.com/PnIszQPrOV

— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) March 22, 2020

Bernie had PE but I knew Biden was more of a BDP guy

reading Jill Lepore's These Truths on these long, home-bound days. this passage on William Henry Harrison jumped out at me:

Harrison exerted himself, delivering, at a hotel in Ohio, the first-ever presidential campaign speech, but his campaign urged him not to say too much. "Let him then rely entirely on the past," they advised. "Let him say not one single word about his principles, or his creed -- let him say nothing -- promise nothing." Critics dubbed him "General Mum."

and we all know how things went for Old Tippecanoe. and presumably Biden will have a less-shit Veep than John Tyler.

can you do a front porch campaign in 2020? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_porch_campaign

Please stop voting for this man. Please. Dear God. PLEASE. pic.twitter.com/b2q0ro5BKO

— The Other Beth, who hates all of you (@BethLynch2020) March 24, 2020

In the history of live television interviews there has never been one this awkward, not ever. 🥴 pic.twitter.com/8S6bChlaTO

— Amy (@MaybeAmes) March 24, 2020

oh cool a pandemic counter jesus fucking christ

BIDEN 2020: NO MALARKEY

BIDEN 2020: NO, NO, PROBABLY BEST I DON'T

I saw it live. He sounded awful the first two minutes, after which he hit the right notes of pathos *shrug*

"Please stop voting for this man."

Okay. I'll vote for Donald Trump.

These people are fucking stupi.

I won't finish the sentence.

One assumes she's rhetorically addressing conceptual voters in the 27 territories yet to vote for Biden or an opponent.

Bernie is remaining in as well he should, has announced his participation in April debate

no need to get into November yet

so, Tara Reade.

Just rewatched the Sharknado series and she may be one of science fiction's most amazing cyborgs.

go ahead and vote for Joe; it's the political equiv of "Does the Pope shit in the woods?"

people who don't realize Joe is as electable as Jill Stein are fucking stupi

I won't finish the sentence.

Simon, what do you make of the allegation?

2800 viewers! https://t.co/Y67Rrj489Q

— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) March 26, 2020

I meant to watch this! But I was making dinner.

By February, Reade learned that no assistance could be provided because Biden was a candidate for federal office, and assisting a case against him, Time’s Up said, could jeopardize the organization’s nonprofit status.

https://theintercept.com/2020/03/24/joe-biden-metoo-times-up/

Morbs, what do you make of the allegation? Do you find it credible?

I certainly can’t speak to the veracity of these claims but it’s going to be wild as hell watching a bunch of well-heeled libs quickly find the limits of Believe Women

That's pretty much where I'm at.

Krystal Ball is interviewing her today apparently

I find it so despairing that this is what people take from this. A very serious allegation about sexual assault, and the main thing is if it will own the libs.

We're still figuring out the rules of the post #MeToo age, and I think this should help establish a very serious one: Don't spread allegations of sexual assault you aren't willing to stand behind.

It's not about "owning the libs" for me, it's about how awful and poisoned the discourse around it is so obviously going to be (if it even gets traction)

I really don't think anyone should ever spend time on these things if they aren't willing to take a stand on the veracity of the allegation.

I don’t believe it’s the libs who are going to get “owned”. At least not in the near term. This will pass without much fanfare. Biden will be the nominee (if he doesn’t die), and he will shit the bed in the general in a spectacular, historical fashion.

That stand might be 'we'll never know', but that's still a stand. And not the one I am at right now, to be honest.

I don't have any more info than the avg reader

is there a pattern of Biden behavior that fits? seems so.

I want him gone for his many crimes, we could add this to the pile

It's completely different from the other allegations, so no, it doesn't fit the pattern at all

The main reason I find it hard to believe is that it's the second story Tara Reade has told about Biden, it's completely different than the first one, and she is now saying she was adjusting the first story make it more believable among the other allegations. But that this is the one that is true. That gives me pause a lot.

If an accuser admits to having told a not-entirely-true story about the accused once, I really don't automatically believe them the second time.

And I don't think that is anti-feminist