8th April 2019, 3:51 PM
Biden is definitely centrist and in many ways less liberal than a lot of the candidates, but he's good on LGBT rights for sure and is knowledgeable about foreign policy. He did vote for the Iraq War, like most Senate Democrats, but had some good foreign policy ideas for sure. Of course his domestic record is more checkered, with his opposition to busing in the '80s, etc, but that's going to happen with anyone who has been around that long...
He's also a good debater, and easily won both VP debates in '08 and '12. And yes, I definitely think that he would win in 2020, and probably actually has the best chance to win of any of our candidates, so long as there isn't worse about there about him of course, though I think most likely we know the whole story now. That is, that he has a long history of looking creepy in photo ops, but not actually harassing or assaulting anyone. He definitely needs to stop and as I said it probably is sexist behavior, but if he really didn't think there was anything wrong with it and is learning he shouldn't be told 'don't even run at all'. That is something he'll be attacked for of course if he is the nominee, since Trump doesn't care one bit about his far worse behavior and already has mocked Biden some, but Trump will find something to insult any possible Dem candidate for, so I'm not sure how much that matters.
That said, we're up to something like 20 Democrats running for President now. It's a ridiculously large field to say the least! There are so many people running I can't come even close to remembering all of their names... so who's the best candidate? I don't know, there are maybe too many people running. Our best candidate, in terms of policy, isn't Biden or Sanders, but they are the best-known (and among the oldest) candidates so they're ahead for the moment. It'll be interesting to see if that holds up, or if any of the many younger candidates will gain enough traction to challenge for the top.
He's also a good debater, and easily won both VP debates in '08 and '12. And yes, I definitely think that he would win in 2020, and probably actually has the best chance to win of any of our candidates, so long as there isn't worse about there about him of course, though I think most likely we know the whole story now. That is, that he has a long history of looking creepy in photo ops, but not actually harassing or assaulting anyone. He definitely needs to stop and as I said it probably is sexist behavior, but if he really didn't think there was anything wrong with it and is learning he shouldn't be told 'don't even run at all'. That is something he'll be attacked for of course if he is the nominee, since Trump doesn't care one bit about his far worse behavior and already has mocked Biden some, but Trump will find something to insult any possible Dem candidate for, so I'm not sure how much that matters.
That said, we're up to something like 20 Democrats running for President now. It's a ridiculously large field to say the least! There are so many people running I can't come even close to remembering all of their names... so who's the best candidate? I don't know, there are maybe too many people running. Our best candidate, in terms of policy, isn't Biden or Sanders, but they are the best-known (and among the oldest) candidates so they're ahead for the moment. It'll be interesting to see if that holds up, or if any of the many younger candidates will gain enough traction to challenge for the top.