Early State Democrats Stand With Biden As Touching Scandal Falls Flat

[Gothmog]

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Progressives and advisers to Bernie Sanders hoped that they could keep Biden out of the race with a scandal that centers around personal space. The scandal though never really dominated the news like they hoped it or accelerated enough to damage the former vice president’s potential candidacy. Biden is still leading in the way too early polling, and he has seen no erosion in his support since the touching scandal started.

The challenge that any Democratic candidate faces is that Joe Biden has deep roots and a huge national organization of party officials. Biden is beloved by the party rank and file, and it is going to take more than what his political adversaries tried to turn into a scandal to stop his candidacy.

After seeing the behavior of porn star paying off, Access Hollywood tape accused sexual assaulter Trump, Joe Biden’s behavior doesn’t rise to the level of disqualifying in the minds of many Democrats.

Democratic voters may choose a different nominee, but Joe Biden is showing why he is going to be hard to beat in 2020.

[hlthe2b]

1. wow! This article (not me, the article) levels the accusation that Sanders factions were behind this

NO, I am not saying this. Read the article. It does!

[BlueFlorida]

3. People are not stupid nt

[RandySF]

5. Let's go through the list

1. “Kamala slept her way to the top.”
2. “Beto married a wealthy woman”
3. “Beto, a Congressman from Texas, is in the oil industry’s pocket”.
4. “Kamala isn’t really black.”


All these and more came from the same circle of activists.

[RandySF]

2. Nice try, haters.

[Cha]

4. They must be so disappointed they

haven't brought Joe Biden down. Their goal was to keep him out of the race.

Progressives and advisers to Bernie Sanders hoped that they could keep Biden out of the race with a scandal that centers around personal space. The scandal though never really dominated the news like they hoped it or accelerated enough to damage the former vice president’s potential candidacy. Biden is still leading in the way too early polling, and he has seen no erosion in his support since the touching scandal started.

[sheshe2]

6. Great article, Gothmog.

Thanks so much for posting!

[MarianJack]

7. I'll say again that at this early point I'm supporting Amy Klobuchar, but...

...I'm glad that this "scandal" sank like a lead turd.

RESIST!

[EveHammond13]

8. Come at me, bro

[Indykatie]

9. With the Crowded Field We Have Biden is the Only Candidate I Can See Breaking Away. Go Joe!!

[NBachers]

10. So does this mean, according to the article, that early state Democrats don't stand with Sanders?

[MarianJack]

11. A statement and a question for you.

The statement...I think the the sheen of sainthood that he had in 2016 is somewhat tarnished in 2019. Maybe he shouldn't have sat at the 2016 convention looking like he was smelling shit during Hillary's speech. I believe that he knows that he has zero chance of being nominated but wants as many of those $27 contributions that he can get.

The question...Why the hell should they?

RESIST!

[oasis]

12. Colossal fail with the Biden "touching" rollout.

[Gothmog]

13. This so-called scandal/hit job failed

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One almost sensed from the breathless coverage of women who decided years later to object to former vice president Joe Biden’s non-sexual hugs and pats and kisses on the head that they expected the media to think it would be a fatal or near-fatal blow to Biden’s presidential chances. Not only was it not fatal, it didn’t register as particularly relevant to most Democratic voters. He was atop the polls before these stories aired, and he is atop them now.

Biden has been in the public eye since the 1970s, and unlike Hillary Clinton, who claimed the public never really knew her, voters feel like they know Biden pretty darn well. Many voters don’t remember anything before his vice presidency, his demonstrably warm relationship with President Barack Obama, his remarkable dignity after the death of his beloved son Beau, and his emotional goodbye to the late senator John McCain. He has established a level of emotional intimacy with voters that few politicians attain. He’s the chatty next-door neighbor, the avuncular relative and the co-worker who remembers everyone’s birthday.