Politico has a suggestion for the Democrats in two years.
The former vice president is clocking in well above the closest competition in the latest 2020 presidential polls. And, as he said last week, he is the “most qualified person in the country to be president.” Yet in a Democratic primary he could be cannibalized by his own kind. Other Democratic candidates with more ambition than ability to win a general election against Donald Trump will inexorably and gleefully erode his standing by rehashing the Anita Hill hearings, pushing him to the left on domestic policy and endlessly reminding voters of his support for the Gulf War. Biden is the clear front-runner now—with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders at 13 percent—but plenty of early favorites have ended up as also-rans (i.e. Jesse Jackson in 1988, Jerry Brown in 1992, Howard Dean in 2004 and Hillary Clinton in 2008). Running in a Democratic primary could deeply damage Biden’s legacy.
Biden could run as the major third-party candidate with a principled conservative by his side (Lieberman, a one-time Democrat, technically categorized himself as an independent at the time McCain ran for president). A number of Republicans stand out: Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, outgoing Ohio Gov. John Kasich and newly minted Utah Sen. Mitt Romney. Many past third-party bids have failed because they came from the lunatic fringes—think Jill Stein and Ralph Nader of the Green Party or Ross Perot with his quirky North American Free Trade Agreement obsession. Biden, by picking someone from the principled wing of the GOP, would instantly signal that he intends to run from the center.
Sounds great. An elderly leftist and a "conservative Republican" who doesn't seriously believe much of anything.
Why You Got Trump Reason #563,799.
3 comments:
This is basically what the Republican Party has tried to be for years. And, why it never wins. As Barry Goldwater said many years ago, the people want a choice, not an echo. Who the hell wants to vote for democrat lite.
"The principled wing" of the party? Seriously? Kasich never saw a principle he isn't willing to stomp on. This is a suggested replay of the useless "never Trump" effort led by Bill Kristol. Why would either Democrats or Republicans bother to vote for such a ticket?
I wouldn't put anything past Sasse or Kasich, but it's hard for me to imagine Romney playing second fiddle to an old lecher like Biden. If Biden does run, all those pictures of him fondling unhappy women and girls in public will re-emerge.
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