Biden will enter the Democratic primary Wednesday

[mystery-ak]

Biden will enter the Democratic primary Wednesday
by Diana Stancy Correll
 | April 19, 2019 08:20 AM



Former Vice President Joe Biden will launch his 2020 presidential campaign next week, according to a new report.

Biden, who in recent days has been accused of inappropriate touching by nearly a dozen women, will unveil his candidacy via video Wednesday, the Atlantic reports. The magazine says he's called big donors and hired senior staffers while interviewing candidates for other positions.

Biden reportedly doesn't think the Democratic primary will be as challenging as many expect. "He sees a clear path down the middle of the party, especially with Bernie Sanders occupying a solid 20 percent of the progressive base, and most of the other candidates fighting for the rest," the Atlantic says. "[H]e’s decided that he isn’t too old, isn’t too out of sync with the current energy in the Democratic Party, and certainly wasn’t going to be chased out by the women who accused him of making them feel uncomfortable or demeaned because of how he’d touched them."

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[Jazzhead]

I think Biden's right.   Absent his entry into the race,  Sanders becomes the commanding favorite,  if only because he has his base and the resources and all the other candidates will tend to cannibalize each other.    Biden will immediately have polling numbers similar to Sanders' but can occupy a wholly different "centrist" lane.   There's a reason so many of Biden's accusers are Bernie supporters - the most important thing Sanders can do to ensure his nomination is to kneecap Biden.   

[austingirl]

How many clown cars are we up to?

[Night Hides Not]

How many clown cars are we up to?

Joe's gonna need a few more days to get this baby running again.

[Right_in_Virginia]

It will be interesting to watch Obama's reaction.  Look for a leaking of suddenly found Ukraine docs.   

[libertybele]

It will be interesting to watch Obama's reaction.  Look for a leaking of suddenly found Ukraine docs.   

....or he could pick Michael as his running mate.

[corbe]

[mountaineer]

Biden shows support for striking Stop & Shop unions
By Matt Murphy / STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
Posted at 8:30 AM

Hundreds of striking Stop & Shop workers and friends in the labor community received a pep talk Thursday afternoon from former Vice President Joe Biden, who visited Dorchester to lend his support to the workers fighting proposed reductions in health care and retirement benefits.

Biden, a Delaware Democrat and likely presidential candidate, headlined a spirited rally outside the South Bay Center Stop & Shop where striking workers marched in a picket line outside the grocery store. Hundreds of supporters, including many from other unions, gathered to hear from prominent labor and political leaders.

Arriving under a light rain more than an hour into the rally, Biden spoke from the back of a Teamsters Local 25 flatbed, telling the pro-union crowd that he’s seen examples across the country of workers not being treated with the respect and dignity they deserve. ...

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No word on whether he groped any of the checkout ladies.