OPINION:
The Democratic field has finally narrowed. Two major candidates remain: Joe Biden, the establishment favorite, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, a longtime socialist. Suddenly, a dais consisting of two dozen-plus diverse candidates is down to two white, lifelong politician millionaires over the age of 75. Nice.
Nevertheless, Mr. Biden, after a dire win in South Carolina and stunning victories in a plethora of Super Tuesday states, has emerged from the ruins and has seemingly halted Mr. Sanders’ momentum. With the Democratic establishment behind him, Mr. Biden has defied the odds and now represents the presumptive frontrunner for the nomination, which in itself is marveling.
Mr. Biden’s campaign has been, to put it very mildly, unconvincing. Not only does he lack a solid policy platform, he also lacks fundamental coherence. Since the day he announced his candidacy in April of last year, campaign blunders have been a near daily occurrence. Just this months he exclaimed that a Michigan blue-collar worker was “full of sh—” and asked if the worker wanted to “meet him outside.” Earlier, when attempting to quote the Declaration of Independence, he said: “We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.” During a Super Tuesday celebratory speech, he confused his own wife for his sister on stage.
I could go on. It’s pathetic.
There’s got to be a better option, right? Not unless you want radical policies and socialism.
Mr. Biden isn’t the ideal nominee by any stretch of the imagination, but right now he’s the only choice traditional liberals have.
Best of luck in November.
GRANT GIERHAHN
Chicago
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