Disclosure: I’ve been favoring Team Warren this cycle from the start.
Hey, Joe, I get it. You’ve wanted to be President all your life. You were a heartbeat away from the office of a very popular President when you decided not to run to deal with personal tragedy. That election was won by a carnival barker. So now you’ve got the biggest profile in the party. It’s your turn.
You got the DC droids in the media telling you that you, O-Biden-Kenobi are our only hope. And hey! You’re the beloved Uncle Joe who can bring back the mythical disgruntled Democratic White Working Class Americans back into the fold. Which is, of course, what the press tells us all the time is what we have to do to win.
You’ve got the White ima- um er Right Image according to the Beltway- You used to commute to work in the Senate on Amtrak. And after this non-politician disaster your experience is a plus. You can talk tough, and Democrats are itching for a fight. At the same time Democrats don’t really like to fight. In general, we WANT to work with the Republicans. We recognize the enormity of the problems needing to be solved and want all the help we can get.
So you think you can bridge the gap of fighting the bullies of the GOP and working with the Career Pols who know the system. In Nirvana it might be a good message, but this is America in 2019. The Stimulus got 3 Republican votes and the Affordable Care Act got none. Other than that your legacy is MOSTLY keeping the lights on and the doors open- There was that shutdown in 2013. So you didn’t ride to the rescue during the 8 Obama years.
The entire party is worried about how to beat Trump when he LOST by nearly 3 million votes in 2016. Additionally, statistically speaking, every day more Trump voters die, and more likely Blue voters become eligible to vote. Sure you currently poll better than the other leading Democrats against Trump, but the top 5 ALL beat him soundly now. Whoever the nominee is will have the name recognition necessary to beat him.
You want to beat Trump. You want to fight for the Soul of America without recognizing that Trump voters are Soulless. I understand what you are fighting against. Every night I watch the news and think “Please, MAKE IT STOP!”
Here’s the question:
What are you fighting FOR?