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Debatable: The Slog in South Beach Part 2
10 candidates, 5 moderators, 4 front-runners, and lots of cross talk: Night two of the Democratic debates is in the books.
10 candidates, 5 moderators, 4 front-runners, and lots of cross talk: Night two of the Democratic debates is in the books. Let’s talk about it…
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Back in March, I wondered out loud about Joe Biden:
It feels like some in the Democratic party would rather take a run at known quantity Joe Biden, or more specifically the highly idealized concept version of Joe Biden currently being presented, than deal with the very hard questions a progressive wing that is rapidly growing both in influence and volume is demanding be addressed.
Biden’s decades of being coddled as Uncle Joe got a direct challenge from one of those progressives in the form of Kamala Harris. She took him to task on busing, comments about segregationist senators, and his record. To drive the point home, her team sent out the photo of her at the age Kamala Harris herself was being integrated out on social media. It was well planned, well executed, and the dominant moment of the night.
