A familiar face, still friends with Barack Obama, Biden has become the front-runner of a very crowded pool of Democratic wannabes
Former US vice-president Joe Biden at a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa, the US, on May 1 2019. Picture: BLOOMBERG/ELIJAH NOUVELAGE
So far, the other Democratic candidates have mostly been observing an unofficial truce, deflecting questions about their competitors. In an e-mail to supporters last week, senator Kamala Harris of California welcomed Biden to the race, saying “The more, the merrier.” “I voted against the war in Iraq,” he said on CNN on Tuesday, the day after Biden’s kick-off rally in Pittsburgh. “Joe voted for it. I voted against the North American Free Trade Agreement , I voted against permanent normal trade relations with China — two trade agreements which cost us millions of good-paying jobs. Joe supported those agreements. I voted against the deregulation of Wall Street. Joe supported that legislation.
Following Biden’s two-day visit to Iowa on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sanders announced a weekend trip to the state, which will hold the first contest in the nomination race in February 2020. Even as he embraces his front-runner status, Biden will have to balance that against delivering an impression of an entitled establishment candidate. That image was a drag on Clinton in 2016 in her primary race against Sanders and in the general election against Trump.
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