Washington Post-Opinion: Biden's heart-on-his-sleeve campaign

[Gothmog]

I want someone who is as different from trump as possible. I agree with the premise of this Washington Post editorial

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In a race in which candidates are jockeying to be the most un-Trumpian candidate — whether by intellect, ideology, experience or vitality — Americans are reminded he is a man of decency, kindness and loyalty.
This is the polar opposite of a president who gives a thumbs-up with an baby orphaned by the El Paso shooting, who brags about crowd size on a day of mourning and who attacks opponents in between stops with survivors and their grieving families. Trump is entirely lacking in empathy and sincerity; Biden has a surplus of both.....

We may be in an age that is far too snarky, cynical and polarized for that message. It is certainly understandable that older voters who’ve lived in a United States that is kinder, gentler and more unified would appreciate that message.

However, building a presidential campaign based not on policy plans but on emotion, aspiration and inspiration is a very contemporary phenomenon. Bill Clinton’s “I feel your pain” and Barack Obama’s hope and change reflected an awareness that voters want more than PowerPoint presentations from their president. They want to know he or she sees, understands and cares deeply about them.

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[stonecutter357]

1. K&R

[FloridaBlues]

2. Compassion and experienced that's Biden.

[melman]

3. Jennifer Rubin

Right winger. NEXT

[BannonsLiver]

5. What's next?

The suspense is killing me. I hope it'll last.

[Gothmog]

7. This

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[melman]

17. Probably another awful OP-ED from another awful Republican

Unfortunately.

[emmaverybo]

38. She has been quite critical of Trump and Republican leaders. Michael Steele, Steve Schmidt,

Joe Scarborough can contribute sound political analysis without letting their firmer or current political affiliation obscure their judgement. Some Dem politicians have hired such analysts who have been on the other side to advise them.

[saidsimplesimon]

6. "Next" is succinct

My vote is based on independent research. Emotional appeals do tweak my desire for unity.

[Gothmog]

9. I like Joe because he is the most electable candidate

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[saidsimplesimon]

10. Oh, Gothmog

I worked in marketing. My job was to "sell" AT&T". That said, any candidate is electable. Retire that "trope", please and thank you.

[Princetonian]

12. Warren has a 1% share of black voters. Try to "sell" that as "electable" in a general election.

"Biden, Harris, and Booker overperform among black Democratic voters, while Warren receives 1% in this group."

http://echeloninsights.com/wp-content/uploads/Omnibus-August-2019_Dem-Primary.pdf

I have been an Obama Mama since 2007. I approve this message.

[saidsimplesimon]

15. I agree, Warren needs POC to win.

Perhaps she is listening?

[Princetonian]

27. Needing is not getting. Listening is not hearing. Warren is not Biden.

[Gothmog]

43. Biden's continued strength with Black voters has to be very concerning for other candidates.

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[Cha]

24. He's not going to "retire" anything if

that's what he thinks.

[emmaverybo]

39. Yes! Do not need to retire informed opinions.

Thanks for running Joe.
America and the world need you.

[Gothmog]

33. It is hard to fake real compassion

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?

[Cha]

14. That's fascinating.

[Cha]

13. Thanks for kicking the thread by trying to kill the messenger

of this brilliant OP, melman.

[melman]

18. Not into Republican pundits

Sorry.

[Cha]

19. And, ya did it again.

[melman]

20. Don't care

Not everyone is obsessed with thread bumping.

[Cha]

23. Right... keeping on Kicking!

[melman]

25. No, really

I'm serious.

Some people endlessly bump the same tired threads in the middle of the night. But not me! I'm not into that.

[Cha]

26. Jennifer Rubin is right about this.

[Gothmog]

35. Yes she is right on this

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[Cha]

36. Sweet!

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Mahalo, Goth!

[emmaverybo]

40. Nice!

[emmaverybo]

37. That fact makes her insight more valuable. And illustrates the wide appeal Biden has.

[emmaverybo]

4. First article I have seen that captures what distinguishes Biden from rest of the field, what his

appeal is all about. Beyond this emotional appeal, he is the most job-specific qualified, knowledgeable, and experienced candidate.

However, building a presidential campaign based not on policy plans but on emotion, aspiration and inspiration is a very contemporary phenomenon. Bill Clinton’s “I feel your pain” and Barack Obama’s hope and change reflected an awareness that voters want more than PowerPoint presentations from their president. They want to know he or she sees, understands and cares deeply about them.

Fix the damage, Joe
The world needs you

[Gothmog]

8. I agree

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[brer cat]

11. I agree.

[JI7]

29. this isn't exactly accurate. Biden doesn't need to focus as much on specific

plans becsuse he has been in office for a long time and was vp so people already feel they know him and what he stands for.

this is not the case with others.

but bill Clinton and Obama DID have to focus on issues but they were pretty mainstream democratic positions.

[Scurrilous]

16. K&R

[Politicub]

21. None of the other candidates can talk about the American idea

more eloquently than Biden. His ads have amazing production values and leave me feeling positive about him. This ad is heartbreaking and hopeful at the same time. I didn’t know he was sworn in at the hospital at Beau’s bedside.

The other candidate who comes close to painting a picture of a healed America is Williamson. I know a lot of people are dismissive of her, but she has a gift for making an emotional connection.

[Tiggeroshii]

22. He would quite the facelift to the shitshow we have right now.

[Cha]

34. Thanks?

[Princetonian]

28. Typo in the first sentence of Rubin's oped.

This is Biden’s strength — his ability to bear his own soul in a way that offers to let others do the same and seek consolation and comfort.

Shouldn't that be "bare" not "bear"?

[emmaverybo]

41. Yes. She meant "bare."

[Princetonian]

42. That's the first time I ever saw a typo in a WaPo oped.

I recall Rubin trashing President Obama regularly for eight years. Perhaps her revulsion for Trump has skewed her normally acerbic mockery of all Democratic policy initiatives.

[Iliyah]

30. VP Biden cares . . .

sincerely.

[oasis]

31. Trump's polar opposite nt