Vice President Joe Biden appears to prefer Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) shoot-for-the-moon style of campaigning over Hillary Clinton’s more incremental policy approaches.
“I like the idea of saying, ‘We can do much more,’ because we can,”
Biden told The New York Times aboard an Amtrak train in an interview published Thursday, when asked about Clinton’s “realism.”
Biden, asked about HRC “realism”: “I don’t think any D’s ever won saying ‘we can’t think that big, not realistic’ ” https://t.co/tCBdnM5LyM
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 21, 2016
“I don’t think any Democrat’s ever won saying, ‘We can’t think that big—we ought to really downsize here because it’s not realistic,’” Biden added in what the newspaper described as a mocking tone. “C’mon man, this is the Democratic Party! I’m not part of the party that says, ‘Well, we can’t do it.”
Neither Biden nor President Barack Obama have endorsed a presidential candidate.
But when asked in a recent interview with Mic, Biden said he would like to see a woman president. Obama also said at the unveiling of a memorial honoring the fight for women’s equality that he wants future generations to be surprised that there was a time in the nation’s history when there hadn’t been a female president.
“No Democrat wins…” Obviously, he wasn’t speaking about the Goldwater Girl, the Kissinger lover and Goldman Sachs sycophant.
Joe – I wanted you to run and you decided not to run – and I understood why. You were in deep grief over the loss of your son. However, now your job now is to say what you have to say to HRC directly – not broadcast it.
Which “that” is he referring to? Without specifics this an utterly meaningless comment from Biden.
And um yes, Hillary will win in spite of the Biden gaffe machine.
Well, it’s a damn good thing that’s not what she’s running on. It’s more like, “let’s do really big things” as opposed to “let’s pretend reality doesn’t exist”.
Yeah, that’s what I was wondering. It’s not as if Clinton has only set instantly achievable goals.