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April 26, 2019 11:59 a.m.
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This is kind of brutal. But it matches with what I think a lot of us saw from a distance in Biden’s two presidential campaigns. Initials withheld …

Great piece on the problem of Joe Biden, but there is another big problem—really big.

I grew up and live in Iowa and have been to every caucus since 1980—I’ve chaired every caucus in my present precinct for over 20 years. The thing about Iowa, for obvious reasons, is that you can get really involved in presidentials and through those years, there have been a handful of them that I have thrown myself into in addition to the local stuff. One of those years was 1988, for Joe Biden. I respected him and, still single no kids, young professional living in downtown Des Moines—walking distance from his campaign headquarters, I threw myself into the race.

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