The former vice-president’s approach will face its toughest test this week in Iowa, the state that has dashed his White House ambitions twice before. “The next president is going to have to bring us together,” Biden said in Mason City after mentioning Reagan. Biden’s team acknowledges those possibilities but maintains the “consensus” message will succeed in Iowa and prove durable beyond. On Iowa television, his ending pitch is anchored on electability — the idea Biden is best positioned to defeat Trump. If he’s right, his coalition could include even those voters once identified closely with a Republican: “Reagan Democrats.”

Source: thestar January 26, 2020 20:15 UTC