His gambit, however, is simple: after a turbulent Donald Trump term, voters will want stability. If he keeps his head down, this logic goes, and avoids decisive topics, they’ll pick avuncular “Uncle Joe” over the caustic Trump. Biden was conspicuously absent from the California Democratic convention last week, and the other candidates made thinly-veiled references to Biden being the way of the past, not future. Yet, so far, the rest of the Democratic field, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, have only haltingly criticized Biden. By challenging him on his record, especially in the eyes of older, traditional Democratic voters, progressives could break the myth of Biden’s “electability”.

Source: The Guardian June 05, 2019 06:00 UTC