Asked about his criticism of Pete Buttigieg's perceived lack of experience, former Vice Pres. Joe Biden tells jonkarl 'he's no Barack Obama.' 'Barack's experience was much wider as well…I know Barack Obama, he's no Barack Obama. He's a rare breed.'
"He’s a mayor of a small city who has done some good things but has not demonstrated he has the ability to -- and we’ll soon find out -- to get a broad scope of support across the spectrum including African-Americans and Latinos," Biden said of the 38-year-old former mayor, who emerged in a dead heat with Sanders in Iowa.
"Bernie’s labeled himself, not me, a 'Democratic Socialist.' I think that's the label the president’s gonna lay on everyone running with Bernie if he’s the nominee," Biden said, later adding"This is going to be a field day for the president." "We know it’s gonna be a fight. We know it might be an uphill battle. But the reality is, we are still in this race," Symone Sanders, a senior adviser for Biden's campaign, told reporters in the spin room post-debate."The reality is that we have said from the beginning that you should view these first four nominating contests as a package, which means Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and yes, South Carolina.
Still, he said the night was not a"do or die" moment for the campaign, again lowering expectations for his performance in the state's primary next week. Pete Buttigieg shakes hands with Sen. Amy Klobuchar as Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, look on, Feb. 7, 2020, at the Democratic presidential primary debate in Manchester, N.H.On Saturday, Biden joins ABC News' Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive post-debate interview.
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