Can the gaffe prone former vice president win the Democratic primary and take on Trump?
Former Vice President Joe Biden announced Thursday morning that he would take up his third bid to become president, more than 30 years after his first.
Former Vice President Joe Biden leaves the Stop & Shop after speaking in support of striking union workers on April 18, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Biden has long emphasized his ties to organized labor, which might help him in 2020. Scott Eisen/Getty ImagesIn 1988, Biden, at the age of 45, was a well-respected senator from Delaware, who was often compared to Senator Ted Kennedy.
He dropped out of the race in September 1987, before the primaries and just four months after he had announced his candidacy. “I’m running for president because I think that, with a lot of help, I can stem the tide of this slide and restore America’s leadership in the world and change our priorities,” Biden said in a conference call on the day of his launch. “I will argue that my experience and my track record—both on the foreign and domestic side—put me in a position to be able to do that.”
By January 2008, Biden’s poll numbers were low, many people still didn’t know who he was and he had placed fifth in the Iowa Caucus, gaining only 1 percent of the vote. He left the race.In 2020, Biden will not struggle with name recognition: He’s starting the race as the front-runner, which will help him bring in large donations. He’s also the candidate polling best against President Donald Trump, which brings him credibility.
“I believe history will look back on four years of this president and all he embraces as an aberrant moment in time,” Biden said in a video message that marked the official launch of his campaign Thursday morning."But if we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation—who we are—and I cannot stand by and watch that happen.
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