As Democratic rivals scramble to build their early-state profiles, the former veep is taking a different, more deliberate approach.
His schedule has also kept him fresh and sharp at his appearances — always a concern for politicians of advanced age, but especially relevant for a 76-year-old candidate facing questions about the issue.
Biden’s campaign advisers insist that the first leg of his campaign schedule is aggressive in nature, noting that from the candidate’s April launch to a major rally scheduled in Philadelphia, he will have headed up two major rallies, traveled to all four early states and California, in addition to attending at least five private fundraisers.
The campaign, several advisers told POLITICO, is taking an “everybody knows Joe” strategy, banking on Biden’s name ID and high favorable ratings as built-in advantages that give him far more flexibility with his schedule than other candidates. Dante Scala, an expert in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary mechanics and a University of New Hampshire professor, said it’s understandable Biden has initially kept a relatively light schedule bereft of numerous town halls and stops — but it can’t last.
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