Presidential hopefuls are trying to establish themselves as champions of equality – some more successfully than others.
Joe Biden
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Maine Observer: Biden is not too old to be president, but some may be too young
Experience presents an opportunity for growth and maturity – all good things to have in a leader.
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Commentary: Democratic candidates Harris, Warren are indeed ‘electable’
Women dominated on both nights of last week’s debates; here’s hoping for a smaller field and other dynamic matchups July 30.
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Marc A. Thiessen: The Democratic debates’ biggest losers? American taxpayers
Never have so many presidential candidates proposed to spend so much on so many.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
How a crime bill meant to boost Democrats now divides the party
As a senator, Joe Biden helped win passage of the law that many, including President Trump, now consider too tough.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: ‘Segregationist’ barely begins to describe racists Biden worked with in Senate
As the presidential hopeful discovered with his clumsy remarks last week, ‘Dixiecrat’ politicians inflicted wounds that still haven’t healed.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump attacks on Biden recall his campaign against Hillary Clinton
Gearing up to take on the Democratic front-runner, the president sees echoes of his 2016 foe.
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Marc A. Thiessen: Among Democrats, Biden’s problem is that he doesn’t hate Republicans
Watch his rivals pounce as he defends not segregation, but civility and compromise.
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Booker campaign aims for 2020 boost with pushback against Biden
The New Jersey senator called on Biden to apologize after the former vice president nostalgically referenced the ‘civility’ he maintained during his time in the Senate with two segregationist Democrats in the 1970s.
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Insight: Should people in their 70s run for president? Doctor says: ‘Why not?’
Fewer people are retiring in their mid-60s these days, and those who do can suffer from economic and health setbacks that come from not working.