Last spring, Biden’s son Beau died at age 46 after a two-year struggle with brain cancer.
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One caller objects to Sanders’ choices for the party’s platform committee and doesn’t even want the Vermont senator to have a speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention.
He was introduced by his wife Jill Biden, who said it’s been “an honor” to serve as second lady of the USA for the last eight years, she called him “honest and strong, principled and compassionate”.
Like Clinton, Biden would have been eminently qualified for the job. What about me?’ And I say, ‘Well, look, all these things that are happening’.
He never got there, at least not in time. “These are Biden’s roots”.
Follow Haaretz’s live updates for the latest from the third day of the Democratic National Convention. He already has appeared at fundraisers for eight Senate candidates and plans to do more. This projection of empathy is one of Biden’s strongest political talents. His favorability ratings average 51% – almost as high as Clinton’s unfavorables, according to HuffPost Pollster averages.
“I’m a New Yorker and I know a con when I see one”, Bloomberg said of Trump. “It’s incredible what it does for you”.
“It’s never a good bet to bet against America”, he said, noting we’ve had candidates before “who attempted to get elected by scaring people, but they never win because we don’t scare easily”.
Making a passionate plea to elect Hillary as his successor, Obama said time and again, they have elected him.
Finally, to counter the baleful vision of America Trump encapsulated in his convention speech last week, Biden went with patriotism. Democrats have done right by those voters but haven’t communicated with them enough, he told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday.
Asked what more needed to be done to unify the party, Biden replied: “I don’t think anything more has to be done, George”. It’s because we’ve always had a growing middle class.
With only Hillary’s acceptance speech to come, the starting gate is about to open and the real race to begin for president 2016.
He also said Republican Donald Trump and his running mate “don’t know what they’re talking about” when it comes to national security. Bernie Sanders of Vermont during their primary battle, said Sen.
That is not to say that Biden hid his dismay at the G.O.P.’s institutional embrace of Trumpism.
Biden said he doesn’t know for sure if Russian Federation was responsible for leaking embarrassing emails from the Democratic National Committee.
“Hearing no laughter from the group of White House reporters and photographers gathered in the Rose Garden, Obama clarified by saying “That was a joke”.
In January, Biden told an NBC affiliate in CT that “every day” he regretted not running for president. “I really mean this”.
He says he is trying to shift his movement to encourage people to run for office and fight for the issues he pushed for during his campaign. Trump, he said, was no populist.
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“If something happens and it’s appropriate for me to be engaged.” he said, letting the sentence trail off.
