Joe Biden believes he is the 'most qualified person in the country to be president' https://www.wral.com/joe-biden-beli...son-in-the-country-to-be-president-/18039083/ During a stop for his book tour in Missoula, Montana, Monday night, former Vice President Joe Biden discussed his 2020 prospects, saying he believes that he is the "most qualified person" to be president, noting a decision is coming in the next two months, and acknowledging he's a "gaffe machine." "I'll be as straight with you as I can. I think I'm the most qualified person in the country to be president," Biden said to applause at the University of Montana. "The issues that we face as a country today are the issues that have been in my wheelhouse, that I've worked on my whole life." "No one should run for the job unless they believe that they would be qualified doing the job. I've been doing this my whole adult life, and the issues that are the most consequential relating to the plight of the middle class and our foreign policy are things that I have -- even my critics would acknowledge, I may not be right but I know a great deal about it," he added. Biden said his family must now decide as a "unit" whether or not they're prepared for a run -- setting a decision time frame of the next six weeks to two months. "I have two young grandchildren my son left who love me and adore me and want me around. I want to be there to take care of them, so we've got to figure out whether or not this is something we can all do as a family," he said. "We're going to make that decision in the next six weeks to two months, and that's the basis of the decision." The moderator, Bruce Feiler, pointed out some of the potential liabilities of a Biden campaign, saying "He's too old. He signed, he cosponsored the crime bill. He was the chairman of the judiciary committee during the Anita Hill hearings, and he's out of touch in the era of Me Too. $1.5 million ain't gonna cut it anymore, you need $100 million. Who wants to wake up at 6 a.m. for the next two years and get insults from the President of the United States?...You're a gaffe machine. I could go on. Which of these scares you the most?" "None of them," Biden said before moving on to defend some of those potential liabilities. "I am a gaffe machine, but my God what a wonderful thing compared to a guy who can't tell the truth," he said. "I'm ready to litigate all those things, the question is what kind of nation are we becoming? What are we going to do? Who are we?" "Whether or not I run, whoever runs, I'm going to break my neck to make sure they win," he said. "We can't have four more years." Earlier in the night, Biden discussed some of the missteps of his 1988 presidential campaign, including accusations of plagiarism while he was in high school. "It all came out in the wash -- I never did plagiarize, I never did -- and it all was proven that that never happened," Biden said. However, in 1987, Biden acknowledged that he had plagiarized part of a law school paper.
Unfortunately in terms of politics he probably is. In terms of competence. No. In terms of what he stands for.... we don't know. At one time or another he has supported all sides of almost every issue.
I will state that I believe that Joe Biden is the only potential Democratic candidate IMO who has an chance of beating Trump in 2020. This is actually a reflection of how poor the Democratic bench is.
Biden has no chance at the party nomination. Too old, too white for the party that has become a conglomeration of lunatic fringe groups.
I can only assume that the Democratic party will select some ranting identity politics extremist who can never win in the general election.
It will be even more interesting if they don't. Democrat Party used to equal DNC. That sort of fell apart last time and the Bernie supporters went off the reservation and most have stayed off it. They still have scores that they want to settle and the ones who have gone off the reservation are still where all the energy is and they have only gotten leftier. The background issue that has changed, yet will be a major game changer, is that Bernie and company have extracted a change in party rules such that it eliminates the superdelegate system. That's a game changer and we dont know how it will work out. On one hand it greases the skids for a lefty candidate, but on the other it signals traditional non dnc-duc donors to stay away and just give directly to the candidate or their pac. We know from last time that Bernie is prepared to go without the dnc and even moreso this time around- or his successor type. Beto is prepared to go without the dnc and so on. But so is Bloomberg. Oh, and if anyone is about to rise and say that one or more clowns are not prepared to go third party because it would split the vote and hand it to trump or pence. Save it. No one can predict the trajectory of a loon. You have people like Bernie and Beto that are looking for their place in history even if it is as a spoiler. Roll those dice.