Joe Biden Introduces Himself
Yes, he was in the Senate for more than 35 years, and President Obama’s Vice President for 8. But we’re not sure he’s front-of-mind yet for many voters. And we think he knows that too.
On the day of the last day of the Democratic National Convention, we happened to be speaking with a friend. About something else entirely. Liberal leaning, college educated. Yet they had no impression of the Democratic candidate beyond “I don’t like his vibe”. We asked on what they were basing that. Answer: “To be honest, I don’t know anything about him.” And we suspect this person we happened to be speaking with is not the only one who hasn’t really given Biden more than passing thought or attention if any at all. Much less getting excited about voting for him.
On the other hand, everybody knows Trump. And that gives him a huge head start. And we’re not talking about the typical advantages of being an incumbent. Just that Trump’s very good at seeding the message that he’s President and he’s going to be President and that’s that. Almost an immutable fact, regardless of how you may regard him.
Did one speech change that at all? We don’t know. But it did convince us that Biden’s well aware of all that, and is proceeding on a very deliberate…
