re: #484 Targetpractice

To me, the entire appeal of a Biden nomination rests in this idea that he can win over voters with the promise of “turning back the clock.” But not in the way that wingnuts fantasize about when they think they can just undo the entire 20th century. No, Biden’s appeal is this idea that we can just “erase” the Trump years and return things back to status quo ante bellum circa 2016. That we can fix the whole sodding mess by reversing Trump’s policy changes, dismantle legislation like the Trump Tax Cuts, and get things back to where they were when Obama left office.

And the reason for that appeal is because people want to act like Trump’s election was a “mistake,” an experiment that failed and that is best swept under the rug. Sort of like how Obama got elected in the first place, this driving desire to try to reach back to “better times” by acting as if the last election just didn’t happen. And that’s what Biden is offering them, to make that run for the presidency that he bowed out of in 2016 and continue the “good times.”

- biden’s current, campaign approach is as you say, with the the purpose to attract enough of ‘those’ voters to win
- should he win, he likely won’t govern “from the past”

a guess
based on nothing
biden is ‘gaffe prone’. he’s not stupid