Joe-Mentum? Biden Is Showing Signs Of Life

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Anything short of a win in South Carolina may put Joe Biden's 2020 dreams on ice, but Tuesday night showcased his strongest debate performance of the race

Entering the 2020 race with the most experience and reserves of goodwill as an elder statesman of the Democratic party,was expected to be a formidable contender, if not a possible lock for the nomination. But the former vice president struggled to shift the focus away from the unsavory parts of his long record in Washington, and spent a great deal of that goodwill with a string of out-of-touch takes, gaffes, and weird, hostile interactions with voters.

, who is polling third in South Carolina and was back on stage Tuesday evening. He hit the latter over his company’s past investment in a private prison system during aof Sanders’ gun control positions, “and wanted a waiting period...of 12 hours.” He also renewed accusations, leveled in a recent ad spot targeting Sanders, that the Vermont Senator had considered running against Obama in 2012.

 

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