Joe Biden’s first presidential campaign in 1988 ended in such disaster that veterans of that effort still call it the “'87 campaign” — a humbling nod to the fact that Biden dropped out before the calendar year of the actual election.
Biden’s arrival at the White House on Jan. 20 will be celebrated by many. But for a select group, it will be particularly sweet. Veterans of Biden’s first presidential campaign — a number of whom still work for him — have been reconnecting and reminiscing, talking about the long-awaited Biden presidency and how the candidate has changed or stayed the same since that first, painful run.
“A lot of politics is being in the right place at the right time,” said Ted Kaufman, Biden’s longtime aide, who has been with him since his first 1972 campaign. “The 1988 race wasn’t the right time and when Biden failed to get traction in 2008, many in his inner circle thought it was the end of his presidential ambitions. “2008 was going to be the end right? Obama was the right candidate and he wasn’t. But he’s just the perfect candidate for this year.
over the summer. And, for a brief period, there was a notion that he was a Kennedy reincarnated. And then, he withered under the spotlight that came with it.from British Labor Leader Neil Kinnock for his own closing address at the Iowa State Fair in August, without crediting Kinnock. Biden had used parts of Kinnock’s speech before with the proper citationBut, he said, he had forgotten to do so at the well-attended Iowa fair, where the national media was watching.
John Anzalone, a senior pollster for Biden’s 2020 campaign, was a 23-year-old Biden organizer in Iowa’s 4th District during the 1988 run. “It’s very unusual that you would have a group that all came together 33 years ago, and you can look back on and say a lot of these people have emerged as leading lights in the Democratic Party in the United States,” said Wilhelm, Biden’s Iowa campaign manager in ’88. “I think that’s to Joe Biden’s credit, and I think it’s to the credit of the campaign.”
Recipe for a win... 1 cup of mail-in voting 2 cups of news media malpractice (Hunter's laptop) 1/2 a cup of unilateral rule changes in PA Stir well until you can manufacture a win.
Would have been another disaster if Covid-19 didnt happen and still a close one.
Lying about your college degrees, plagiarizing speeches... fast forward to 2021... your VP elect called you a racist, and 50% of the country didn’t vote for you. I’d say he’s improving...
🇫🇷 1965 Socialiste François Mitterrand / Général de Gaulle 1974 Socialiste François Mitterrand /Valéry Giscard d’Estaing '....the humiliation is still easy to remember, but it doesn’t sting as much, if at all. That’s what winning the presidency can do' 1981 - 1995 Mitterrand
Time does tell
It helped that the MSM covered and protected him.
This is one of those cases where you can say everything happens for a reason. He lost in '88 because we need him now.
32 years ago. So glad Joe Biden didn't give up! He's as tenacious as he is a sincere public servant. All things in their own time. Joe Biden's time is now. America's time 2evolve our democracy is now. This is an Auspicious time 2come together, UNITE the People, BUILD BETTER.😷😁
But NOTHING AT ALL CAN DIMINISH HIS GOODNESS, HIS COMPASSION AND HIS DEDICATION TO HELPING AMERICA RETURN TO THE ONE WE LOVE AND BELIEVE IN AND DEPEND ON!
1987... A time when the press held both sides accountable... miss those times.
Well this just shows the same type of people that got Trump elected can also get Biden elected yeah I said that.
And we all know he was gonna to lose to Bernie until the dem machine propped him up.
People fail at things all the time. For instance, your editors fail daily in the content they choose to publish. But that doesn't have to be the end of a story. But, then again, maybe it should for your editors
Al Gore ran that year too. I voted for him in the MD primary. He didn’t exactly cover himself in glory either.
God I wish we had a decent and fair media
JoeBiden is a serial plagiarist and liar. He lied about things as petty as his school rank. He also lied about being arrested, about trying to cut SS, about being for the Iraq War. Are we getting the politicians we deserve? 🤦♀️🤦🤦♂️
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