Opinion: Why are some people down on Joe Biden?
Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday. By Ed Rogers Ed Rogers Opinion writer focusing on politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer May 6 at 2:54 PM A Washington whispering campaign continues to insinuate, infer and otherwise suggest — often without leaving an identifiable trace — that Joe Biden just cannot win. He cannot win the Democratic nomination or the general election.
Today, some on the left are suggesting that “electability” is somehow a dog whistle for proponents of the white patriarchy in much the same way that supporters of Sen. Elizabeth Warren called “likability” an unfair barrier at the beginning of this year. “Metrics like authenticity and likability and electability are just code that we use against candidates who are not like what we are used to,” a spokeswoman for Emily’s List told Vox in March.
For some Democrats, it is not enough to like their nominee — they must love him. Call it the “rapture” factor, dating back to John F. Kennedy and Camelot. Making sense is too low a bar for that segment of the Democratic Party that time and again puts its feelings first.
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