Perspective: Can Biden rebrand himself as anything other than Obama’s wingman?
By Steven Levingston Steven Levingston Email Bio Follow April 26 at 4:17 PM When Joe Biden finally announced his presidential candidacy on Thursday, he seemed almost unrecognizable — no longer the avuncular sidekick Americans came to know during the Obama administration. In a sober three-minute video, he frowned and fretted as frightening clips of neo-Nazi marchers rolled. “We are,” he declared, “in the battle for the soul of this nation.” His voice was firm, his gaze sharp, his lips tight.
In politics, and even a little bit in his personal life, Biden was married to Obama. They shared high-profile man-hugs on stage at rallies, walked arm-in-arm through the White House, and shed tears at funerals and other moving events such as Biden’s Medal of Freedom ceremony. Photos showed the duo on their presidential adventures — in the Situation Room, at Ray’s Hell Burger in Arlington, Va., at a memorial for shooting victims in Orlando, on the White House putting green, in St.
Emerging from Obama’s shadow is fraught with risks. Detached, Biden may be less attractive and therefore less popular with voters. This explains why, even as he steps out on his own, he espouses a campaign refrain of running as “an Obama-Biden Democrat.” The coming primaries will test his solitary appeal; should he falter, it might be because of the dimming Obama glow.
But without Obama, Biden loses the easy popularity that shield provided, and his stumbles take on a graver significance. The stakes are higher now when he makes women uncomfortable by touching them, as several have said he did. Anita Hill said this past week that she wants “real accountability” for the dismissive way he treated her during Clarence Thomas’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
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