Biden nearly declares his candidacy with a slip of the tongue

[brooklynite]

NBC News

DOVER, Del. — Joe Biden nearly declared his candidacy several weeks ahead of schedule as he previewed the message he’d take to the campaign, telling his home state Democrats that he had “the most progressive record of anybody running” even as he appealed for a return to bridge-building politics of consensus.

Biden’s keynote address to the Delaware Democratic Party’s largest annual fundraising dinner was not supposed to be an announcement speech. But for the second time in less than a week he walked close to the line as he addressed a very friendly audience.

As he spoke longingly of what he called the “Delaware Way” — the politics of a small state where Republicans and Democrats can do battle but do so respectfully — Biden noted he has been criticized at times by what he called the “New Left.”

“I have the most progressive record of anybody running,” he said, prompting a standing ovation from the hundreds on hand and a quick correction from the former vice president. “I didn’t mean it. Of anybody who would run!”

[LakeArenal]

1. Love me Biden....

A slip of the tounge? I doubt it.

We know, he knows, all the children know.

Biden/???? 2020.

[BeyondGeography]

2. The gaffe that keeps on giving

Biden slipped up? NO!

I don’t envision supporting him but I hope he runs. No one makes Trump wet his diaper more.

[33taw]

7. That statement alone may make me go Biden.

[mainstreetonce]

3. Here's to a long four years

of Biden gaffes.

[UniteFightBack]

18. I call it being human! nt

[marylandblue]

4. I hope he learns to double down on all his gaffes

That's how Trump gets away with it. Just keep going and never apologize or walk it back.

[democratisphere]

5. Joe Biden is definitely in for 2020.

I predict drumpf will be out and gone for 2020.

[cwydro]

17. I think so too.

I also think that was no gaffe lol.

The shitgibbon is terrified of Biden.

[OrlandoDem2]

6. RUN, JOE, RUN!!!

[dalton99a]

8. Not a good idea to mention the "Delaware Way" that gave us the 2005 Bankruptcy Act

[shanny]

26. No sh!t.

That will bite him big time in the primaries. As it should.

[Gothmog]

9. From AMJOY

Link to tweet

?s=20

[UniteFightBack]

19. That's right the group was mostly being practical and pragmatic because they know we gotta beat

rump and ever since my right wing co-worker said 'Biden scares me' over a year ago I've been thinking Biden is it.

[Demit]

10. I honestly don't understand the big tease act.

[WeekiWater]

11. He is currently running the best campaign out of all of them.

The polls are including him, people keep talking about him, he seems to have staff in place, yet he isn’t being hit with some of the things a more conventional campaign gets hit with. All of this is at no cost to him as well.

[Demit]

14. On substance?

None of your four things have anything to do with policies. It's all surface stuff. Empty. No substance.

[WeekiWater]

16. Why get into substance at this point unless you have to.

I didn’t omit that. It was in concert with my “conventional campaign” comment. We are a long way out from voting. Sanders didn’t make his formal announcement last time until the end of May. It’s absurdley early. Why be put on the spot with policy right now if you don’t have to? He is benefiting from controlling his own narrative.

[Demit]

22. I agree--that Biden will avoid substance as long as he can, that is.

He'll bask in his (perceived) popularity as long as he can. This is a total vanity project for him, this part. I wonder if he's aware of what's waiting for him, once he can't "control his own narrative" any longer. It's really kind of sad.

[WeekiWater]

23. Great campaign tactic at this point. We seem to be in agreement. NT

[shanny]

27. We agree.

This is only good for Uncle Joe while he's on the sidelines. Once he is in his record will be examined--and it isn't good. Not now. He should save himself the scrutiny and us the embarrassment.

[peggysue2]

12. I listened to that last night

The people in the room went wild, got to their feet and started clapping and chanting.

The statement may have been a gaffe but the excitement it generated was genuine.

[customerserviceguy]

13. It has been said

that a gaffe is just the truth spoken awkwardly.

[BlueStater]

15. The nearly 80-year-old white guy who first held political office in the early 1970s.

Nothing quite says "the future" like that. I'm just so excited.

[UniteFightBack]

20. At least the seasoned hand knows all the players both domestic and foreign to try to

put humpty back together again.

That's one thing about me...I was never against old folk. I always thought old folk have the most to offer. I've thought this my whole life even when I was very young. It just so happens the near 80 year old white guy has the best chance at beating the near 80 year old orange guy hands down. Who else comes close?

[brooklynite]

25. Fun fact: he became a Senator before Pete Buttigieg was born...

[shanny]

28. Amen.

Joe is the past...and the past wasn't good.

[bernie59]

21. I'd be very happy for Biden to run.

But I will always think of what could have been in 2016.

[Luciferous]

24. Why doesn't he just announce already? The whole will he or won't he thing is getting old.