Campaign says Biden misspoke on Iraq War

[demmiblue]

Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden's campaign said Monday that the former vice president misspoke when he said that he immediately opposed the Iraq War.

"Vice President Biden misspoke by saying that he declared his opposition to the war immediately," senior campaign adviser Antony Blinken told The Washington Post for a fact-checking piece on Biden's Iraq stance.

"He opposed the way we went to war and the way the war was being carried out. He has for many years called his vote a mistake and takes full responsibility for it."

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/460510-biden-campaign-says-candidate-misspoke-on-iraq-war

[BeyondGeography]

1. That statement was indefensible

Good move to clear that one off the decks, particularly before the debate.

[zentrum]

4. Agree.

[TCJ70]

2. I hope he's not the nominee.

I do NOT want to spend four or eight years with another president who has to be reinterpreted, constantly has a foot in their mouth, can't keep their story straight. I see Trump supporters bend in all kinds of different pretzel shapes to justify Trumps stupidity, and while Biden wouldn't be anywhere near the level Trump would, I just don't want to have to deal with it.

[Autumn]

3. I'm hearing the same thing from Democrats who really like and admire Biden.

I myself was happy when there was buzz he might run before the primaries began. Then he began his campaign. He's leaps and bounds better than, Trump or any Republicans but enough of cleaning up missteps. We have candidates who don't have to walk back or apologize for confusion or anything they have said and done in their campaigns.

[Tipperary]

8. Yes, I am one of those Democrats.

I like Biden a lot, but I just think he has missed his time.

[Celerity]

5. as long as Bernie stays in the race, Biden is a near lock for the nomination

There is no Plan B in the centre-left/moderate lane, and enough Sanders supporters (NOT speaking of the DU ones) will never switch and vote for Warren in numbers large enough to make up the difference. Harris had a chance to perhaps make a play for the middle, but she instead went hard left (why, I do not know) and is now in a diminishing limbo of not being favoured by the left and has alienated the potential pulls from Biden's lanes with her ill-informed attacks on him.

The nomination is Biden's to lose as long as Bernie stays in. The only way I see Warren having a shot at it is IF Bernie dropped out and wholeheartedly endorsed Warren. That will not happen. Many of his supporters will not listen to him even if he did that. He is Biden's best asset for the nomination (along with the penumbra of the Obama years), which is why I find it so curious that many of his supporters just tear into Sanders non-stop. If Warren dropped out, there would still not be enough of her support who would slide over to Bernie for him to win either.

The only way I see Biden not winning the nomination who be a complete systemic collapse or some major health issue appearing out of nowhere. Both of those are extremely unlikely.

IF Bernie had truly cared about having a progressive POTUS, he should have never run this time and jumped on the Warren train from the start. I do not think him capable of such an act. He projects an aura of 'It is only ME who can save us'. That is not a message that the country needs right now. We already see the results of that type of behaviour as it is.

[TCJ70]

6. Agreed 100%

If Sanders doesn’t do well in Iowa I wonder how that changes his outlook on the race. An endorsement of Warren by him would go a long way, I think.

[crazytown]

7. "Biden is a near lock for the nomination"

Guess you didn't notice this -



Sure, the reliability of any poll as a forecast must be heavily qualified, but if I had to choose between

A) A survey of 16,525 registered voters in 18 states that will hold early primaries and caucuses, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.8 points.; and

B) an off the bat musing by would be DU seers

guess which one I would consider first.

[Celerity]

11. I stand by my post, we shall see how it plays out. nt

[Autumn]

13. If memory serves me all of those states but 3 or 4 are reliably red states in just

about any general election.

[crazytown]

14. I thought the question was about the nomination

not the GE. On the convention floor, the votes of delegates from reliably red states count the same as anyone else.

[Autumn]

15. One leads to the other, they are connected. I'm not surprised at all that Biden or any other

moderate would do well in moderate states early in any primary.

[karynnj]

17. VT, CA, MA, MN are solid blue, NH, CO, NV, VA have leaned blue in recent elections

So much for solid red.

[Autumn]

19. I didn't say solid red. I said if memory serves three or 4 on that map are reliably red. I may

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have been off a couple.

[karynnj]

20. You said all BUT 4 ... so you are significantly off

[Autumn]

21. I said if memory serves all those states but 3 or 4 are reliably red in the GE. It was a few more.

I'm obviously not perfect and I didn't take time to look it up. So sue me.

[dsc]

23. considerably more than that

CA, MA, VT, MN have been Dem since at least 92 with MA since 84 and MN since 72. CO, NV, have been Dem in the last 3 elections and are both Dem trifecta states right now. VA was Dem last 3 elections and we are on track for a trifecta there after elections in 19. NH last 3 elections. NC Dem gov, Dem LT gen, Dem Supreme court, more Dem votes for GA and Congress but gerrymandering screwed us.

[questionseverything]

27. they told obama same stuff before iowa

[thesquanderer]

9. re: "There is no Plan B in the centre-left/moderate lane"

You've got Plan B at the bottom of your post.

[Celerity]

10. who is that?

Harris?

She went too hard left, she would have to walk back so much to get there.

[thesquanderer]

12. The bottom of your post has a pic of Mayor Pete. Plan B equals Buttigieg! (n/t)

[5starlib]

24. I'd rather deal with a gaffe prone President Biden than another 4 years of Trump

nt

[Bradshaw3]

28. I feel the same way

The pretzel analogy is a good one, and could be used here.

[Joe941]

16. This is concerning to me.

[LanternWaste]

18. I'd pretend the same as you if my narrative demanded it of me.

[USALiberal]

25. what?? nt

[Bradshaw3]

29. Expecting coherence

is expecting too much. He has been stalking me with these posts for some time.

[aikoaiko]

22. Ok, but does Biden know he misspoke?

[questionseverything]

26. lol o my

who broke the news?