Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumBooker chases breakout moment by going after Biden
After struggling to gain momentum in the 2020 presidential race, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has been given a chance for a breakout moment at next week's debate: a faceoff with former Vice President Joe Biden, with whom he has already tussled for weeks.
Booker has already been one of Bidens sharpest and most vocal critics among the 2020 contenders, notably going after Biden's comments about working with segregationist senators decades ago. Booker has also gone hard after Biden on criminal justice reform, eliciting a stark defense from the former vice president's camp on Wednesday, signaling a feud that's becoming intensely personal.
Booker, a junior senator from New Jersey and former mayor of Newark, has struggled to stand out in a crowded field of more than two dozen candidates. Booker has yet to break into the top tier of candidates and has yet to qualify for the fall debates, which will have much tougher criteria.
Entry will require candidates to register at least 2 percent support in four or more national polls or statewide polls in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina as well as donations from at least 130,000 individual donors.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/454818-booker-chases-breakout-moment-by-going-after-biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
hlthe2b
(102,379 posts)and watch later. I am so tense with the mere thought we'd not be able to remove/defeat Trump.
This is not reducing my dread and anxiety, damn it!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)record to give him that support, so he tries to tear down Bidens. I used to respect him. No more.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
highplainsdem
(49,041 posts)Exactly.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oasis
(49,410 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
defacto7
(13,485 posts)He's not going to be the one who takes tRump down so all he is doing is undermining democrats who may have a chance. We do not need division in the party.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
msongs
(67,453 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)it looks a little like a young man pouncing on an older man. I'm not sure these are the optics he was looking for.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
treestar
(82,383 posts)it seems like attacks on Joe just backfire.
They should save it for the Orange Dotard Moron.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Sure, the Primaries are testing grounds, but we shouldn't deliver ammo to the Greedy Old Pricks.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,720 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
jalan48
(13,888 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
tritsofme
(17,403 posts)He should consider how these sorts of gratuitous attacks, that will do nothing to help his quixotic campaign, will impact his influence in Washington under the next Democratic administration..
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
treestar
(82,383 posts)besides making him look negative.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden