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crazytown

(7,277 posts) Sun Apr 28, 2019, 10:45 AM Apr 2019

NYT: Obama and Biden's partnership.

Biden and Obama’s ‘Odd Couple’ Relationship Aged Into Family Ties
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/28/us/politics/barack-obama-biden.html

An excellent New York Times essay tracing Obama and Bidrn’s shared history from Barack’s arrival in the Senate to the final days of the Administration.

I’m sceptical about a Biden Presidency, but I found two things fairly encouraging:-

Mr. Biden was given some of the highest-profile assignments of Mr. Obama’s presidency, including overseeing the stimulus program, managing the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and drafting an ultimately failed gun control package.

He was also the in-house skeptic on the use of force, arguing against a troop surge to Afghanistan, military intervention in Libya and the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

and

Mr. Obama ceded to Mr. Biden tasks he clearly did not care for himself, most prominently negotiations with Congress. Time and again, it fell to Mr. Biden to parachute in to cut a deal that had eluded the president. In Mr. Biden, Republicans saw someone they could do business with when they gave up on Mr. Obama.

“Dealing with President Obama was like traveling on a one-way street — it was his way or the highway,” said former Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the House Republican leader during the Obama administration. “When you dealt with Joe Biden, you actually had the opportunity to be heard. He was interested in understanding your viewpoint.”

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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NYT: Obama and Biden's partnership. (Original Post) crazytown Apr 2019 OP

I Look Forward to Hearing Vice Pres. Biden's Ideas on Foreign Policy McKim Apr 2019 #1

... crazytown Apr 2019 #2

I know Biden was a working Vice President.. Cha Apr 2019 #3

McKim

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1. I Look Forward to Hearing Vice Pres. Biden's Ideas on Foreign Policy

Reply to crazytown (Original post)

Sun Apr 28, 2019, 11:16 AM

Apr 2019

I look forward to hearing about Vice President Biden’s ideas on foreign policy. Having spent the last 15 years in the Peace Movement I need to hear about our future. Watching those trillions squandered on wars has been painful. I want those resources spent to help our people! About 40% of kids in my city’s public school are on free lunch!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

crazytown

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2. ...

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Sun Apr 28, 2019, 02:25 PM

Apr 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Cha

(297,280 posts)

3. I know Biden was a working Vice President..

Reply to crazytown (Original post)

Mon Apr 29, 2019, 12:18 AM

Apr 2019

And, President Obama values him immensely.

I certainly don't take anything eric cantor says at face value, tho.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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