Willie Brown: Joe Biden looks like he could win, but looks can be deceiving

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Willie with an interesting take as always.



Joe Biden looks like he could win, but looks can be deceiving

Uncle Joe is in, but can he win?

At this point, I’m not sure.

On paper, former Vice President Joe Biden is the best of the countless Democrats running for the 2020 nomination.

Unfortunately for Biden, his bio also includes the infamous 1991 confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.

As Senate Judiciary Committee chair, Biden did nothing to curb the harsh questioning of Anita Hill, who had accused Thomas of sexual harassment. Biden has since expressed regret for his role and apologized to Hill, but she said last week that “sorry” isn’t good enough. “There needs to be an apology to the American public because we know now how deeply disappointed Americans around the country were about what they saw,” she told the New York Times.

Indeed, Thomas’ confirmation was both a turning point for the court and for blacks in America. Thomas took the “African American seat” after Justice Thurgood Marshall retired, but in Thomas’ time on the court, blacks have seen ruling after ruling directed at rolling back many of the advances we made over the years.

The feeling is especially strong among black women in the South, whose support will be crucial if Biden is to post primary victories in that region and pile up delegates over Sens. Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and all the rest.

President Trump responded quickly to Biden’s candidacy, welcoming him to the race in a tweet that called him “Sleepy Joe.”

He may have a point. Biden is not exactly Mr. Excitement.

And then, as KPIX-TV political reporter Melissa Caen reminded me, there’s also the the 1988 presidential campaign when Biden dropped out after he was caught plagiarizing a British Labor Party leader’s speech.

At the time, my friend Herb Caen suggested he could open a restaurant. He even suggested a name: “Un-Original Joe’s.”


https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics...n-13799751.php

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The Dem Party has been going through a huge transformation. With all they now espouse I can't see them allowing Creepy Joe to get the nomination.