Rick Klein: “Assuming Joe Biden does run for president – because, why not? – the non-running phase offers some lessons about what a campaign might look like. Consider what we’ve seen so far… Busted deadlines, both self-imposed (end of summer) and imposed by common sense (first debate) have defined the last few months. So have calculated leaks (meetings, phone calls, operational discussions) that have come from outside and not inside the inner circle, making motives and veracity difficult to discern.”
“Realistically, his campaign would start from a standing stop, with those around him knowing what they need to do in the early states, but not starting to actually do it. It may be that Biden missed whatever moment he might have had, a grieving dad who couldn’t make it happen when he would have needed to. Or, he could get in and still surprise the political world. But don’t expect an operation with any more discipline or predictability than surrounds the man himself.”
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