A more disciplined Biden learns not to take the bait

[left-of-center2012]

When a supporter at the Las Vegas rally on Tuesday yelled “Trump is Hitler! Get rid of Hitler! Come on, Joe!” some thought it would provoke Biden to go off script.

Biden didn’t take the bait.
“I’m not gonna stoop down to his level,” the former vice president said. “The president has deliberately attempted to divide this nation, and he’s decided to be president for his base. I’ll be president for all Americans.”

“He’s hyper-focused and locked in on how he needs to run this campaign,” said one ally who has had conversations with Biden about the campaign launch. Biden is running a different kind of campaign than he ran in 2008, and his successes so far have surprised onlookers who thought he might struggle in the race’s initial stages.

He’s been successful on the fundraising stage, he hasn’t had any major gaffes and his polling numbers are strong nationally and in early voting states. A Monmouth University poll in New Hampshire this week showed him winning twice the support of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), his closest rival.

Last week, at a fundraiser in Columbia, S.C., Biden was asked by one supporter if he would give Trump a nickname. “There’s so many nicknames I’m inclined to give this guy,” Biden said as the crowd laughed, according to one pool report. “You can just start with clown.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/443125-a-more-disciplined-biden-learns-not-to-take-the-bait

[Cha]

1. Thank you for this!

Good on Biden

[ananda]

2. Excellent!

Go Joe !!!

[peggysue2]

3. That's the way to do it, Joe!

Don't take the bait and do not stoop to the Trumpster's level.

[ucrdem]

5. On a mission, for sure.

He seems much more focused and determined than I've seen him before.

[Skya Rhen]

6. Steady as she goes, Joe. We're with you!

[pdsimdars]

7. Those things are important but most important is his stance in issues . . . like Global Warming.

[Tipperary]

8. K and r.

[KPN]

9. I'd be more surprised if he did take the bait.

Can’t imagine any of our candidates doing so. That’s how normal people react and behave.

[Scurrilous]

10. K&R

[NYMinute]

11. I'm sure Biden is also being advised

by the greatest behind the scenes - President Obama, President Clinton and Hillary.

[Qutzupalotl]

12. Are we sure that was a "supporter"?

I mean, seriously, Hitler? by a frontrunner? The old saw is the first person to mention Hitler automatically loses the debate. Given how over-the-top this person was asking Joe to go, and how foreign actors have played both sides to amplify divisions ... I wonder.