Joe Biden's decision to run in 2020: the inside story of his deliberation over three years

[highplainsdem]

From late April, but worth a reread:

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/04/28/election-2020-how-joe-biden-arrived-decision-run-president/3607583002/

Joe Biden spent a hot August day at his lakefront Delaware home watching hatred on display in Charlottesville, Virginia, where torch-wielding white supremacists had marched through town. A counterprotester advocating racial equality was killed when a white supremacist drove his car into a crowd.

When President Donald Trump blamed the violence on "both sides," the former vice president says he was stunned.

He turned to his closest advisers — his family — to discuss what to do next.

Spread out across the country, the Bidens quickly convened through a series of group text messages. For months, they'd weighed whether Biden, whose two prior White House campaigns were abject failures, should try again.

There was now consensus: Prepare to run against Trump.

Biden's sister and longtime political confidante, Valerie Biden Owens, described Trump's comments as a "blow" to the man who had served as the No. 2 to America's first black president.

"It really started percolating, and the essence of this was Charlottesville," Biden Owens said. "I can tell you that was a major motivating moment for my brother — and the entire family."

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[Thekaspervote]

1. Interesting..always good to hear the inside story

[Gothmog]

2. K&R

[Cha]

3. Very important information..

Mahalo, highplainsdem!

[oasis]

4. Main thing, Joe's running now when we need him most. nt

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5. Kick!

A kick from here to tomorrow.

And a GO4JOE2020, of course.