Opinion: What to watch for when Biden and Beto launch
Former vice president Joe Biden speaks at the Chuck Hagel Forum in Global Leadership, on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Omaha, in Omaha, Neb., on Feb. 28, 2019.
On race, Biden’s decades-old remarks about segregation and his championing of the crime bill in the 1990′s are a potential, not unsubstantial problem with one of the most critical groups in the coalition, African Americans. He will need to take this issue head-on, right up front, express remorse and explain how he has learned about racial injustice over the years. Humility and candor in a major speech with an African American audience might be his best chance to put this behind him.
In a way, O’Rourke has all the problems Biden doesn’t — and few of the deficits that Biden must address. O’Rourke, 46, can raise gobs of money online — and likely will when he enters the race. His Senate race showed he can generate wild enthusiasm among nonwhite voters and young people. He has a vision — healing American, listening to one another, embracing diversity. However, he will be in the spotlight from the get-go, and will have to answer three questions.
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