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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 10 May 2019

      Michael Tracey Retweeted Greg Sargent

      Another key advantage Biden has that Hillary lacked:https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1126940488756494337 …

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      Greg SargentVerified account @ThePlumLineGS
      Replying to @yeselson @DavidKlion @pasta_ben
      Biden as veep four years ago (as opposed to running for a third straight term of his party) gives him the added advantage of conveying "restoration" for these types of voters. Dose of nostalgia thrown in.
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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 10 May 2019

      And another advantage I forgot to mention in the piece: Biden recently shut down his personal "foundation," which was nowhere near the scope of the Clinton Foundation -- which the Clintons refused to shut down in 2016, leading to (accurate) accusations of nepotism and corruption

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    3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 10 May 2019

      It’s amazing to me how quick people are to scream that I’m somehow “shilling” for Biden, as if I suddenly decided that I love him and want him to be president. No, I’m just trying to describe the dynamics operative in a Democratic primary. Descriptive vs normative: look it up

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    4. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 11 May 2019

      Hillary didn't benefit from her association with Obama nearly as much as Biden because 1) she ran against Obama in 2008 and attacked him viciously 2) She wasn't elected twice on the same ticket as Obama, unlike Biden 3) Biden's personal relationship with Obama is much closer

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    5. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 11 May 2019

      According to a study of Facebook sentiment data in 2014, Biden was the most popular Democrat in the country. The study showed that 67% of the conversation on Facebook about him was positive, far outscoring Hillary on that metrichttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bensmith/the-facebook-election …

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    6. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 11 May 2019

      That will probably drop somewhat as he participates in a contentious primary race. But it indicates that the baseline of "positivity" Democrats feel toward him is much higher than Hillary's ever was, which is yet another major strength he possesses relative to Hillary

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2019
      Replying to @mtracey

      To what would you attribute Biden's greater popularity over Hillary Clinton?

      3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    8. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 11 May 2019
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      Closer association with Obama, a highly popular former president whom Hillary ran against and sharply attacked. Conversely, Biden was elected on the same ticket as Obama twice. Projects less of an appearance of corruption and mendacity. Also vague sense of greater "authenticity"

      3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2019
      Replying to @mtracey

      Hillary was Obama's Secretary of State! That's a top cabinet position. And his ties to credit card companies surely as bad as anything Clinton did. Also the plagiarist of Neil Kinnock hardly seems non-mendacious & authentic.

      3 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
    10. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 11 May 2019
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      Most Democratic voters are not aware of what transpired in Biden's 1988 campaign. Secretary of State is a top position, but VP lent itself to greater association with Obama, if only for the simple fact that it entailed Biden getting elected twice on the same ticket as Obama.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2019
      Replying to @mtracey

      Most voters have only a vague sense of any candidates back story but some of it comes out in elections. Biden has baggage. Do you think other Dems & GOP won't bring it up?

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        2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 11 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          In the minds of most Democratic primary voters, I think whatever "baggage" Biden possessed in the 1980s and 1990s will be overridden by a fondness for his eight years spent working side by side as the most trusted confidant of the first black president.

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        3. Jimmy Inkwell  👊 👊 👊 🌹‏ @JimmyInkwell 11 May 2019
          Replying to @mtracey @HeerJeet

          Lucky ol' racist Joe and his famous one black friend.

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        1. Devoted to the Mit'a‏ @will3kray 11 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mtracey

          Biden’s baggage is no where near Hillary’s Hillary is also not as popular as joe Biden

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        2. Jesse Walker‏ @notjessewalker 11 May 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mtracey

          I've come to think that Biden's baggage is baked in (sorry for the mixed metaphor), kind of like Trump's. Also like Trump: He appears to be gaffe-proof, and his tendency to fib a lot somehow makes him seem more rather than less authentic. (To his core fans, if not to you & me.)

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 11 May 2019
          Replying to @notjessewalker @HeerJeet

          A "gaffe" is only damaging if it reveals something that was previously hidden, like Romney's 47% comment. Barring something truly unexpected, any random Biden flub is not going to "reveal" anything that wasn't already widely known about his persona.

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