Richardcyoung.com

The Online Home of Author and Investor, Dick Young

  • Home
  • How We Are Different
  • About Us
    • Foundation Principles
    • Contributors
  • Investing
    • You’ve Read The Last Issue of Intelligence Report, Now What?
  • Your Survival Guy
  • The Great Reset
  • COVID-19
  • My Rifles
  • Dividends and Compounding
  • Your Security
  • The Swiss Way
  • Dick Young
  • Debbie Young
  • Key West
  • Paris
  • Dick’s R&B Top 100
  • Liberty & Freedom Map
  • Bank Credit & Money
  • Your Survival Guy’s Super States
  • NNT & Cholesterol
  • Work to Make Money/Invest to Save Money
  • Your Health
  • Ron Paul
  • US Treasury Yield Curve

Is Iowa the End of Biden?

February 6, 2020 By The Editors

Joe Biden speaks at the PD&R Event, April 7, 2015. Photo courtesy of USHUD.

Were former Vice President Joe Biden’s chances irreparably dashed with his major loss in Iowa? Jeet Heer believes so, writing at The Nation:

These are dismal results for Biden, who is often treated as the front-runner in the race. To be sure, Iowa was long considered a tough state for him, given that the Democratic voters there are both more liberal and more white than in most other states.

But it’s not like Biden had no advantages in Iowa. Unlike Sanders, Warren, or Amy Klobuchar, Biden wasn’t tied up with the impeachment hearings. This meant he could appear at many more campaign events. Pete Buttigieg also had that lucky break, and fully exploited it.

Biden’s trouble was that his base was less passionate than that of his rivals. Biden’s speaking events were sparsely attended, and he himself wasn’t eager to take to the hustings. As CNN reported, “The 77-year-old third-time presidential contender took a sluggish, front-runner’s approach there. He held no more than two or three events per day, and the crowds at those events—consistently dwarfed when his leading rivals campaigned in the same cities and towns—were a sign of trouble: Democratic voters there lacked enthusiasm for the former vice president.”

Former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack, who endorsed Biden, tried to push back on reports that supporters were lukewarm. “I am incredibly passionate about Joe Biden, but I’m not hootin’, hollerin’ guy,” Vilsack explained to CNN. “I’m just not. I never have been, never will be. But don’t tell me I’m not as passionate as any one of those folks that’s going to those Buttigieg events or Warren events. And that’s true of a lot of these folks who are here today.”

But the lack of hooting and hollering wasn’t just a matter of manners; it was evidence of a genuine flaw in Biden’s campaign. Biden really hasn’t given anyone a reason to vote for him. He’s run as a restorationist candidate, one who will return Washington to normal after Trump, bringing back the good old days of bipartisan cooperation.

Read more here.

Related Posts

  • Biden Flashback
  • Biden Wrong with Scary Consistency
  • Election Tracker 2020: Biden Faces Imminent NH Catastrophe
  • Author
  • Recent Posts
The Editors
Latest posts by The Editors (see all)
  • THE NEWS? Believe Nothing, Trust Nothing, and Question Everything - August 10, 2022
  • Russian Invasion of Ukraine Speeds of EU Integration of Eastern European Nations - August 10, 2022
  • REGION AT RISK? Chaos of War Surrounds Ukrainian Nuclear Plant - August 8, 2022

Dick Young’s Must Reads

  • The Problem in America
  • The Three Best Retirement Decisions I Ever Made
  • DEATH SPIRAL: Crime Soars in Democrats’ #DEFUNDTHEPOLICE Cities
  • The Case for Individual Stocks: Now More than Ever
  • Warning! Your Survival Guy’s on a Boil Water Advisory
  • The Four Most Important Words in Investing
  • The Clock is Ticking: You Must Protect Your Family
  • Tucker Carlson Interviews My Favorite Florida Farmer
  • You Need to Seek Some Shelter for When Things Get Ugly
  • Gold’s 50-Year Price Explosion

Our Most Popular Posts

  • Who Benefits from and Orchestrated the Trump Raid?
  • The Higher Taxes, Bigger IRS, and More Inflation Act of 2022
  • Did China Buy Land in North Dakota to Spy on Air Force Base?
  • A Conservative Case for Optimism
  • Your Retirement Life: Let the Slow and Steady Be Your Way of LIFE
  • Pelosi’s Trip a "Pointless Gesture That Brought Us Closer to Military Conflict"
  • DESANTIS RESISTS: Suspends Soros-Funded Destruction of America
  • Kamala Harris Facing the Political Opportunity of a Lifetime
  • Immigrants Poised to FLOOD THE BORDER After Democrats Reject Title 42
  • Who Is Alex Jones?

Disclosure

RSS Youngresearch.com

  • PRIMARY RESULTS: Pro-Trump Candidates Clean Up
  • Prices for Electric Vehicles Going UP
  • Europeans Closing Businesses Early to Save on Energy
  • Your Retirement Life: Let the Slow and Steady Be Your Way of LIFE
  • Resilient Nordic Market Spawns Fast Growing Offshoot
  • If the Phone Doesn’t Ring…It’s Me
  • SHOCK: Home Prices FALL in San Francisco as Market Dries Up
  • Federal Reserve Governor Signals MORE Big Rate Hikes
  • DESANTIS RESISTS: Suspends Soros-Funded Destruction of America
  • Despite All the Money Involved, Crypto Is Still a Wild Market

Republicans Acquiesce to Democrats’ Abuses of Power

The Woke Enforcers

BLUE STATE BLUES: There’s No Way Out of This for Democrats

THE NEWS? Believe Nothing, Trust Nothing, and Question Everything

Russian Invasion of Ukraine Speeds of EU Integration of Eastern European Nations

Victor Davis Hanson: How to Bust DC’s Stronghold

Copyright © 2022 | Terms & Conditions | About Us | Dick Young | Archives