A clash over 1970s-era busing put the former vice president on the defensive and invigorated Harris' lagging campaign, shaking up the Democratic primary.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, left, with the Rev. Jesse Jackson after speaking at the Rainbow PUSH International Convention in Chicago on Friday.
But even as he sought to undo the political damage, Biden courted further backlash when he spoke, inartfully, of a more broad-minded society in which people realize the “kid in the hoodie might be the next poet laureate and not a gang-banger.
“I was actually a bit surprised to hear how he described, in defense of his position, his perspective on the role of federal government,” she said on MSNBC. “Which is why I said, ‘Look we have so many examples in history where states have limited or restricted people’s civil rights.’” “We’ve all done things in the past that we’re not proud of,” said McLemore, who noted she had been bused as a child when she lived in the suburbs here. “I believe Barack Obama would not have chosen him” to be his vice president if Biden were a racist, she said.Ed Rendell, a former Pennsylvania governor and a Biden supporterBiden had largely ignored his rivals since entering the race in April, to his great benefit.
“Not looking up to see if anyone else raised their hands,” Nelson said. “She wasn’t dodging anything.”But the most galvanizing moment of the Democratic race, and the one most likely to bend its course, was the confrontation Harris staged near the midpoint of Thursday night’s debate when, in a tone of sorrow boiling over to anger, she cited Biden’s stance against mandatory busing and his recollection of working with segregationist senators back in the 1970s.
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