Joe Biden is running as Obama’s heir. The problem: He’s not Obama
Joe Biden and Barack Obama got off to a rocky start in 2007, but they found their way to a mutual respect and good working relationship for the next eight years.
Yet despite a legitimate claim to be the standard-bearer of President Obama’s legacy, Biden faces a fundamental challenge as he seeks his party’s nomination for the White House: Convincing the diverse and youthful coalition that elected Obama to two terms that a 76-year-old white man is the right person to carry the mantle.
David Axelrod, a top Obama adviser, said the former president’s failure to endorse his former vice president shouldn’t come as a surprise -- nor should it be taken as a slight of some kind.
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