Is Bidens campaign dead? (EDIT: Well, this was turned around completely.)

[sundin13]

SpokenTruth said:

sundin13 said:
Been watching the debate alongside the live updates from 538, and Nate Silver made a comment that I've been feeling for a while but haven't really been able to put into words:

"One of the things that people constantly get wrong about Biden, as his pivot toward embracing Warren’s bankruptcy bill shows, is that he’s not really a centrist — instead he’s more of a “generic Democrat” who basically holds the positions that the median Democratic legislator has."

A lot of people seem to worry about Biden's stances from years ago as if they will be predictive of the future. I don't think that is fair, because Biden has shown a propensity to adapt when the winds of change blow in the party. This is why we are seeing his platform shifting so far to the left. The party has moved in that direction. Further, that is why it is so important to not fall into a nihilistic stupor regarding politics if Biden becomes the nominee. If we demonstrate that the party has shifted, I believe Joe Biden will follow suit.

Vote for Joe! #JOEMENTUM

A lot of people call a going-with-the-wind mentality as either being a tailcoat rider or being politically opportunistic. They don't have a moral stance, a set value....just whatever gets them elected/re-elected.

A tailcoat rider never sticks their neck out for real change and lets other people get their hands dirty and then rides in like he's all for it after all.  Sometimes, like Biden, even being against the progressive policy early on (gay marriage, Iraq War, bad trade deals, etc...)

Being politically opportunistic just means you follow whatever trend works.

Adaptability in politics just means you never really cared until you had to "care".

I agree that there are negatives to such a position, but there are also positives, especially when you don't like what an individual has previously stood for. Like I was saying, if you are a Bernie or Bust voter, you can do a lot more good by staying engaged and working to elect Biden and push him to the left, than disengaging and letting Trump have another four years.