It’s Election Year, and Bernie’s Doing Great

2. Joe Biden

The Don’t Come in Fourth Place strategy.

The former vice president had a successful last week, in terms of providing enough just-barely-newsworthy content for political media to aggregate, maybe run a couple of takes about, and keep homepages fresh during the holidays for the few people paying attention. He said at one rally that coal miners should “learn to program” and at another that he would consider a Republican for vice president except no one came to mind because they’re all cowards. Click, close, forget. For all of the noise, Biden has a straightforward task this month: Spend enough time in Iowa and New Hampshire to not come in an embarrassing fourth place in them, after which state primary electorates will diversify, to his benefit. A 10-stop Iowa bus tour to open the year, along with the first endorsement from an Iowa member of Congress, is a good start.

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