And as for whether or not he’s expecting a coronation, we’ve got that answer, too. The single most significant moment of the night was when Kamala Harris went after him with a stiletto over civil rights and busing.
Biden didn’t apologize, and he didn’t hesitate: He went right back at her, saying that this was “a mischaracterization of my positions across the board” and noting that after law school, he became a public defender, not a prosecutor. It was the only time all night where Harris looked shaken.
Understand this: Biden’s electoral pitch is unorthodox. Most elections are forward-looking. Biden is positing that the Trump experiment is such an aberration that people want a restoration. He literally said this in his closing statement: He wants to “restore the soul of this nation.”
People were swinging for Biden. And he answered the bell.
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