It’s been reasonable to suspect he’ll run for the Presidency, and that now appears to be confirmed. He’s run twice before. This time, he’s been Vice President for 8 years.
If he does, Clinton is done. Biden doesn’t have any major scandals or suspicion to overcome. He’s been in politics for nearly four decades, and everybody knows him. He’s got the lock on New England and he’ll sweep the labor unions. He’s safe, charismatic, and connected. He doesn’t even really have to campaign for it.
Clinton will fall by the wayside. Bernie Sanders isn’t going to happen. The party is going to nominate Biden in the primaries.
We can make all the jokes we want about Biden’s gaffes. The fact is, this guy gets stuff done on gun control. He wrote the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which we know as the “assault weapons ban.” Though the Act had a whole slew of provisions, Biden made it clear that it was about “guns, guns, guns.” He broke the four-year Republican filibuster against it and managed the compromises leading to its passage.
After Sandy Hook, it was Biden the administration chose to take point on gun initiatives. There’s a reason for that. We underestimate this guy at our peril.
So, what’s to be done? Here’s the answer folks won’t like.
Vote Republican. No matter who it is. Don’t ☠☠☠☠ing vote for Rand Paul and prattle about conscience. This is politics. Don’t tell me you’re not going to vote as a form of “protest.” Suck it up and realize that this is really going to be about the lesser of two evils.
While we’re at it, pay attention to your Senators and Representatives. The balance in the legislature tends to change in a President’s first midterm. If Biden wins, he could pull them to his side in 2018. If a Republican wins, he could lose the Senate at that point.
Unless the Republicans run a real winner (ehh…), the next four years could be really tough for gun rights.