Soon after a young Joe Biden stunned Delaware by toppling one of its political giants with a scrappy, outsider Senate campaign, he was already planning a quick exit from Washington. AdvertisementNow that he’s won, he’s betting again — this time that his approach will allow him to pull the nation together after the crisis-riddled Trump era. Biden calls that approach the “Delaware Way” — a brand of consensus-oriented politics that has guided lawmakers from a tiny state where moderation dominates politics. But Biden’s experience was exactly what drew Obama to him as a running mate. Biden became known around the White House as the “McConnell whisperer.”Among some liberals, however, Biden got a less positive reputation.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 08, 2020 23:15 UTC