Joe Biden And Kamala Harris Selected As Time Magazine Person Of The Year

 I think at one time, it was known as "Man Of The Year" and now two people share the singular title of  Time Magazine "Person Of The Year".  President Elect Joe Biden and Vice President Elect Kamala Harris share the title for 2020.

Bernie Sanders Drops Out

Senator Bernie Sanders, who in two presidential campaigns, has inspired a huge following and has brought excitement to the political scene, is dropping out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Sanders, whose Democratic Socialism, as he termed it, inspired many who have been skeptical of politics.  It was, however, a style not embraced by most party leaders, many afraid the label would be associated with Communism. 

In 2016, Sanders, easily identified by his first name, stayed in the race, even when it was clear that Hilary Clinton would be the nominee.  Many Democrats blame Sanders for Clinton's loss to Donald Trump while many others think that the Vermont senator would have done much better in the general election. 

Sanders is the last to drop out of  what was once a huge Democratic field.  This clears the way for former Vice President Joe Biden. 

Can Biden Change History?

Former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden has ridden from the ashes to claim big victories on Super Tuesday.
While the nomination could be well within his reach, a presidential victory over an incumbent president could prove more difficult.
Democratic Vice Presidents, excluding LBJ, who was president at the time, Democratic sitting and former Vice Presidents during my lifetime have been unable to win a presidential election.
Why? Well,  two of the three, since Biden has yet to get the nomination, were nominated after overcoming serious opposition.  Democrats love fresh faces.  Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barak Obama were barely known in the years before winning the White House.  To that end, they picked established names out of the senate.  These were solid long time Senators.  Joe Biden would certainly fall in that category.   They may have used party connections to beat out other candidates who could generate excitement (Eugene McCarthy, Gary Hart, Bernie Sanders), with the exception of Gore, who  had to fight a 3rd party effort by consumer advocate Ralph Nader in the general election cycle, getting rank and file support proved to be difficult.

Fiction Meets Reality

Julia Louis-Dreyfus who plays the Vice President on the hit HBO TV series The Veep and real Vice President Joe Biden combined to make this video satirizing the lack of respect that the office brings.  The video was played at the White House Correspondence Dinner.   As usual, the president's speech was well received as he poked fun of both his allies and foes.