Front-runner Joe Biden is campaigning for president on his terms
Just six weeks into his presidential campaign, Joe Biden is running as the Democrat to beat, charting a distinct path through the primary states, taking positions that may rile the party base and working with a single goal in mind: not being lumped in with the rest of the field.
"You are still running for the Democratic Party nomination, and you have to respect where the party is ... and avoid pitfalls," said Karen Finney, a key adviser in 2016 to Hillary Clinton, who navigated a fraught relationship with Democrats' left flank to win the nomination but went on to lose the election."It's a very fine line he's trying to walk.
"There are just places where he is out of step with the party," Finney observed, citing his middle ground on abortion."The question becomes whether there's an assumption by this campaign that parts of the base might not like various positions but because people want to win, they'll be willing to look past it."
Some of Biden's top-tier opponents acknowledge they fear voter backlash should they engage the popular Biden more directly. They expect to debate policy differences, but most want to avoid the kind of scorched-earth attacks that fueled Trump's rise during the 2016 Republican primary. At Biden headquarters, aides don't deny a front-runner's approach, but they dispute any characterization that the former vice president isn't engaging voters. Days when he's not on the campaign trail, they say, are devoted to meetings with policy advisers and campaign aides. Indeed, Biden has unveiled two comprehensive policy outlines before the 40-day mark of his campaign, a faster clip than the gaggle of candidates who launched their bids in January and February.
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