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    Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden disagree on a central issue: Is removing Trump enough?

    by Janet Hook, Los Angeles Times May 05, 2019 6 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, front-runners for the Democratic presidential nomination, are the odd couple of the 2020 campaign.

    Sanders is a rumpled, gruff socialist who hasn't registered as a Democrat. Biden is well-tailored and genial, a capitalist and party regular.

    They both want to beat President Donald Trump but disagree on a central question: How much will that, alone, do to cure what ails America?

    Biden calls Trump's election in 2016 an "aberration," a political mistake that can be corrected by ousting him in 2020. His nostalgia-infused campaign, which often harks back to the good old days of Barack Obama's presidency, calls for bolstering the middle class, not blowing up the system.

    "I believe history will look back on four years of this president and all he embraces as an aberrant moment in time," Biden said in announcing his candidacy.

    For Sanders, Trump's election marks the culmination of growing problems in

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