BIDEN: HIS TIME
In “Old white guys” (Listener, February 29), I suggested the field for the 2020 US presidential race could shortly be whittled down to three septuagenarian white males. And so it came to pass.
Although for reasons best known to herself, Hawaiian Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Fox News’ favourite Democrat, remains in the race despite having zero chance. Perhaps she’s simply reluctant to forgo a platform for her views, which are as out of the ordinary as she is: a former army officer, Gabbard is an American Samoan vegan and practising Hindu with an apparent soft spot for Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
To all intents and purposes, however, we’re down to three old white guys, although the personnel have changed with former vice-president Joe Biden (77) supplanting billionaire Michael Bloomberg (78). Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders (78) will now duke it out in the remaining primaries to determine who joins President Donald Trump (73) on the ballot in November.
This was one of those momentous but mysterious instances when public opinion shifts abruptly and significantly.
Bloomberg exits the stage with the
