Author: Bill Barrow
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Biden introduces VP choice Harris
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WILMINGTON, Del. • Joe Biden and Kamala Harris delivered an aggressive one-two attack on the character and performance of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, as they made their election case for the first time as running mates. Biden, a 77-year-old white man, embraced the significance of naming the first Black woman to a major party’s…
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Hillary Clinton endorses Biden
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NEW YORK • Hillary Clinton, the first woman to become a major party’s presidential nominee, endorsed Joe Biden’s White House bid on Tuesday, continuing Democrats’ efforts to coalesce around the former vice president as he takes on President Donald Trump. Clinton made her announcement during a Biden campaign town hall to discuss the coronavirus and…
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Democrats delay nominating convention amid virus concerns
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WASHINGTON • Democrats announced Thursday that they were postponing their presidential nominating convention until August, an unprecedented move that shows how the coronavirus is reshaping the battle for the White House. The party had hoped that a mid-July convention would give them more time to rally behind a nominee and unify against President Donald Trump.…
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Sanders refocusing his campaign after Biden’s super Tuesday
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WASHINGTON • His front-runner status slipping, Bernie Sanders refocused his Democratic presidential campaign on surging rival Joe Biden on Wednesday as the Vermont senator’s allies grappled with the fallout from a Super Tuesday stumble that raised internal concerns about the direction of his White House bid. Sanders targeted Biden’s record on trade, Social Security and…
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Debate revives clashes over ‘Medicare for All’
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ATLANTA • The top Democratic presidential candidates are clashing over a “Medicare for All” plan to provide universal, government-run health insurance — again. As it had in a string of debates before it, Wednesday’s tussle began with squabbles over a program that some Democrats worry could alienate general-election swing voters who are wary of fully…
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Liberal, moderate divide on display in Democratic debate
HOUSTON — Joe Biden parried attack after attack from liberal rivals Thursday night on everything from health care to immigration in a debate that showcased profound ideological divides between the Democratic Party’s moderate and progressive wings. The prime-time debate also elevated several struggling candidates, giving them a chance to introduce themselves to millions of Americans…
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Key takeaways from the 2020 Democratic candidates’ debate
HOUSTON — Democratic debate night No. 3: Attacks and counter-attacks. Love for one former president, loathing for the current one. A 76-year-old front-runner essentially got called old, and he turned around and called another rival a “socialist.” But will it change the fundamentals of a nominating fight that remains remarkably stable at the top with five months until voting…
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Democratic debate: Fiery exchanges over costs of health care
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HOUSTON • The three leading Democratic presidential candidates clashed over health care, immigration and President Barack Obama’s legacy on Thursday in a debate that pitted an aggressive Joe Biden against liberal rivals Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. “This is America,” said Biden, his party’s early front-runner, before calling Sanders “a socialist.” He later declared, “I…
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2020 Democratic field: Narrowing but unwieldy, unpredictable
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SAN FRANCISCO — The Democratic presidential field is shrinking, but not quickly enough to ward off the prospect of a long, bruising fight for the nomination. Three candidates dropped out of the race over the last two weeks, and several others could soon follow. What remains will be a historically large, double-digit roster that includes…
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Governors still in the shadows of Democrats’ 2020 campaign
Being a governor isn’t what it used to be, at least not in presidential politics. Three Western executives are learning that the hard way in a crowded Democratic scramble dominated by former Vice President Joe Biden and a gaggle of nationally known senators. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a late entry into the field of two…