The Quiet Coronation of Joe Biden

The Run-Up

The New York Times

News Commentary, Politics, News

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🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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A few weeks after the midterms, something happened that largely flew under the radar. Democrats were celebrating a successful election, and giving all the credit to President Biden. And against that backdrop, the party made an announcement: It would be changing the order in which states voted in the primary election, moving South Carolina first. The party was talking about it in terms of representation and acknowledging the role of Black voters. But given that South Carolina essentially saved Mr. Biden’s 2020 candidacy, Astead wondered: Was something else going on? We headed to the party’s winter meeting as it prepared to make the change official.

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0:00.0	This victory belongs to Joe Biden.
0:04.7	The midterms changed everything for Joe Biden.
0:07.0	The Biden track record is a phenomenal track record of accomplishment.
0:11.3	President Biden has been a great president for a country and he is a leader for such a
0:16.1	time as this.
0:18.4	After months of questioning his leadership and the prospect of a second term.
0:22.4	I'm rooting for President Biden to run.
0:24.3	I think he is our strongest candidate.
0:25.9	I think he's demonstrated that he is deserving the reelection.
0:29.8	I hope that he does seek reelection.
0:32.7	Party leaders were now lining up behind him.
0:35.8	And against that backdrop, the party made an announcement that caught my attention.
0:40.0	President Biden is proposing a major change to the presidential nomination process.
0:44.8	They wanted to change the order in which states would vote in a presidential primary.
0:48.8	His proposal would have South Carolina voting first in the nation.
0:52.6	Putting South Carolina first.
0:54.4	If it comes to pass Iowa would be no longer among the first states and New Hampshire
0:59.0	would no longer have the first primary.
1:01.1	Biden talked about it in terms of representation.
1:03.6	Mr. Biden says the current nominating process does not reflect the diversity of America.
1:09.6	And the importance of black voters in the Democratic Party.
1:12.3	This announcement that black voters have a early say so in this process,
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