To Biden, they’re not ‘Bernie’ or ‘Elizabeth’ but ‘my colleagues’ by lisabelkin
Former Vice President Biden seemed to struggle with how to address his rivals for the Democratic nomination at the debate in Houston on Thursday night.
He called Beto O’Rourke by his first name, then apologized for being too informal, leading O’Rourke to answer “Beto’s good.” In part it was likely a throw-back to the traditions of the Senate, where Biden spent more than 30 years, where members refer to each other as the gentlewoman from Massachusetts or the gentleman from Texas.
All this risked appearing to voters as though he is mired in the old traditions, while raising questions of memory and age which have plagued the 76-year-old candidate. Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro obliquely referred to those concerns when arguing a detail of Biden’s healthcare plan.
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