It's clear the coronavirus pandemic is now overshadowing the 2020
election, and that's left former Vice President
Joe Biden, the favorite for the
Democratic nomination, in a tough place.
Democrats are split on how he should get out of it, Politico reports.Jeff Hauser, the head of executive branch appointee watchdog Revolving Door Project, thinks Biden needs to make himself more visible and go after the Trump administration. "Biden is only in limbo if he keeps himself there," Hauser told Politico. "He's only in a predicament to the degree he chooses to view himself in one." In other words, Hauser is saying the vice president can either complain about a lack of media coverage or go out there and seize the coverage himself. "He needs to offer an alternative and offer a running play-by-play critique of the failings of this administration," he said.Joe Lockhart, the former
White House spokesman for the Clinton administration, isn't so sure that's the best path, however. "It's very tricky," he said. "When you're in a crisis, there can only be one president. Just attacking him every day is a bad strategy." Read more at Politico.More stories from theweek.com Government officials reportedly 'just couldn't get' Trump to do anything about coronavirus early on
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