Team Biden hopes to move swiftly past fiery clash with Harris in first DemDebate.
MIAMI — Hours before the first debate, a trio of senior Biden advisers said the strategy for Thursday was simple: Let Joe Biden be Joe Biden. He wouldand pivot to his forward-looking agenda — one of “transformational change.”
Biden had acquitted himself well in debates in his career, including under significant pressure. As vice president in 2012, he rose to the occasion when it mattered most after Barack Obama’s lethargic opening debate performance against Mitt Romney. Top aides traveling back to Washington Friday morning insisted that was still the case. Asked what’s next, a top Biden campaign official focused on nuts and bolts: hiring more field organizers in the early states and finishing the fundraising quarter strong. Biden deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield tweeted that the campaign had its strongest fundraising hour since its Philadelphia kickoff rally in May.
“This is super heavy stuff that can’t play out in a ten-person debate. Harris had a strategy that took advantage of that reality,” the official said.“We are not naïve that he isn't going to get attacked. It’s the only way candidates get headlines,” the official said, adding that they are focused on what matters to voters in New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina, not on the conversation on Twitter.
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