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Charlie, Hillary Clinton and Terry McAuliffe are card-carrying members of the moderate Third-Way movement started by Bill Clinton. They both lost to Trump(ism). Biden is a moderate but he ran on some pretty progressive ideas and beat Trump. Biden also focused on issues while Clinton and McAuliffe both thought not being Trump would be enough to win. They both lost and Biden won.

But you want Biden to more Hillary Clinton and Terry McAuliffe like? Where is this evidence that being a moderate is what will defeat Trumpism? To defeat Trumpism you need clear policies and messages about how you are going to help people and you need to smash Trumpism in the mouth when it rears its ugly head and show voters those guys only pretend to care about you when it's time to get your vote. It's not good enough to just say, "Yo, I ain't that guy . . . vote for me."

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