The advantage Biden has had so far is that he's "not Trump", and has been able to hide in the basement, avoiding attention as much as possible, save for a few carefully staged and rehearsed stand up routines with compliant media. Even in those he does terrible. Must be like Mr. Burns in the "28 short films about Springfield", where he was dragged behind the horse and said to Smithers " A dozen takes, and that was the best one!".
I don't think it's a viable strategy for the full campaign. At some point, enough voters need to vote for a candidate, not just against the one in office. Can't ultimately beat something with nothing. The last time I remember this was in 80, when Jimmy Carter tried to do what was called the Rose Garden strategy - staying in the White House and not campaigning, trying to stay above the fray and work behind the scenes on both the horrible economy, and the hostages in Iran. Ultimately that did not work, and he had to go out on the trail.
The real danger for Biden is that the more people see of him, the less they like him, and also the ever present risk of him doing something fully in line with the fact that he's 78 years old and senile. If he wasn't a Democrat he would have absolutely no chance, and the media (all of who will vote for him, most of whom will donate money) will try to cover up for him, but as bad as his condition is, he's one curse out rant away from being finished.
Kammy Harris is a poor pick but who else was he going to choose, after he whittled his choice down to 6.5% of the population? The media will slobber all over her (role reversal there!), as they would anyone picked, but if KH was anything except a terrible politician, she would not have had such a terrible run in the primary. She's not very smart, mean, petty, power hungry, and with a tenuous hold on her prime advantage - being black. Her being married to a honky dude won't help her either - expect never to see him in public.
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