The Washington Post Pinocchios people have this to say about Biden shopping the liberal work around these days pointing to his past…
Biden said he was labeled one of the most liberal members of Congress. Within the context of 100 senators, Biden was right on the cusp, according to two respected metrics of ideology — not quite in the top tier of liberals, but neither was he a moderate or conservative Democrat. One could argue he was not in lockstep with the most liberal elements of the party, but liberal enough that Republicans would feel little hesitation to fling the epithet at him.
If Biden had said he was one of the most liberal Democrats, that would be in the Two or Three Pinocchio range. So much depends on what votes one values as critical to that assessment. Instead, Biden said he was labeled one of the most liberal Democrats. Within the context of the U.S. Senate, Republicans certainly viewed him as a liberal and said so. That tips us more toward One Pinocchio.
On balance, we view this as a Two Pinocchio claim, what we describe as “half true.” Biden never quite made it in the top ranks of liberal senators, based on the bills he voted for or supported, no matter how often Republicans tried to place him there….
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That seems to put him right where he is today…
A Moderate to Left leaning Democrat that appeals to a majority of Democratic voters…
Caution…
Republicans tend label ALL Democrats as ‘liberal’ meaning the word almost as a curse word….
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