So far?
His poll numbers have him leading Donald nTrump mostly…
The New York Times does a piece on the Democratic Presidential nominee’s day to day life in the time of the coronavirus…
Donald Trump does the same in the White House…
Joseph R. Biden Jr. usually rises before 8 a.m. at his home in Wilmington, Del., and starts his day with a workout in an upstairs gym that contains a Peloton bike, weights and a treadmill. He often enjoys a protein shake for breakfast and puts on a suit or blazer much of the time. In the evenings, he and his wife, Jill, sit down together for dinner, a ritual that was absent for much of the last frenzied year on the campaign trail.
In the intervening hours, Mr. Biden attempts to win the presidency without leaving his house.
With the coronavirus outbreak freezing the country’s public life, Mr. Biden has been forced to adapt to a cloistered mode of campaigning never before seen in modern American politics. He was unable to embark on a victory tour after the Democratic primaries or hold unity rallies with onetime rivals like Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Instead, the former vice president is in a distinctive kind of lockdown, walled off from voters, separated from his top strategists and yet leading in the polls.
For a famous backslapper like Mr. Biden, this open-ended period of captivity has tested both his patience and his political imagination. He has lamented being deprived of human contact, and he has expressed exasperation with media coverage critiquing his limited visibility compared with President Trump’s daily performances in the White House briefing room. He does not make a habit of watching the president’s briefings in full; he is said to be fixated mainly on the eventual challenge — if he wins — of governing amid a pandemic.
Interviews with dozens of people in touch with the presumptive Democratic nominee and his advisers revealed a newly detailed picture of Mr. Biden’s life in seclusion, one spent in long-distance consultation with a wide array of coalition leaders helping him map out the fall campaign and a potential administration….
Note…
These stories ARE an improvement in getting Biden back in the media’s eyes and out to the American public…
The piece IS REALLY intended to bring Biden to you as working hard on his campaign….It does point out that even 6 months before the election?…Joe Biden is being briefed by people on the virus and economic issues and other matters almost daily…And that Biden IS talking to people around the country to take measure of things outside his basement and the security bubble he is in…
image…Calla Kessler/The New York Times