Vice President Joe Biden believes that any Democratic presidential candidates should embrace President Obama’s legacy.
During a speech Thursday at Drake University in Iowa he said that the idea of a “third of Obama term” was a winning strategy, The Hill reported.
“I call it sticking with what works,” Biden said.
He said it would be important to the future of the country to have the 2016 presidential nominee continue Obama’s economic policies.
“Run on what we have done. Own what we have done. Stand for what we have done. Acknowledge what we have done,” Biden said. “Are we going to continue this resurgence or are we going to return to policies I would argue have failed the country in the past?”
It’s an interesting approach for Biden to take.
The perceived frontrunner in the Democratic primary is Hillary Clinton and her run has been painted by the Republican National Committee as the “third Obama term” since last summer.
Clinton has tried to distance herself from that title in several key area. But it seems Biden, who has also contemplated throwing his hat in the ring, is ready to embrace it.
The most troubling thing perhaps shouldn’t be that he believes in the Obama brand though. Obama is certainly able to win elections and he is very proud of it as he reminded everyone at the State of the Union. But the idea that a so-called third term would be “sticking with what works” should be a much more concerning idea for millennials.
Expansion of programs like Obamacare, current high levels of unemployment and underemployment for Generation Y, and more multi-billion dollar proposals for taxpayer-funded initiatives in areas like higher education or clean energy are certain to be continued in any sort of third term.
