The former vice president has been chatting up local television anchors and late-night comedians as he tries to break through a near-blackout of campaign news.
offered a dash of dad humor, making a play on the state’s nickname: “Pennsylvania is not only the Keystone State, it is the key” to winning the White House, he said.
Biden’s appearances tend toward relatable and soft, in contrast to Trump’s more contentious evening performances. But they also aim at groups of voters that Biden must attract to win in November, including suburbanites, younger voters and nonwhite voters.“Joe Biden is counterprogramming by finding precisely the local and demographic niches he needs to connect with,” said Rep. Jamie B. Raskin who endorsed Biden this week after initially supporting Sen. Elizabeth Warren .
The choice of outlets was obvious — Biden spoke directly to audiences in the three usually Democratic states that Trump breached when he won the 2016 election. If the point needed underlining, Biden referred to Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as “pivotal to winning the electoral college in November” in a fundraising appeal Monday.Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s deputy campaign manager, said local television has “been a cornerstone of our media strategy.
The questions range significantly in difficulty. On the softer side, veteran political reporter Jon Delano from Pennsylvania’s KDKA-TV opened his Biden one-on-one with this“I like it a lot,” gushed Biden. “They’re the people I grew up with. They’re the middle class, working-class folks who bust their neck and did well, but went through some really tough times.”
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