Biden's best bet is a front porch campaign
by Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
Aug 30, 2019
3 minutes
Here's an idea: Joe Biden should run a front porch campaign.
Front porch campaigns were once a common feature of American presidential politics, though the term wasn't always applied to the practice. The most famous front porch campaigns were in the 1880s and 1890s, culminating in William McKinley's successful bid in 1896. While populist Democrat William Jennings Bryan crisscrossed the nation, giving speeches from any soapbox he could fine, McKinley largely stayed home and campaigned from his front porch, where
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