How to Beat Joe Biden

If Elizabeth Warren loses in Iowa, she should end her campaign — and even if she doesn’t, anyone who wants to stop Joe Biden should get behind Bernie Sanders.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks as former vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders listen during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Drake University on January 14, 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)


The night that Bernie Sanders launched his 2020 run for president, I wrote that “the time to make your decision is now . . . You’ve had two years to get ready for this. It’s time to fight.”

When Joe Biden launched his campaign, I wrote that he is

guaranteed to win if the divided opposition can’t unite around another candidate. . . . Every indicator we have says that Joe Biden is the candidate to beat, and every indicator we have points to one candidate as the best chance to beat him. It’s still Bernie.

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