On what planet? Biden is a doddering, clueless joker. A dirty old man.
Trump will struggle with Sanders.
How will Trump "struggle" to extol the benefits of Capitalism while citing recent examples of the evil and epic fail of Communism? (hello Venezuela.)
If Trump can't bury Stalin's son or Satan's daughter, America has much bigger problems requiring even yuger solutions.
Look, I’m not a FAN of Biden by any stretch but if you don’t think he’s a charismatic guy, I think you’re wrong.
Some (many here, I imagine) will see him as the doddering old fool. If he’s the candidate, they will make him look like the elder statesman. Remember what happened when he debated Paul Ryan? Everyone thought Ryan would destroy him for precisely the reasons you outlined. That didn’t happen.
Sanders won’t sell “socialism”. He won’t debate the benefits of socialism vs. capitalism. He’ll sell hate for anyone who succeeds, hate for the current crop of politicians and bankers. Hate for people he’ll claim have screwed the middle class. And people will buy it.
We can agree that his solutions are ass-backward but he’s not getting people to vote for him because of his SOLUTIONS. He’s getting people to vote for him because he’s identifying a problem. They believe he will “do something” about the problem without considering what that “something” is.
This is why many people switch between Sanders and Trump - they both identify the problem and for many people, simply identifying the problem is enough of a reason to vote for them. Many - those that would switch between Sanders and Trump - don’t care WHAT the solutions are as long as the problems are identified/addressed. They don’t have core principles off which they form opinions.
Trump probably beats Sanders but it’ll be a much closer race than you’re giving credit for - and that’s because America does indeed have yuuuger problems. Think about it, can you imagine any era before now where an admitted socialist/communist would be considered a serious candidate for President??