How Do You Run for President From Your Basement?(Magazine Desk)
After waking up in the house in Wilmington, Del., that has been his Elba since the middle of March, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee works out on the Peloton or the elliptical machine in his home gym. [...]he retreats to his first-floor home office, where he holds two conference calls...
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| Published in: | The New York times magazine 2020-05, p.28-6 |
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| Format: | Magazinearticle |
| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | After waking up in the house in Wilmington, Del., that has been his Elba since the middle of March, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee works out on the Peloton or the elliptical machine in his home gym. [...]he retreats to his first-floor home office, where he holds two conference calls - the first with medical and public-health experts to go over the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic, the second with a team of policy advisers to discuss the economic crisis it has spawned. [...]because health guidelines prohibit the presence of a film crew in Biden's house (the camera in the basement studio is run remotely from Sioux City, Iowa), this is difficult. Here, at the dawn of the general-election campaign - a time when he should be barnstorming the country, appearing in front of cheering crowds with his defeated rivals, bringing Democrats together to do battle with Donald Trump in November - he finds himself confined to his basement, forced to talk to a camera instead of a person, struggling to make the human connections he typically forges and so visibly desires. |
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| ISSN: | 0028-7822 |