Who is the first candidate that jumps into your mind? Who’s the most different? I’l wait …

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Okay, got one in mind?

According to Kate Bedingfield, deputy campaign manager for the Biden campaign, the correct answer to that question is Joe Biden. That’s what she said in an interview with Hallie Jackson on MSNBC this morning. Bedingfield said, “There is no bigger change than Biden.”

Hmm. I don’t buy it. I like Joe, but when I look at the field, I see many other candidates that to me represent more change from Trump than Joe Biden. I get that Biden is the opposite end of the moral and political experience spectrum than Trump, but it just doesn’t work for me to say that a mid-70s white guy who pushed for the bankruptcy law is as different from Trump as you can get. That bankruptcy law, by the way, is one that Trump, in his 2016 campaign, claimed to have used “brilliantly” to his benefit.

I think we need authenticity more than ever right now, and the, “Joe’s more different from Donald than anyone else,” simply doesn’t ring true to me.

I hope he drops that messaging right away. He’s a strong candidate and would definitely make a better president than Trump, but “Joe’s the most different from Don” just isn’t the way to go.