Joe Biden Joe BidenMomentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Trump expects to nominate woman to replace Ginsburg next week Video of Lindsey Graham arguing against nominating a Supreme Court justice in an election year goes viral MORE, your party needs you. Your country needs you. We all need you. You’ve sacrificed so much already, put country before all, even family. I hate to have to ask, but do you think you have one more fight left in you?

You are in a unique position, a situation which no other Democrat currently finds themselves. You are bigger than party politics. You are bigger than petty squabbles. Unlike most politicians, you’ve always been one of us. You’re Uncle Joe, unfiltered, unafraid, but always genuine. You have unapologetically tried to do what’s right, not what’s popular, and that has historically put you on the right side of issues like gay marriage.

You weren’t just the vice president, but the best friend of our first black president. You didn’t just fight with him, but you fought for him. You love him as much as we do. You challenged him to never stop fighting for what he knew was right, but knew when he needed someone to listen and vent to on dark days. It’s why President Obama once said, “To know Joe Biden is to know love without pretense, service without self-regard, and to live life fully. He is as good a man as God ever created.”

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We’re going through dark times. The divisions seem like oceans and the fractures feel irreparable. We need someone who can speak to our hearts. Someone who knows the pain of loss, both personally and professionally. Someone who knows the power of sacrifice, both personally and professionally. Most importantly though, someone who knows the importance of grace, both personally and professionally.

The words that come out of our leaders’ mouths matter. Our current president may not recognize that, but you always have. You’ve always spoken first from your heart and then led with substantive facts. You’ve always recognized that the next generation of leaders is watching and that the way we carry ourselves will inform their behavior. You’ve always treated those with opposing views with respect and deference, while still challenging intellectual dishonesty and calling it out for its cancerous effect on the populous.

We watched you stand strong when you lost your children. We watched you weep as you received the Medal of Freedom. We watched you speak to the victims of natural disasters and we watched you comfort the victims of sexual assault. You spoke to the concerns of the Americans often forgotten in our impoverished urban cities, while easing the anxieties of blue collar workers whose jobs have been replaced by automation. You may not have had a message crafted by a pollster or strategist, but you always have a message that resonated because it is from the heart.

You speak to what’s best in each and every one of us. You don’t speak to who we are, but who we should all strive to be. You have never shied away from a righteous fight and always make sure that at the end of the day it’s not policies that matter, but the actual people that those policies will affect. You’ve constantly been our champion. You’ve stayed one of us. We need you one last time. We need you to run for president in 2020 and lead the party into a new phase of Democratic politics.

In this climate, you are the only candidate who can harken back to the golden Obama years, while bridging the gap to a party based more on economics. The only way to bring back many of the Democrats who voted for Obama and then voted for Donald Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE is to focus on a more economic message. Democrats have historically been able to implement social programs by focusing on the economic benefit that they offer to hardworking Americans. It was only after Richard Nixon’s southern strategy, followed by Lee Atwater and the culture wars, that Democrats began to focus on a more emotional appeal.

What made candidates like Obama and Bill Clinton William (Bill) Jefferson ClintonDolly Parton remembers Ginsburg: 'Her voice was soft but her message rang loud' Sunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Calls grow for Biden to expand election map in final sprint MORE so successful is that they were able to appeal to voters hearts and their minds. You have that same ability. You have the ability to remind our country that what makes us truly great isn’t the amount in our 401(k)s or the size of our warships, but our ability to help others and our promise to ensure peace. You have the gravitas and experience to remind the voters that some things are worth fighting for, especially our freedom and our honor. You have the battle scars to remind voters that no day is promised and that we should live for a purpose bigger than that of this earth. You are the person for this time.

If you pledged to serve a single term and selected a candidate that you were grooming to take over the mantle, I think voters would happily endorse your candidacy. Democrats cannot afford to have another fight between Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersNYT editorial board remembers Ginsburg: She 'will forever have two legacies' Two GOP governors urge Republicans to hold off on Supreme Court nominee Sanders knocks McConnell: He's going against Ginsburg's 'dying wishes' MORE supporters and candidates deemed “better equipped” to win the general election. Democrats have to win. We have already lost a Supreme Court seat and will lose one, if not two, more with a Trump re-election. Our country is bursting at the seams as it is. You may be the only glue that can hold this broken nation together. So I ask you to consider one last mission. Your party needs you. Your country needs you. We all need you.