By David Siders
POLITICO
June 8, 2019
For the first six weeks of his campaign, Joe Biden largely drifted above the fray, a front-runner beyond the reach of the masses of the Democratic presidential field. His rivals publicly welcomed him into the race, and not a cross word was said about his record.
Things are different now.
The hits started coming last week, in thinly veiled references to Biden’s center-left record, his Washington insiderdom, his advanced age.