People are supposed to grow ever more conservative with age. The teenage dreamer becomes the middle-aged pragmatist, who in turn settles into late-life reaction. A curious feature of Joe Biden’s story is that it defies this classical arc. The New Democrat of yesteryear, tough on welfare and even tougher on criminals, is now the party’s most progressive candidate for the White House since the 1980s.
人隨著年齡成長應該會變得越來越保守。少年時的夢想家變成了中年時的實用主義者，到了晚年又變成保守主義者。喬•拜登(Joe Biden)故事的不尋常之處在於它違背了這一經典規律。這位昔日的「新民主黨人」如今成了民主黨自上世紀80年代以來最進步的美國總統候選人，他在福利問題上態度強硬，對犯罪分子甚至更加嚴厲。
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