Don Mazzella 4252018

"Former Vice President Joe Biden officially launched his presidential campaign on Thursday. He couldn't have done it in a more awkward, authentically challenged way — via a video message. The 76-year-old frontrunner-for-now is apparently following the dubious strategy of 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Clinton also launched in a perfectly homogenized, almost Hollywood-like production of her campaign four years ago. The problem is, a video doesn't connect or inspire voters the way a live announcement in front of a raucous crowd could. Now Clinton and Biden share one very big thing in common: a campaign launch lacking energy. There's also reported squabbling among Biden's advisers leading up to the big day. It reportedly got so bad that one Biden aide told Time recently that he's "never seen anything so half-assed." Tell us how you really feel ..."