Podcast compares Biden 2020 to Biden 1988

With the 2020 election campaign well under way, the Democrats have a front runner, thanks in part to the name recognition Joe Biden acquired as senator, vice president and a previous presidential candidate.

On the latest edition of Update-1, longtime National Press Club member Irv Chapman interviews Larry Barrett, a veteran journalist who covered Biden's short-lived campaign in 1988, when Colorado Sen. Gary Hart was a competitor and Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis won the nomination and ran against Republican Vice President George H.W. Bush.

Barrett, who covered campaigns, elections and the White House for Time Magazine, and before that reported for the New York Herald Tribune, looks back at the strengths and weaknesses Biden displayed back then and how they are impacting his performance so far this year.

Club Broadcast/Podcast team co-vice chair Mike Hempen produces Update-1. The podcast can be heard on the Club website or on iTunes, Stitcher and TuneIn.