RFK Jr. Why Biden Can't Hide Behind Kennedy Dream

Joe Biden is a nostalgia president.

He's a link to the Obama era, of course.

But he's also a living reminder of the days when Democrats were automatically the party of white ethnics, especially Irish Catholics.

For senior white voters in the Democratic coalition, the professed Catholic and Irish-ish Biden is an older, lesser Kennedy — but an heir to JFK nonetheless.

Only now Biden has to contend with a real Kennedy for next year's Democratic presidential nomination.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his bid not even two weeks ago and already polls at 20% in the Democratic race. That's partly a function of his famous name, of course.