Joe Biden’s basement campaign is not unique in American presidential history.  In the past this form of campaigning, primarily from one’s home, was known as a “Front Porch Campaign,” so named after James Garfield who in 1880 oftentimes used his front porch to deliver speeches.  His was the first such campaign in the industrial era. The primary feature of past front porch campaigns was the people traveling to the homes of the candidates to hear their speeches and get to know the contenders, rather than the candidates attempting to reach the citizenry, even as travel was exceedingly difficult and time consuming.  The Biden version of the front porch campaign is to make certain the citizenry does not get to know him or his policies as he, left-wing billionaires, and the Democrat party are determined to hoodwink the populace into voting for him. Since the late 1920’s and the increasing access to electronic communications, first via radio,...(Read Full Article)