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Former President Joe Biden during his speech Saturday, March 16, 2019 face a thousand activists in Dover, in the state he has represented for more than thirty years in the Senate. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst

Twenty months still until the next presidential election in the United States. This is the time for future contenders to declare their candidacy. On Saturday night all eyes were on Delaware, a small state on the East Coast, where Joe Biden, who has been a senator for decades, was attending a dinner party for the Democratic Party. Former Vice President Barack Obama has finally kept his candidacy official. But a slip of the tongue might suggest an upcoming announcement.

It is not for nothing that in Washington it is called "Joe the blunderer". Joe Biden is known by everyone for his spontaneity, especially in oral. A spontaneity that has sometimes played tricks in his long political career. And his appearance at the Democratic Party dinner in Dover on Saturday was no exception to the rule.

" I am told that I am being criticized by the new left. I am the most progressive of all who are candidates for the presidency, of all those who would be candidates, "said Joe Biden.

Joe Biden not yet a candidate for the presidency, but who still hinted at the message he could bring in a future campaign. The former vice president criticized the current US policy, which he said was " nasty, petty and bad ", and stressed the need to restore values ​​such as " honesty, decency and respect ". .

Long anticipated as the presidential candidate of 2020, Joe Biden's centrist position could allow him to rally not only voters.