Lamenting our country's declining infrastructure, Trump ruffled many feathers when he made this statement in 2011.
However, it was clearly well received by many Americans (did well in focus groups), and then Biden used this comparison in 2014. Wow he's so down to earth and real - speaks his mind - Biden is an infrastructure genius!
Trump again used this comparison during the 2016 election, but of course the media was ready to confront him over his bashing of our country. Some even pointed out that Biden said such things in 2014, but of course they failed to recall that Trump started this comparison in 2011.
Yeah not just written material, but also catchy and memorable spoken phrases that he likes and that are popular with audiences.
Edit: Plagiarizing Neil Kinnock's popular speech comes to mind
http://archive.is/vJLtY
So true! Last night Laura Ingraham noted that Biden is saying stuff Trump previously said and won on. Biden is trying to get those blue collar workers in swing states.
Classic stuff:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ofr8YE7TuU