Glenn Thrush has written a good-quality profile of Joe Biden and his presidential aspirations for Politico Magazine. The article starts out quite strong and peters out a bit, which I blame on whoever edited the piece. Thrush shows some real ability for top quality writing, but I think he needs to be pushed to keep his stuff at a high level.
If you’re like me, you’re preternaturally predisposed to want to root for Joe Biden even if it cuts against your better judgment. I just like the guy, even if I can find a whole host of reasons to criticize him.
He’ll probably never be the president, and I think that is probably a good thing, but that doesn’t mean that part of me doesn’t wish that he could fulfill his dream.
There really isn’t anybody who I’d prefer to see in the Oval Office over its current occupant. And I can apply that retrospectively to every president since at least Eisenhower and, perhaps, Franklin Roosevelt. Partly, that’s because our presidents have been so awful, but I feel comfortable saying that Obama is easily the best president we’ve had in my lifetime.
Biden is probably the best vice-president of my lifetime, too. But, I can’t honestly say that I’d trust him to be a good president. The thing is, his competitors have similar or worse problems.
