I find the whole discussion dismissing Joe Biden abstract, static, and narrowly constructed,. And thus of not much value. When a Biden presidency is set in the context of the worst crisis since WWII and its inevitable pressures, shifts in a progressive direction occurring in the Democratic Party and the country as a whole, and the mandate that would issue from a Biden victory on election day (and, hopefully, Congressional Democratic victory as well), I would argue that Biden will be far better than the gloomy prognostications suggested by some people on the left. In fact, I think he will surprise many of us, including his current, at times shrill, detractors