The Democrats Deserve Biden, Even if the Country Doesn t – WSJ

Finally or at least we thought it was final, given his already advanced age in the ultimate act of partisan servility, he became Barack Obama s vice president, the summit achievement for the incapable but loyal, the apex position for the consummate yes man. His only roles were to offer his signature eloquence on the boss s achievements ( This is a big f deal ) or provide advice that could safely be ignored ( Don t kill Osama bin Laden ).

But then, just as he was ready to drift into a comfortable and well-deserved obscurity, his party needed a front man a familiar and innocuous face to take down an unpopular president. They sought a loyal and reliable figurehead, a flag of convenience under which they could sail the progressive vessel into the deepest reaches of American life on a mission to advance statism, climate extremism and self-lacerating wokery. There was no more loyal and convenient vehicle than Joe.

But now, 42 months (and 81 years) in, it is going horribly wrong. Much of his party has no use for him anymore. They are trying desperately to jettison him and, in a remarkably cynical act of bait-and-switch, swap him out for someone more useful to their cause.

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Gerald Baker.