Biden is a perfect neoliberal symbol. A corporate whore and war salesman, he has mastered a folksy ‘lunch box Joe’ persona but has been inflicting job losses, violent military conflict, debt misery opponent of civil rights, prison promoter and helped deliver a conservative judge to the Supreme Court.

It will be Sanders job to draw the distinction with Biden’s record and his own. It won’t be easy. The party is trying to make him the ‘blue no matter who’ heir apparent. His public displays of mental confusion may help.

It wouldn’t hurt to remind voters of his collaboration with some of the worst republicans and their legislative agenda. Tie him to that toxic party and remind voters how he’s looking to team up with the opposition in a running mate.

If Sanders can’t get it done the gallows consolation will be watching two devestatimgly awful boomers battle it out on stage debates. If we’re all gunna drown at least there’ll be a show.