Yeah. The bottom line is it doesn’t matter how good someone is at governing or can be, if they can’t get elected, they can’t govern. I heard many times of elections being referred to as a beauty pageants, a popularity contest. It is so for many voters. History also shows that usually the candidate with the most charisma wins. Reagan, Bill Clinton, Obama, all three had charisma up the ying yang and all three won twice. The dour Ford lost to the down-home boy Carter. Carter in turn lost to Mr. Charisma, Reagan. The stoic Dole lost big to Bill Clinton in 1996. G.W. Bush, another down-home southern boy beat two statues in Gore and Kerry and so on.
When I think of Biden, competent is the word that comes to mind. Charismatic, no way.
