Vice President Joe Biden, who has faced many crises in his life, has always been a man of principle and courage, and he now faces the greatest challenge of his entire political career: resuscitate the Obama-Biden Presidential ticket from possible historic oblivion if they lose the election 27 days from now!
It is sad, but true, that when Presidents lose reelection, they end up in the historical wilderness—not appreciated, to a great extent forgotten, taking generations for any historical recognition.
Ask John Adams, William Howard Taft, Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush–all of whom have not been treated well historically–because they came in between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson; Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson; and Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, in the cases of Adams, Taft and Bush, and before Ronald Reagan in the case of Carter, with Reagan being mythologized in a unrealistic way! Only Adams has finally been recognized, due to the work of David McCullough, as a President worthy of respect and admiration!
It would be a tremendous shame to history if the contributions of Barack Obama were to be relegated to the dustbin of history, particularly if much of what he has accomplished was reversed by a right wing Republican Congress and a President, Mitt Romney, who has no principles or beliefs beyond simply being President!
I have spent the last hour or so catching up on your blog. I don’t think I need to get my political updates from anywhere else. Right on in every post!
Can’t wait to see the Ole’ Boy from Scranton take it to my shifty Fraternity brother Paul Ryan
Ummmm..don’t sound as confident as I remember Professor…
I am confident, just concerned by these crazy outlier polls!
Interesting article on today’s NY Daily News website about VP debates throughout history. I picked on Joe Biden and his gaffes in a post yesterday, but it goes across party lines…
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/top-ten-vice-presidential-gaffes-time-article-1.1179475
Thanks, Paul, for making all of us aware that Joe Biden is not the only Vice President or Vice Presidential candidate to make gaffes, or be an embarrassment in a debate!