Amid all the talk of Mr. Biden’s physical and mental impairment, however, an important point bears remembering: He would be in a far stronger electoral position, infirmity and all, if he didn’t make so many stupid decisions. Put Mr. Trump out of your mind, if that’s possible, and consider only Mr. Biden’s performance as a political leader. It’s almost unfailingly bad.
It always has been. The blunder that knocked him out of contention for the Democratic nomination in 1987—he plagiarized a large passage of autobiographical words written by the British Labour leader, Neil Kinnock—must be among the dumbest mistakes ever committed by a high-level American politician.
But skip the bulk of the man’s career and consider only the past four years ...
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